"Meet the new boss, Same as the old boss...*"

This is the arrogant, USA only, imperialistic, "our way should be the only way" shit that really pisses me off. Here's the first few paragraphs from an article from cnn.com:

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. should have assistance in Cuba within weeks of President Fidel Castro's death to support a transitional government and help move the country toward democracy, a government report recommends.

The report was prepared by the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba, an interagency group co-chaired by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, a Cuban-American.

President Bush created the commission in 2003 to "help hasten and ease Cuba's democratic transition," according to its Web site.

The report, obtained by CNN in advance of its scheduled release next week, is billed as a strategic plan to promote democracy on the island once Castro is no longer in power.



"Ease Cuba'a democratic transition." Isn't that what we're supposed to be doing in Iraq? Look how well that is going. This is Bush arrogance at its worst. Does he really think that Castro doesn't have a plan for Cuba. Cuba will stay socialist unless their own people rise up and create democracy which is the ONLY way a country should transition their government (see Iraq). If their own citizenry rebelled and created a democracy on their own ans then asked us for help, then by all means let's do it. This report sounds like "Bay of Pigs II." Do people think that Cuba was always an evil communist power? Cuba was capitalist at one point, but the people tired of being America's whore, with their own government bowing down to every American business demand as well as extreme mafia influence. Whether their system of government is right or wrong is not the issue here; the issue is whether a separate nation (like the USA) has a right to meddle into their affairs and try to force a governmental system simply for their imperialistic needs. True, Cuba would be a great tourist attraction, but we don't need to strut in their and overthrow their way of life to do that. Here's a simple solution for Bush: LET IT GO!!!!! The Soviet Union has collapsed. There's no threat of invasion from Cuba. There's no threat of a world power putting missles on their island. They're not slaughtering people by the hundreds of thousands every year (see Sudan), they're not forcing starvation on thier people (see Somalia), they're not embroiled in a deadly civil war (see Liberia and the Ivory Coast), they're not creating a militaristic system of rigid personal control that borders eerily on the novel 1984 (see North Korea), they're just existing under a different system of economics and government than we have and yet Bush sees this small island country as a object of a strategic military plan?! Do something about the other countries listed above where our help is needed!!! This has been a pissing match between one old man and a succession of old men. Castro shares as much blame for this standoff as our presidents do, but we hold the key. We could lift the embargo at any time and it would not hurt our economy, only help it. This is pretty much a guarantee that once Castro dies, we'll be involved in another war, and odds are that the Iraq war won't even be over by the time Castro dies. Two wars at the same time......fighting in two fronts and stretching out your military as thin as Kate Moss.....will someone ask Hitler how that ends up?


* - the title is a lyric from "Won'tGet Fooled Again" by the Who



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