Obama on Castro

“Today should mark the end of a dark era in Cuba's history. Fidel Castro's stepping down is an essential first step, but it is sadly insufficient in bringing freedom to Cuba.

So Mr. Big Negro, While your friend Reagan was supporting the Apartheid regime in South Africa, Castro was sending freedom fighters to help the ANC and PAC free the land. A "dark" era indeed. But since your black electorate is so dumb and uninformed on the subject of Cuba, they won't be mad at you over this. Then again, you may know about as much as they do on the subject.

“Cuba's future should be determined by the Cuban people and not by an anti-democratic successor regime. The prompt release of all prisoners of conscience wrongly jailed for standing up for the basic freedoms too long denied to the Cuban people would mark an important break with the past. It's time for these heroes to be released.

Oddly, Mr. Big Negro, The Cuban people chose to support a revolution That is, by definition a democratic choice, The US, that beacon of respecting the "choice of the people" decided to attempt to assassinate President Castro. Isn't that democratic. Oh and then there are all those blockades. I know, it pisses you off that Cuba has, you know, universal health care and can actually protect it's citizens from hurricanes and, oh, yes, exports doctors to other countries to help them take care of their poor. Does Cuba have issues? Of course. Does the US have issues? Of Course. Then again Mr. Big Negro, since you're so much for releasing of prisoners where is your appeal for the release of Mumia Abu Jamaal? Oh that's right, he's one of those invisible black folk whom you can't see like the invisible black folk in South Carolina who handed you the primary there. Ok. How about Jose Padilla? You know that US citizen grabbed up and locked away for years without charges or due process. Haven't heard you say squat about that basic freedom denied the US citizen. And, hmmmm since you're so concerned about the rights of the Cuban people, what have you done to get that CIA backed plane bomber to justice? Right. Thought as much.

“If the Cuban leadership begins opening Cuba to meaningful democratic change, the United States must be prepared to begin taking steps to normalize relations and to ease the embargo of the last five decades. The freedom of the Cuban people is a cause that should bring the Americans together.”

Or how about this: When Americans stop trying to dictate how other people should run their countries and who they ought to elect or not elect to office and end embargoes then the economic conditions of Cubans will instantly improve. Wow that was easy.

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