Pure Evil: The Island of Cuba and the Threat Against America

There are many things that the U.S. Government has done over the years which I have not agreed with but the one thing that has, for many years, caused me to feel ashamed and embarassed as an American has been our policy towards Cuba.

Now I'll concede that at the beginning of the Cold War when the Soviet Union was still a power, Cuba under Fidel Castro was a definite threat to our national security. After all, it was a communist nation a mere 90 miles from our borders and it's leader was a fanatical rebel. When we began our embargo and restrictions it made sense. But then, a funny thing happened. The Soviet Union fell apart, communism became a fading threat and even China began to get cozier with the West just a bit. And through all these changes we have continued to see Cuba as a major threat. When the rest of the world can travel there freely, Amercians cannot. They are so evil and such a threat to us that their baseball team has even been forbidden to play in the World Baseball Classic. (see MSNBC article regarding this---> U.S. won't allow Cuba to play in Baseball Classic)

Let me tell you something, the real shame in this is the fact that these anti-Cuba policies stay in place not because they are necessary for national security but because there are a lot of anti-Castro groups and individuals down in Florida who have made a career (read made a lot of money and gained power) out of bashing Castro. If we were to extend a genuine hand out to Cuba and try to assist them with improving their way of life, all those anti-Castro folks would be out of work. They need to keep lobbying against Castro and Cuba, not because it makes any sense but because they derive a good living from it. People, the Soviet Union is dead, they were the ones who financed Castro and provided weapons in the past. Now, poor Cuba is suffering. Castro will be dead soon, and if the idiots in the State Department had any foresight, they'd want to start establishing healthy relations within Cuba now. So that when the day comes and Castro is gone, it would be easier to introduce democracy and stabilize that region. That would benefit everyone, Cubans and Americans alike.

Will it happen? Doubtful. The anti-Castro folks will continue to bribe policy makers with their threats to support another candidate and Washington will continue to offer up lame reasons why we cannot have normal diplomatic relations with Cuba and this will continue to go round for generations to come. What a shame, and what an embarassment to us all that we are so fearful of such a tiny, broke nation.