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July 23, 2005
One of These Things Is Not Like The Other
Remember that little Sesame Street ditty? "One of these things is not like the other; one of these things just isn't the same," and so on. Then, kids watching the show had to figure out which object out of the four didn't belong with the group (say three types of balls and a tennis racket, for example).
Well in today's lesson, which name do you think goes with torture and mistreatment, Gitmo or Castro?
If you are a Democrat or a member of the MSM (interchangable terms these days), you would say Gitmo belongs. Which is nonsense, of course. The only thing these two terms have in common is that they both are in Cuba. However, the similarities end there.
The left has been howling for months now about the alleged abuse of prisoners at Gitmo, the detention center at Guantanamo Bay for those captured with relation to Islamofascist terror. They say our interrogation of those men, even their very presence at Gitmo, goes against the Geneva Convention and that Gitmo should be closed. Dickie Durbin even likened the soldiers who are stationed there to Nazis.
Meanwhile, Castro has begun yet another crackdown on those who dare to speak out against his communist government, and there is nary a ripple on the left side of the pond. (Please note the brevity of the article this post links to...the subject is apparently not worthy of anything longer.)
Opposition figures in Cuba say at least 20 Cuban dissidents have been detained as part of a crackdown against the country's political opposition.
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Cuba's long-standing position is that dissidents are not representative of public opinion, but rather mercenaries in the pay of the US.
That's Castro's logic for you. Anyone who doesn't enjoy living in the hell he created 40 some-odd years ago must be on the U.S. payroll. What a guy!
Yet Castro remains an icon to many, including celebrities like Robert Redford, Stephen Spielberg, Jack Nicholson (who called Castro a "genius"), and outspoken American communists like Leslie Cagan, who actually ran a think tank promoting Castro's dictatorship.
This is war. Our military will take into custody those who fight against us and keep them there for two reasons: to get information and to keep them from rejoining their murderous pals. And, let's not forget that if the U.S. were the truly oppressive "regime" the loony left says it is, people like Ward Churchill would have their sorry butts thrown into prison with no trial and not much chance of seeing the sun shine within the next 10 to 20 years.
What did the Cubans who were tossed in jail do? They organized a meeting. Here's what happened there:
About 200 delegates attended the rare public meeting they helped organise in May. At the meeting, delegates approved a resolution in which they described Cuba's system of government as Stalinist and its economic policies as obsolete.
Being arrested for simply airing views contrary to those of the government is something that happens in oppressive regimes like Cuba, not the U.S. or her allies. It also doesn't happen with our military. They have a job to do, and they are doing it well. If a couple of hundred murderous thugs have to cool their heels in jail while enjoying volleyball, three course meals and all the prayer rugs they can kneel on in the interim, then I'm all for it.
Unfortunately, there are those who hate Bush and his administration so much, they would rather pin the crimes of cruel dictators like Castro (and Saddam Hussein) on him than on those who deserve the blame.
That is truly tragic.
Posted by at July 23, 2005 08:17 PM
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