I've never really understood all the extravagant Castro hate. Yes, human rights violations, yes, there are similar and worse violations in half the countries in the world, and no one gets all that excited. (Mind you, I think they should get excited, but they don't.)
So it's the Communist thing, but the cold war is over. Castro runs a tiny little poor Carribean island, not a threat by any stretch of the imagination. Is the Castro hate just fossilized from the cold war, is it all pandering to Cuban emigres... why does the right still get so excited over him?
Well, that's wrong in toto. IIRC, Cuba is only 90 miles away from the US coastline. Their non-existent WMD could reach us a lot faster than Iraq's non-existent WMD. On top of which, their operatives speak Spanish; the US is something like 10% Latino, so it's going to be very expensive to protect ourselves by rational, obvious methods like getting every Hispanic in America to register with the government. Frankly, I think it's an appalling betrayal of his duty to national security that President Bush hasn't bombed Cuba into a water feature.
SCMT- I'd be interested in an experiment of posting that as a comment on LGF or some where similar and seeing if people disagree with it. Though I doubt the results will be as interesting as the rubber band stretching experiment.
It depends on how he feels about activist judges.
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 04-13-05 7:06 AM
It doesn't count as terrorism if it's directed against commies.
Plus, I mean: Castro's a threat.
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 04-13-05 7:06 AM
I've never really understood all the extravagant Castro hate. Yes, human rights violations, yes, there are similar and worse violations in half the countries in the world, and no one gets all that excited. (Mind you, I think they should get excited, but they don't.)
So it's the Communist thing, but the cold war is over. Castro runs a tiny little poor Carribean island, not a threat by any stretch of the imagination. Is the Castro hate just fossilized from the cold war, is it all pandering to Cuban emigres... why does the right still get so excited over him?
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 04-13-05 8:12 AM
Because the anti-Castro zealots in southern Florida have traditionally held the key to taking Florida's Electoral College votes.
No other reason.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 04-13-05 8:14 AM
not a threat by any stretch of the imagination
Well, that's wrong in toto. IIRC, Cuba is only 90 miles away from the US coastline. Their non-existent WMD could reach us a lot faster than Iraq's non-existent WMD. On top of which, their operatives speak Spanish; the US is something like 10% Latino, so it's going to be very expensive to protect ourselves by rational, obvious methods like getting every Hispanic in America to register with the government. Frankly, I think it's an appalling betrayal of his duty to national security that President Bush hasn't bombed Cuba into a water feature.
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 04-13-05 8:30 AM
SCMT- I'd be interested in an experiment of posting that as a comment on LGF or some where similar and seeing if people disagree with it. Though I doubt the results will be as interesting as the rubber band stretching experiment.
Posted by washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 04-13-05 10:00 AM
You'd have to replace "nonexistent WMD" with "WMD programs" -- other than that, I think it would pass just fine.
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 04-13-05 11:10 AM
"WMD-program-related activities"
Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 04-13-05 11:22 AM
"Because the anti-Castro zealots in southern Florida have traditionally held the key to taking Florida's Electoral College votes"
I thought it was the Mafia. Holding a grudge for the longest time, and owning the US Govt.
Posted by dave heasman | Link to this comment | 04-18-05 4:48 AM