Should we forgive Batista too? Or where his crimes, which included 20 thousand Cuban lives lost, those were only the recorded one’s, to his blood thirsty, US backed Dictatorship :: Or is that too much for forgiveness?

How about his robbing the Cuban Treasury of 100’s of millions of dollars, billions in today’s dollars.

One can safely say, that things are much better, today in Cuba. I know that, as I’ve seen it with my own eye’s, countless times. The CIA Factbook and State Department, speak for themselves on the accomplishments since Batista was ousted.

I have read extensively, the 100 Hours with Fidel, in both Spanish & in English. I have the very rare, original, newspapers, in pristine condition, in the special carton, which was given out to few, in which one can really evaluate the mind & goals of Fidel Castro.

Is he or all that he has done perfect? No, but it’s better than any of it’s neighbors, by a long shot. Imagine the possibilities of Cuba without this Embargo! The options are endless, but do not include reoccupation of Cuba, by US Interests or by US influence or re-corruption of Cuba, like it was before, under Batista.

When I hear the rationale that Castro is the devil or what have you, I refer people to his own words, via Oliver Stone :: And then I dare you to ask the question, what does Fidel have to lose, by speaking the truth? Why would he need to lie? He said he had made many mistakes which he wishes he could take back and have done differently, generally, those are not the words of a Dictator. But that is another discussion, for another day.

Even the biggest of haters of Castro, must take a moment and acknowledge the achievements the man has brought to the people. Cuba is far better placed in the world and has a much deeper, more intimate & educated understanding of the world & sustainability. Cuba is a model of sustainability.

If the Embargo was lifted & Cuba given the chance, without pre-conditions to show the world, that despite having a different take on democracy, they are far better in reality, than they have been portrayed all these long years. That they are FAR from being the Chinese Regime, which the US seems to have no problem with at all, despite their horrific acts of Human Rights.

On the Domestic US FRont, If the US can allow Human Rights violations and pure HATE in their own nation, for example, by oppressing minorities in California with Prop 8, which is pure H8, to name just one of many, major Human Rights complaints against a number of Administrations, which like an endless loop, do what they please, and manipulate the masses to think “This must be our course of action” :: Not true, there is another way, we in Canada know that all too well, with 100 years of trading with Cuba, being one of their biggest trading partners, a relationship that has only grown stronger during the Revolution, despite numerous attempts by US Govt. to sue, block, ban & do anything else dirty, you can imagine, to stop us here in Canada and cause even greater problems in Cuba!

One Canadian PM, after the other, refused to buy into the rubbish from Washington, devised and schemed up in Miami and all around FL. That is until Dictator Harper, a Bush Clone came to Minority Rule. He’ll be gone shortly!

When the Embargo is lifted, we will all be able to see that the Economic problems of Cuba will lift, just like the Embargo has.

DDH

okay, well, you are right, i did not read your article; just snapped out an answer [did castro need forgiving??]when i saw your question.

and after, just now reading your first few paragraphs, i am willing to say that i forgive bush, etc – though i never had to. hitler, not so sure (i just don’t know enough of his personal history, i.e. upbringing… how his feelings & beliefs were formed – but i probably would end up forgiving him, too.)

said another way… if you forgive someone, the burdon of anger, hate, etc, is no longer on you, but them (true, i’ve always felt this to be a sneaky way around it, however, having done it, i do know how liberating it can be).

i’ve been getting really annoyed w/many of the muslims w/in my FB friends who seem to be delighting in transferring (right or wrong is yet to be known), their hatred of bush onto obama… to the point of getting pretty kind of pissed off today. for one, i realised i was finding myself feeling guilty for being a christian. but then i thought, wait a second, i don’t have a prob w/their beliefs, so why i am i ALLOWING them to be “suggestively” distasteful of mine? so i stopped.

it’s all good. i actually – with maybe far too little knowledge – admire castro. kennedy & trudeau liked him. but he is not your actual issue here, is he. as far as bush, i almost feel sorry for how he was brainwashed and manipulated by cheney. but even cheney i find myself having pity for.

look. in the words of john trudell “I’m just a human being trying to make it in a world that is very rapidly losing its understanding of being human.” and, i image you are, too. and as dimwitted as cheney, bush, and some others appear to be, i think they are, as well (how they got off on the wrong track is not for me to deal with. that’s their’s to deal with, with their “higher power”.

i have never known anger resentment hate to serve any good purpose.

xoxo, sigrid