For Castro, the ashcan is ready

The American Thinker ^ | Dec. 13, 2004 | A.M. Mora y Leon

[Kitten Festival]

A couple things stand out about the U.S.'s assessment of Cuba these days. Number one, the U.S. diplomats in Havana have started openly stating that Castro is on his last legs. We don't usually see this kind of bluntness from these guys. What does it mean? Is there a new Cuba diplomatic offensive coming up? Forget that, we've had those, to little effect. It can only mean that he really is.

Diplomats are predictable creatures, but they don't like to get surprised by events. These statements are for us, not Castro, and I think they're just telling us they're on top of it. To make sure we know. They can't reach Cuban audiences with their words, and since when have they needed to preserve diplomatic niceties for the crapulent Castro? He's going downhill fast. And none of Chavez of Venezuela's "free" oil is going to save Castro from that inevitable.

The other thing to look at is the U.S. diplomats' new boldness on sticking up for Castro's political prisoners. Go take a look at some of the pictures posted at Val's excellent Cuban-American Babalu blog.

[Kitten Festival]

All the different signs out there that the US has pinned Castro for a goner. Be sure to check out Val's excellent Babalu blog.

[EagleUSA]

For sure - again Castro is like the totalitarian Arab world -- destined to die to be replaced by democracy and a productive, capitalistic life fashion. -- Castro has been very lucky, he should have been, by all rights, wiped out a long time ago by a Cuban people anxious to remove themselves from the darkness of Communism and move into the real world of democracy and capitalism to relive themselves of the poverty and ugly life style their RULER imparts upon them.