Posted on 07/16/2006 4:02:29 PM PDT by wagglebee
I have predicted several times that Bush would oversee the birth of post-Castro Cuba.
Well, we're on our second term now, but there is still Jeb Bush, maybe. So I'm sticking with my prediction. We'll dance on his grave, and then forget where he was buried.
75? Uhhhh..Throw that by me once again...
The Real Cuba, after 47 years of communism:
http://www.therealcuba.com/
Look at the photos. Havana, once one of the most beautiful cities, is crumbling. So is the entire intrastructure. The people are slaves to the government. Surely they are all secretly praying for the death of their dictator.
But Reagan had no such agreement, in 1983, the Soviets were seriously bogged down in Afghanistan and I have a feeling that even they were starting to realize that Castro was nothing more than a thorn in our side, but he was costing the USSR a ton of money.
Boy, I'll bet that announcement was met with relief in Cuba..
Semper Fi
this little news item just convinces me that the rumors that Castro is close to death are probably true - this rumor keeps cropping up again and again, and tracks the glorification of his brother taking place in the Cuban media. time for the US to "help out" a popular uprising in cuba...
Socialismo o Muerto. (Socialism or Death).
Underneath that some brave sould had scrawled "Que es la diferencia?" (What is the difference.)
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The irony is that Cuba was the wealthiest nation in the Caribbean in the late 50's. The have more natural resources and people I know who went there in the 40's and 50's say that their beaches are probably the nicest in the region. Plus they are the closest (and therefore most convenient) island to the US and our tourist dollars.
Without Castro and communism, Cuba would become very prosperous once again.
I was thinking the same thing.
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And yet, it's still...
ELIAN's -Cold Dead Eyes- in Cuba
http://www.Freerepublic.com/forum/a395a99a7020f.htm
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Geeezzz...I thought Castro was dead...he also has/had advanced PARKINSON...wonder which it is...dead or alive...knowing how communist are, if he's dead we'll not know it for a while...not much truth comes out of these regimes. Raul is 75 way to old...he'll be dead soon too.
Yeah, says who? Castro?
I think it is quite possible that he is dead. With all of the rumors that have been floating around the past few weeks, I think the Cubans would have brought him out in public if it was at all possible.
If he is putting his brother who is 75 in his place, he sure as hell doesn`t have many people he can trust. His brother can die before he does!
On the other hand, they've got some swell beaches. Maybe after a generation of living through a workers paradise, the Cuban population will have developed a certain...scepticism about socialism. If so, they might make a great 51st state. Sort of a yin to Floriduhs yang.
More like CASTRO himself, he would have been parading before the cameras and of course CNN would have been right there. Then again with last stages of PARKINSON...it's not a pretty picture.
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