Posted on 06/08/2004 10:20:45 AM PDT by LibFreeUSA
HAVANA - Cuba harshly criticized former President Ronald Reagan and his policies on Monday, saying he should "never have been born."
In the first reaction to Reagan's death from the communist government, Radio Reloj said:
"As forgetful and irresponsible as he was, he forgot to take his worst works to the grave," the government radio station said.
"He, who never should have been born, has died," the radio said.
The statement did not mention Cuba's relationship with the United States under Reagan, a staunch foe of communism.
It also did not mention Reagan's decision to order U.S. forces to invade the tiny Caribbean country of Grenada on Oct. 25, 1983, because Washington feared the island had grown too close to Cuba.
Since the early 1960s, Cuba and the United States have been without diplomatic relations, and Cuba has been under a U.S. trade embargo. But relations between the two countries were especially tense when Reagan was in office from 1981-1989.
Radio Reloj lambasted Reagan's military policies, especially the "Star Wars" anti-missile program. The initiative, launched when the Soviet Union still existed, rejected a long-standing doctrine built on the idea that neither superpower would start a nuclear war out of fear of annihilation by the other.
The radio also criticized Reagan's policies in Central America, where Washington backed a counterrevolutionary rebel army that fought against the leftist Sandinista government in Nicaragua. The United States also supported a conservative government that battled Marxist guerrillas during El Salvador (news - web sites)'s civil war.
"His apologists characterize him as the victor of the Cold War," the radio said. "Those in the know knew that the reality was not so, but rather (he was) the destroyer of policies of detente in the overall quest for peace."
Ok! How many now still want to go to CUBA to sun and bathe and drink marguaritas, and PATRONIZE this regime with their 'vacation' dollars????
Castro will wish he had never been born on Judgment Day.
Reagan: 'Cuba can kiss my @$$'
They had hoped that we had forgotten, or that his impact had paled...they are finding that they are wrong and despite their best efforts to the contrary, America has not forgotten.
...and it will never pale because the essence of Ronald Reagan was the principles he stood for and they are true and they themselves will never pale.
Anyone whose very existence pisses off Cuba and Castro is ok by me.
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As R Lee Ermey said so well, "The best part of" [Castro] "ran down the crack of his momma's a** and ended up as a brown stain on the mattress!" Just another liberal, oops, communist lackey opening up his blow hole!
And this is the Cuba so beloved by Danny Glover and his entourage of idiots?
Note to Castro - Find your spider hole now - we are coming to liberate your country soon...
Oh yeah, Danny "I HATE America" Glover and Castro are buddies. I think that they were lovers once! HAHA!
But Jimmy "The Peanut" Carter said it was OK to visit, and that Castro is a good and honest leader of the people.
oh, Fidel, won't you ever just die?
He took NOTHING to the grave - he is now living the perfect life with our Creator, in a spirit body that is perfect. The flesh that housed this magnificent man may moulder in the ground, but he isn't there any more.
God decides who is and isn't born and He even allows scum to slither among us in order to give us examples of what not to be like. Unlike the venomous ones, who He has no expectations of, it is our job to love them despite themselves and to be willing to help lead them to eternal salvation.
Ronald Reagan was one of those men who tried to fulfill those expectations...God Bless The Gipper, his family, president Bush, and God Bless America!
ANOTHER great thing about Reagan - he's hated by all the right people.
How does Cuba know?
'nuff said!
NOT
"Those in the know knew that the reality was not so, but rather (he was) the destroyer of policies of detente in the overall quest for peace."
But, I thought that detente WAS peace. They're not suggesting that detente was just a SHAM peace and Reagen's actions led to REAL peace, are they?
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