Free Republic

The Diaz-Balarts were out of the country when Castro took over and after Castro burned their house to the ground they never returned, getting that message loud and clear. Living in Florida, Rafael was a leader of the Castro opposition, and taught his sons to love freedom through word and deed. The commitment runs so deep in the Diaz-Balart blood that speaking of their Cuba and other tyrannies, like China, Lincoln said in a 2003 interview with the National Review: "I feel almost embarrassed for the human race that we just sit here and accept regimes like that." As members...

We cannot stand by any longer and let our soldiers give their lives for freedom and democracy when we're exercising neither here in The United States of America. We can fight and win wars on many fronts, but if we can't take care of business here at home, none of the others even count. When we have men and women on the battlefield trying to protect our country, and we're sitting back and letting it go to "hell in a hand basket," we ought to be ashamed. Soldiers should not be fighting for our freedoms when we're throwing them down...