Recently there have been protests, quite large ones,
in Cuba put on by the Cuban people against Cuba's
communist government. Although the regime there
had faced protesters and their protests before, they
have never countenanced anything this massive
and so spontaneously; it expanded across the island
like a mighty wave. Messages announcing it all
were spread on social media before the regime had
a chance to block it from further spreading.
The social media, you see, is dangerous to the
iron-fisted rulers of Cuba, as it allows the Cuban
people to share their displeasure and to feel that
they are not alone in their frustrations and anger
toward their dominators.
What caused these protests and why did they pick
up such steam? They weren't planned nor were they
organized. They were the product of the anger at the
country's totalitarian masters touched off by economic
fallout from the Coronovirus, which has been grossly
mismanaged. Widespread food and medicine shortages
became the order of the day, accompanied by daily
electrical blackouts. No wonder the Cuban people
are cheesed off.
Considering that Fidel Castro is dead and his brother
Raul is now for all intents and purposed retired (he
no longer holds an official government position),
and that the head of the regime is now one Miguel
Diaz-Canel, who has no legitimacy reaching beyond
the military and intelligence services which prop him
up, the Cuban people have more of a chance to finally
oust the communist cabal which had been running and
ruining Cuba for over sixty years. They are willing to
risk arrest by filling the streets because they have lost
so much that they feel they have noting left to lose.
This makes for a dangerous enemy, the Cuban
comrades should note.
Apparently Diaz-Canel has done just that, and is
therefore leaving nothing to chance; he has mobilized
the military and intelligence to go after the
protesters. Surprisingly, our ever-left-leaning president
has issued a statement of support for the protesters and
their quest. President Biden did well in doing this but
now must back up his encouraging words with real
support for the Cuban people. Cuba's regime is now
much more vulnerable after President Trump's restoring
of some of the sanctions the U.S. has held against
said regime, and Cuba has few allies, especially ones
which can assist effectively against American initiatives.
Sadly, the Congressional Democrats are busy
having a bit of a confab about what the most
appropriate reaction of the United States government
should be (?!?!?!?!). When you consider that two
of those involved in this sorry decision-making process
are Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and
Sen. Bernie Sanders (Ind-VT), and followed by more
lefty members of Congress, one has to worry about
the Cuban people's chances of any material help
or moral support; Ultra Dummy and Ultra Radical
leading the Don't-do-a-damn-thing-to-help-the-Cuban
-people contingent on Capitol Hill. These socialists
and their chums just might be able to ensure that,
indeed, nothing will be done.
The odds on an outright revolution, particularly one
which would prove successful are long and daunting.
But for the Cuban people to be made to see that the
United States is on their side materially as well as
rhetorically will give their morale and confidence
a mighty boost. It looks, though, that they'll have to
wait until after next year's elections when we'll very
likely have given back both the House and the Senate
to the Republicans with large enough margins to stuff
Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders & Company. As for their ability
to hold out, it's a roll of the dice. Stay tuned, and for
goodness sake call your representatives and senators
to demand that they make a public and irrevocable stand
for the Cuban people!
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