Truly this citizen, a first generation Cuban Amerian, that is willing to pray for Fidel's soul is a saint. That Fidel will find absolution in his death for his killing, murdering, slaughtering 10's of thousands of innocent people and forcing 100's of thousands to flee his murderous rampage of a communist ideology where all power lies in the hands of a few.
Wonder no longer why progressive socialist liberals love a tyrant. Progressives are all about centralized power to control the population, forcing them to do the bidding of the few or suffer the consequences for disobedience. This is Americana, right? How can there consequences for opposing an unscrupulous, unethical and immoral, if not violent and repressive federal government? We have rights to free speech guaranteed by our Constitution, right?
If you want to oppose the progressives, you had better have your life in order along with all of the accompanying paper work as the federal government will be knocking on your door or if the federals think you might have a real complaint, they will kick in your door in the middle of the night like the did in Wisconsin, accompanied by armed men of violence. It happened!!!
To believe Fidel Castro was anything other then a hero to the progressives is like to believe Barack wakes up every day thinking how he can help the people of this country to be secure, safe and prosperous. Nonsense!!!
Fidel Castro May Be Dead, but Tyranny Remains in Cuba
Ana Quintana / @Ana_R_Quintana /
Late Friday evening, Cuban state media reported the death of their former leader, Fidel Castro, at age 90. Some will mourn his passing or even glorify his life. But for many others, not even his death will fill the void caused by his life.
For over five decades, Cubans suffered under the tyranny of Fidel and then his brother Raul, now 85. They watched the regime destroy a country and export the same perverted model of social justice throughout the developing world. My grandfather would often tell us of how he would hide indoors while Fidel’s firing squads would slaughter innocent people nearby.
Religion was criminalized, dissent was violently punished, and Cuban citizens became property of their communist state. Fidel’s rule brought the world to its closest point of nuclear war during those fateful 13 days in 1962. He indoctrinated hate and pushed millions out of their country.
As a first-generation Cuban-American who grew up in Miami, I know this story all too well. My family was forced to leave Cuba after not bowing to the regime. They and hundreds of other families sought refuge at the Peruvian Embassy in Havana and for over a week they lived in squalor there, attempting to figure out their next steps.
Returning to their home was not an option; Fidel’s thugs had declared the families persona non grata and vandalized their property. After some time, they were able to flee to the U.S. as part of the Mariel exodus in 1981. While they temporarily lived in a refugee camp upon arrival, they are now thriving Americans, like the rest of the Cuban exile community. To this day, my family has never returned to Cuba.
In reality, it is not that important to me whether Fidel is alive or dead. What matters is that the same repressive government and hostility toward freedom he created remains strong. Now more than ever, America needs to shift back to a policy of empowering the Cuban people. Supporting freedom-loving dissidents in their efforts to salvage their country should once again be a priority for the U.S.
Yet since Dec. 17, 2014, America has been on the wrong side of history.
While well intentioned, President Barack Obama’s policy of engaging the Castro regime clearly has not been working. Instead of pushing for freedom, the U.S. has legitimized the Western Hemisphere’s longest military dictatorship. Emboldened by U.S. complacency, the regime in the past two years has produced historic levels of political and religious persecution. As a Christian, I am enjoined to pray that Fidel Castro finds the absolution in death he denied millions throughout their lives. However reluctantly, I will do so.
But as the daughter of Cuban political refugees, his death is a reminder of our duty to continue bearing witness of the horrors committed in the name of Fidel’s revolution.
Wonder no longer why progressive socialist liberals love a tyrant. Progressives are all about centralized power to control the population, forcing them to do the bidding of the few or suffer the consequences for disobedience. This is Americana, right? How can there consequences for opposing an unscrupulous, unethical and immoral, if not violent and repressive federal government? We have rights to free speech guaranteed by our Constitution, right?
If you want to oppose the progressives, you had better have your life in order along with all of the accompanying paper work as the federal government will be knocking on your door or if the federals think you might have a real complaint, they will kick in your door in the middle of the night like the did in Wisconsin, accompanied by armed men of violence. It happened!!!
To believe Fidel Castro was anything other then a hero to the progressives is like to believe Barack wakes up every day thinking how he can help the people of this country to be secure, safe and prosperous. Nonsense!!!
Fidel Castro May Be Dead, but Tyranny Remains in Cuba
Ana Quintana / @Ana_R_Quintana /
Late Friday evening, Cuban state media reported the death of their former leader, Fidel Castro, at age 90. Some will mourn his passing or even glorify his life. But for many others, not even his death will fill the void caused by his life.
For over five decades, Cubans suffered under the tyranny of Fidel and then his brother Raul, now 85. They watched the regime destroy a country and export the same perverted model of social justice throughout the developing world. My grandfather would often tell us of how he would hide indoors while Fidel’s firing squads would slaughter innocent people nearby.
Religion was criminalized, dissent was violently punished, and Cuban citizens became property of their communist state. Fidel’s rule brought the world to its closest point of nuclear war during those fateful 13 days in 1962. He indoctrinated hate and pushed millions out of their country.
Returning to their home was not an option; Fidel’s thugs had declared the families persona non grata and vandalized their property. After some time, they were able to flee to the U.S. as part of the Mariel exodus in 1981. While they temporarily lived in a refugee camp upon arrival, they are now thriving Americans, like the rest of the Cuban exile community. To this day, my family has never returned to Cuba.
In reality, it is not that important to me whether Fidel is alive or dead. What matters is that the same repressive government and hostility toward freedom he created remains strong. Now more than ever, America needs to shift back to a policy of empowering the Cuban people. Supporting freedom-loving dissidents in their efforts to salvage their country should once again be a priority for the U.S.
Yet since Dec. 17, 2014, America has been on the wrong side of history.
While well intentioned, President Barack Obama’s policy of engaging the Castro regime clearly has not been working. Instead of pushing for freedom, the U.S. has legitimized the Western Hemisphere’s longest military dictatorship. Emboldened by U.S. complacency, the regime in the past two years has produced historic levels of political and religious persecution. As a Christian, I am enjoined to pray that Fidel Castro finds the absolution in death he denied millions throughout their lives. However reluctantly, I will do so.
But as the daughter of Cuban political refugees, his death is a reminder of our duty to continue bearing witness of the horrors committed in the name of Fidel’s revolution.
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