The U.S. EMBASSY is OPEN (again) in CUBA!!
In 1960, I got Married, and Voted in my first Presidential Election. In less than two years after,
my wife and I, and our new-born son, were expecting to DIE, within a few days!! We were located on Fort Meade, in Maryland, adjacent to the NSA!
Cuba, President Kennedy, Vietnam, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, are signature events in my life. Today's Event in Cuba, in which Secretary Kerry addressed the Cuban People and the World, offering a hand across DIVIDEs, carries a theme, long overdue, at the highest level in U.S. Politics!!
I lived at the water's end of Calle Ocho in Miami, from 2003 to 2005. The Cuban, local, Small Business Owners I spoke with, were in fear that Castro would die, any day, and Miami would be "over-run" by Cubans leaving the island. Today, the reporting around "Versaille" is very "laid-back", and sparsely attended. War, and Racial Tensions seem to have eased, somewhat. There was a distinct caste, color, and class distinction within those Cubans, the Republicans loved so much. Jeb Bush, in his reported remarks from his Campaign in Iowa, appears to be dreaming of "re-installing" Batista's followers, and re-establishing their old White's-Only- Controls! Today's Island inhabitants may not want that! It has been reported that GOOGLE offered "free" Internet Connectivity, and was refused. The Island currently gets their limited services from China.
The tremendous opportunities for U.S. Citizens of all colors and classes, will come late, but may still be significant. It depends on WHOSE INTERESTS our State Department will champion? For us old Cold-Warriors, a long nightmare may be lifting. Our relations with Vietnam may offer even more hope, as an example for a better Cuba??
Stay Vigilant! after almost seven years of the most vicious, malignant, personal, race-based, disrespect that any President, in my life-time, has experienced; these Republicans, who have been beating their Race-Hate Drum to the frenzy we now see throughout our country, should, first, APOLOGIZE, and then, DISAVOW all ties to Ailes, Limbaugh, McConnell, Boehner, and others of their TRIBE who have led this filth!
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