"Castro's Humanitarian Bluff"
By José Reyes 9 9/3/2005
Fidel is up to his old tricks again. On September 2nd "El
Comemierdante" Fidel Castro said on a
radio and television address that he would send 1,100 doctors and "26
Tons" of medicine to the afflicted areas of hurricane 
Katrina. This is just another futile attempt to get some recognition and to
redeem himself from all the devastating harm he has afflicted on Cuba for the
last 46 years. This is another act of desperation from the Castro regime to gain
some trust from the poor Cuban populous. He's a master of the bluff, do you
really think he has "26 Tons" of medicine? He knows very well that
President Bush will reject his offer, but with this bluff, he thinks, he will
gain some humanitarian respect from the global community. It's too late for that
and he knows that, the people in Cuba and around the world know very well where
he is coming from. He is focusing on the youth, who are not aware of all the
damage he has caused 
to the Cuban people. He
is very aware and is trying to capitalize on the racial friction concerning the
slow response by the disaster agencies to the devastating destruction of
hurricane Katrina. When president Bush offered aid to Castro in early July when
hurricane Dennis and Fidel said "No, we can handle it", "We don't
need your help". Meanwhile, the Cuban people suffered as their paper houses
ripped apart. The people in Cuba
are dirt poor, the average Cuban makes $13.50 a month and they have a
shortage of everything, including medicine. Castro sends his international
medical unit around the world and makes a profit on it, charging for his
services and pocketing the money. This latest bluff is directed to show his
concern for 
the
poor but indirectly, he is trying to add fuel to the racial tensions in
America. He took this calculated measure in New York in the early 60's,
when he was invited to New York by the U.N. He was dissatisfied with the
food in the Hotel he was staying in midtown Manhattan, so he arranged and
delivered a speech in the famous Riverside Church in Harlem and stayed overnight
in a Hotel there with a balcony, where he emerged at night to show his support
to the black community there. Meanwhile, now in Cuba, there is extreme racial
discrimination occurring. The writings of Martin Luther King Jr. are not
accepted as a learning tool in Cuba and if caught reading them, the punishment
is severe. If Martin Luther King Jr. was alive now, he would 
denounce
Fidel for breaking all the human rights of the Cuban people. When Castro was
asked about the slow response to the victims of Katrina by the US government and
he answered, "This is not the time to kick an adversary while he's down."
When Dennis smashed into Cuba, the only attention he centered on in Cuba was the
Casinos and the Hotels where prostitution runs rampant. Castro is trying to use
the "Race Card" here so he can create tension and stay in power
longer.
If this catastrophe would have occurred in a all-white "Poor"
neighborhood, it would have taken just as long to get assistance to the victims.
This is not a racial issue, like Castro is implying. This is a humanitarian
outpour of support that is taking place right now around the United States and
around the world. The pictures you see of people floating around dead in the
water are from the initial contact of Katrina when it smashed onto land at a
speed of "175 Miles per Hour" and of the levees that collapsed with
the rush of water created by this destructive monster. This 
is
a major catastrophe and people will realize in the near future how rapidly the
United States government responded. There were a total of 6 States that were
struck by this deadly hurricane; Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,
Kentucky and Georgia. It's in times like this when America comes through, over
and over again. There are hundred of thousands of people rushing to the aid of
blacks and whites that were affected by this monster hurricane. There are
millions of people, black and white, donating money, and food towards the relief
funds. Castro is not trying to help here, he is just starting trouble. "God
Bless America".
