Is Paul Martin ready for a U.S. attack on Cuba?
>by Murray Dobbin
June 11, 2004
Prime Minister Paul Martin chatted with George W. Bush at the G8 meeting last week and apparently talked about the same old topic — American bullying on the trade front — with predictable results. What he should have added to the list was the U.S. plan for military action against Cuba.
What plan, you ask? Good question. And it is one that Martin and his policy advisors and foreign affairs analysts ought to be asking themselves right now. Given the unending foreign policy catastrophe of Iraq, rational thinking would suggest that such a question need not even be posed. But rational thinking in the White House is an oxymoron. These people are not humbled or chastened by defeat — they seem emboldened by it.
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And he has a further problem. While he is desperate to please the U.S., and is under unrelenting pressure from the Bay Street's Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE) to do whatever the U.S. asks, Martin is sitting on a long-standing Canadian policy regarding Cuba, a policy that differs dramatically from that of the U.S. Indeed, our Cuba policy is the single most dramatic expression of Canadian foreign policy independence. Will Paul Martin simply jettison this policy to please George W. Bush and CCCE president, Tom d'Aquino?
Would Bush actually invade Cuba or is he just playing tough guy to ensure he scoops Florida in the November election? What seems inconceivable is tragically quite possible given recent moves by Bush and his cabal of “regime-changers.” They have already implemented moves that are clearly in violation of international law and transparently designed to provoke Cuba into an action that can be spun to justify an attack.
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http://www.rabble.ca/news_full_story.shtml?x=32698 Santa Clara, Cuba 1961, teachers & students waving giant pencils
to celebrate their new literacy program, which
has worked VERY well.
José Martí Provincial Library, Santa Clara At the end of this site, you can find 3 Cuban songs. Very interesting. Also, material on Cuban libraries, and the beginning of their developing computer literacy. Remember, due to the embargo, they don't have fiber optics, and their advancement is very slow, as they are operating under some handicaps.
This article is also dated, as I saw it a couple of years ago or more.
http://www.communitytechnology.org/cuba/photos.html