After careful consideration, the time has come to rescind #Cuba’s designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism. http://t.co/EesSIIG5Ek
— John Kerry (@JohnKerry) April 14, 2015In his report to Congress, Obama certified that “the government of Cuba has not provided any support for international terrorism during the preceding six-month period,”and “has provided assurances that it will not support acts of international terrorism in the future.”Six months? Translated to Obama administration vernacular, that statement about Cuba's history of sponsoring terrorism reads as "dude, that was like half a year ago!" None of this is a surprise -- Iran remains on the U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list, and the Obama administration wants to hand them a free copy of "Centrifuges for Dummies" just to piss off Netanyahu.Raul Castro praised Obama the other day as "an honest man." If, during the Summit of the Americas, Obama promised him "if you like your revolution, you can keep your revolution," the joke will be on Castro. **Written by Doug PowersTwitter @ThePowersThatBe
US denounces human rights violations only when you disobey
ReplyDeleteThe United States (US) government’s goal is global dominance. Noam Chomsky brilliantly explains this in his book, HEGMONY OR SURVIVAL.
The US must control countries to do this. It must rob them of their resources. A leader who is willing to do what the US government wants, will not only get its support, but it will also never accuse him of any crimes against citizens of his country. As long as US corporations can get huge profits out of that country, American democracy could not be working better!
But, as soon as the leader disobeys, Washington will quickly accuse him of horrible human rights violations and of being a dictator. The US government will quickly replace him with someone who will cooperate with Washington.
This is why President Eisenhower didn’t meet with Fidel Castro after his revolution ousted Cuban dictator and US puppet Batista. US said nothing about Batista’s atrocities against the Cubans. But, as soon as Fidel Castro became the leader that the Cuban People wanted, the US suddenly got very interested in the Cuban People’s human rights, liberties, democracy, and justice for all!
Within 2 months, the US government started planning on how to remove Fidel Castro for somebody it could control. Chomsky’s book goes into the details of that. And after more than 50 years, the US government is still trying to get Cuba under its control again.
Recently, the United Nations (UN) voted once again to lift the US blockade against Cuba. This time, only the United States and Israel want to continue to punish Cuba for not wanting to be controlled by the US government. How more obvious could it be that the US government is still determined to change Cuba’s government to one that will serve US interest!
This is why Puerto Rico decolonization will never happen under US control. Puerto Rico is a colony, because the US government wants it that way. How could anyone realistically believe that the US would reverse something that it unilaterally installed?
To decolonize Puerto Rico, we would have to protest peacefully and permanently for a long time (remember the Cuban blockade) for the US government to respect our inalienable right to self-determination and independence under international law. We must protest tirelessly to insist that the US government comply with the 34 UN resolutions to immediately decolonize Puerto Rico.
And when that day happens that we are finally for the very first time decolonized, Washington will be going all out to install a Puerto Rican president who will do exactly whatever the US government wants. If you doubt that, why do you think the US still has a naval station in Cuba?
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