lpnmajor wrote:
You don't seem as concerned about the folks south of the border fleeing the same things.
Lpn, those people live a life of luxury compared to the Cuban people. I started bring my extended family out in the 70’s as soon as i had the means to do so, boats, planes, cash for Raul. They did not come out in new Nikes, new clean clothes.
I tried to avoid setting foot on Cuba but I had no choice except to go in & get my grand uncle who lost both is legs in Fidel’s infamous hotel.
Fidel did not send troops to Africa to help Africans. He sent them because he could not pay & feed them in Cuba & he needed the money.
You are very arrogant even when you have no clue what you are talking about. Things were not always tidy. I never lost a Cuban, family or not. I don’t think there was a one of us who did not get hurt. I brought the Dr., his wife, & kids out saved my great uncle’s life by amputating his legs w/o government approval. Years later, he saved my life when I got shot up. He was the best hand surgeon in Cuba, trained in Spain but a dedicated GP to the people.
I have spent $millions getting people out of Cuba & Venezuela. The mostly, Cuban Americans who picked up Cubans in Mariel lost their boats, lost their livelihoods. Your wisecrack about “coyotes” is insulting. We had a liberal/leftist long time acquaintance of mine for President, Jimmy Carter, more alert than Obama/Biden but just as dumb back then.
You seem like someone who would have been a Kennedy fan. John probably had good intentions, knew exactly what deal his dad had made, but still let Robert run wild on the very people that put John in office. Robert was an egotistical, elitist piece of pond scum. If he had not screwed up The Bay of Pigs, we would not have had this situation.
Here is some trivia for you. Joe Kennedy used the Mob to get John elected, with the agreement he would leave it alone, Robert jumps on them. John contacts various bosses asking them to assassinate Fidel. I had the pleasure to spend some time w/ Santo Trafficante, Jr. He & I had the same lawyer. We were having lunch one day & Santo had his taped together glasses on to read the menu. I asked why he did not buy new glasses, he grinned & said that would be evidence of unexplainable wealth. I said, “Uncle, I will buy you glasses.” He said, “ You will be investigated & have to pay out lawyer more.”
We went for eye exams, both got new glasses, three pairs each. Over dinner one evening I asked him about the rumor that Kennedy had tried to have Castro assassinated by people his brother was prosecuting who had gotten John elected. He said, “I heard that rumor too, even heard they asked me to make it happen, like I could do something like that since I lost everything I had when Fidel took over.” He said, “ If they had asked me, I would have told even though your father was a ruffianu , real sons would have kept his word. That has been a problem with the Irish for my father’s lifetime & mine. You insult me.”
I doubt you believe in God, maybe you believe in karma, or maybe you have a plebeian moment every now & then & realize payback is a bitch. I won’t be here to see it, but history may be rewritten but never changed. The cure for what you liberal/leftist/communist do to countries is extremely violent, fewer fatalities than your side racks up for years, but leads through a series of dictatorships until one someone has enough control to attempt The American Dream again. I doubt that will happen this time again. There are not enough sane people left.
I am already planning the next 2-3 moves for my clan to avoid getting involved in violence when you don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning. I want them to have the means to react when the odds are near even.
I can assure you if I were 20 years younger, I would have boats in the water from Central & South America getting Cubans out. I have absolutely no respect for the Coast Guard for a lot of reasons, a few of my dealings with them, but a litany a mile long of their illegal activities. The US Navy as a laundry list of illegal activities too.