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Post by dangeresque on Sept 25, 2007 21:27:15 GMT
 Cubans walk out during Bush U.N. speech UNITED NATIONS - Cuba's foreign minister walked out of the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday in protest of President Bush's speech in which he said the "long rule of a cruel dictator is nearing its end" on the communist island. The Cuban delegation issued a statement saying the decision by Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque to leave was a "sign of profound rejection of the arrogant and mediocre statement by President Bush." In his speech, Bush looked ahead to a Cuba no longer ruled by Fidel Castro, the ailing 81-year-old leader who has not appeared in public in more than a year, since ceding power to a provisional government headed by his brother Raul. "In Cuba, the long rule of a cruel dictator is nearing its end," Bush said. "The Cuban people are ready for their freedom. And as that nation enters a period of transition, the United Nations must insist on free speech, free assembly and, ultimately, free and competitive elections." Cuba's U.N. Mission said the American president had no moral standing to criticize anyone. It accused Bush of responsibility "for the murder of over 600,000 civilians in Iraq" and for "the torture of prisoners" at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where more than 300 men are being held on suspicion of terrorism or links to al-Qaida or the Taliban. "He is a criminal and has no moral authority or credibility to judge any other country," the mission's statement said. "Cuba condemns and rejects every letter of his infamous tirade." news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070925/ap_on_re_us/un_cuba_protest
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Post by RedFlag32 on Sept 26, 2007 22:32:09 GMT
"free and competitive elections." HAHA And as if what they have in the USA is "free and competitive"
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Post by dangeresque on Sept 27, 2007 3:49:00 GMT
"free and competitive elections." HAHA And as if what they have in the USA is "free and competitive" guess after "free and competitive" they forgot to mention "sold to the highest bidder." |
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Post by RedFlag32 on Sept 27, 2007 22:09:03 GMT
This really gets to me how fucking stupid people are. Its ok to give fascism no platform,or communism no platform but when a country which is trying to progress to the stage of socialism tries to give counter revolutionaries and those seeking to drag that country back to capitalism no platform its seen as "unfree" or "undemocratic".
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Post by dangeresque on Sept 28, 2007 15:27:33 GMT
This really gets to me how fucking stupid people are. Its ok to give fascism no platform,or communism no platform but when a country which is trying to progress to the stage of socialism tries to give counter revolutionaries and those seeking to drag that country back to capitalism no platform its seen as "unfree" or "undemocratic". Yeah, it's really frustrating. Was just talking to a worker today who was slandering Cuba and Fidel for being a "dictatorship". When I told im that Fidel's been out of power for a year, who says, yeah he made his brother the dictator, blah blah blah. These kinds of claims are dogma, and nonfalsifiable. No matter what fact you respond with, they will just move the goal posts back. Good experience last night though. went to a soccer match, and surprisingly saw communist flags in the ultras section!!! Usually ultras in the USA are very pathetic imitations of English supporters, but this lot were very latin american influenced, waving Cuban flags, and red star / che flags ;D |
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