WHY? Because the Bush Administration is Fucking INSANE
U.S. Closely Watching Situation in Cuba
Tuesday August 1, 2006 2:01 PM
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration, which has made no secret of its desire to see the end of Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba, said it is closely monitoring the situation in the island nation with the deterioration of the elderly leader's health.
``We can't speculate on Castro's health, but we continue to work for the day of Cuba's freedom,'' said White House spokesman Peter Watkins.
On Monday, before Castro's illness was announced, President Bush was in Miami and spoke of the island's future.
``If Fidel Castro were to move on because of natural causes, we've got a plan in place to help the people of Cuba understand there's a better way than the system in which they've been living under,'' he told WAQI-AM Radio Mambi, a Spanish-language radio station. ``No one knows when Fidel Castro will move on. In my judgment, that's the work of the Almighty.''
The State Department declined comment, but the United States has been open about the fact it is prepared to go to some lengths to ensure that the communist system Castro created goes out with him.
It is official U.S. policy to ``undermine'' Cuba's planned succession from Castro to his brother Raul, to whom Fidel Castro temporarily transferred power Monday, citing an operation over an intestinal problem and internal bleeding.
The transfer marked the first time that Castro, two weeks away from 80th birthday, had relinquished power in 47 years of absolute rule.
Watkins, the White House spokesman, said the administration was ``monitoring the situation,'' though he did not provide details. Cuba itself has disclosed little about the dictator's circumstances beyond Monday's statement about Castro's operation.
Castro, who took control of Cuba in 1959, resisted repeated U.S. attempts to oust him and survived communism's demise elsewhere.
A 2004 report to President Bush by the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba, led by then-Secretary of State Colin Powell, spells out steps to bring pressure on Castro and provide assistance if and when a democratically inclined leadership takes power.
Bush said upon the report's release: ``We believe the people of Cuba should be free from tyranny. We believe the future of Cuba is a future of freedom.''
Cuba has been under a U.S. financial embargo since 1961, two years after the Castro came to power with the ousting of then-President Fulgencio Batista.
Tuesday August 1, 2006 2:01 PM
AP Photo MDPM101
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration, which has made no secret of its desire to see the end of Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba, said it is closely monitoring the situation in the island nation with the deterioration of the elderly leader's health.
``We can't speculate on Castro's health, but we continue to work for the day of Cuba's freedom,'' said White House spokesman Peter Watkins.
On Monday, before Castro's illness was announced, President Bush was in Miami and spoke of the island's future.
``If Fidel Castro were to move on because of natural causes, we've got a plan in place to help the people of Cuba understand there's a better way than the system in which they've been living under,'' he told WAQI-AM Radio Mambi, a Spanish-language radio station. ``No one knows when Fidel Castro will move on. In my judgment, that's the work of the Almighty.''
The State Department declined comment, but the United States has been open about the fact it is prepared to go to some lengths to ensure that the communist system Castro created goes out with him.
It is official U.S. policy to ``undermine'' Cuba's planned succession from Castro to his brother Raul, to whom Fidel Castro temporarily transferred power Monday, citing an operation over an intestinal problem and internal bleeding.
The transfer marked the first time that Castro, two weeks away from 80th birthday, had relinquished power in 47 years of absolute rule.
Watkins, the White House spokesman, said the administration was ``monitoring the situation,'' though he did not provide details. Cuba itself has disclosed little about the dictator's circumstances beyond Monday's statement about Castro's operation.
Castro, who took control of Cuba in 1959, resisted repeated U.S. attempts to oust him and survived communism's demise elsewhere.
A 2004 report to President Bush by the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba, led by then-Secretary of State Colin Powell, spells out steps to bring pressure on Castro and provide assistance if and when a democratically inclined leadership takes power.
Bush said upon the report's release: ``We believe the people of Cuba should be free from tyranny. We believe the future of Cuba is a future of freedom.''
Cuba has been under a U.S. financial embargo since 1961, two years after the Castro came to power with the ousting of then-President Fulgencio Batista.
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