Viva Fidel...dammit
You've tried soaking them out...
You've tried scrubbing them out...
And still you get - ring around the collar!
Monroe doctrine notwithstanding, Democrat and Repulican presidents have had to put up with this guy pretty much hating our guts consistently for more than forty years, and he's still alive.
What a point of reflection on America's ability to influence the world.
How we got to the degree of world infuence we enjoy today is a very, very complex combination of diplomatic blunders and triumphs, military brilliance, espionage, and sheer will. What has been consistently successful for us?
Well, not broad-scale use of covert ops. For one thing, Americanism should stand for transparency, I think. When faced with terrible consequences of infuence wrought by our sworn enemies, we're tempted to go to the dark side. The fact that so many lives would be saved by one wee, well-placed assisination...and if that initiative is uncovered, we have a great loss of face to bounce back from.
We remain the greatest nation in the world. That's partly due to our military competency, to be sure. But it's much more attributable to our standing as an example of the best in human conduct.
Covert ops are not consistent with that.
Well, we learned our lesson with Fidel and decided, a long time ago, to leave his beard alone. Good call. But even those Americans who might be brought to a degree of grudging admiration for the guy's sheer tenacity have to admit that his people would very likely now be better off were he dead. He has maintained a grip on power through the worst, most coercive means, and has lately made decisions which have caused even more poverty to his own people. We were hoping against hope that this would end soon, even though good Christians are never called to wish somebody dead.
I guess this is why they say only the good die young.
You've tried scrubbing them out...
And still you get - ring around the collar!
Monroe doctrine notwithstanding, Democrat and Repulican presidents have had to put up with this guy pretty much hating our guts consistently for more than forty years, and he's still alive.
What a point of reflection on America's ability to influence the world.
How we got to the degree of world infuence we enjoy today is a very, very complex combination of diplomatic blunders and triumphs, military brilliance, espionage, and sheer will. What has been consistently successful for us?
Well, not broad-scale use of covert ops. For one thing, Americanism should stand for transparency, I think. When faced with terrible consequences of infuence wrought by our sworn enemies, we're tempted to go to the dark side. The fact that so many lives would be saved by one wee, well-placed assisination...and if that initiative is uncovered, we have a great loss of face to bounce back from.
We remain the greatest nation in the world. That's partly due to our military competency, to be sure. But it's much more attributable to our standing as an example of the best in human conduct.
Covert ops are not consistent with that.
Well, we learned our lesson with Fidel and decided, a long time ago, to leave his beard alone. Good call. But even those Americans who might be brought to a degree of grudging admiration for the guy's sheer tenacity have to admit that his people would very likely now be better off were he dead. He has maintained a grip on power through the worst, most coercive means, and has lately made decisions which have caused even more poverty to his own people. We were hoping against hope that this would end soon, even though good Christians are never called to wish somebody dead.
I guess this is why they say only the good die young.
posted by John Bernat @ 9:11 PM
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