[NYTr] Another pro-Imperialist ex-Cuban Praises Obama

[All the News That Doesn't Fit]

sent by mart (CubaSi list) - Aug 25, 2007

[In response to Walter Lippmann's post of a Miami Herald Letter to the
Editor supporting Barack Obama's Op-Ed piece earlier in the week.
The letter is by Carlos Lazo, a Cuban-born Washington State resident
who VOLUNTEERED to serve in the US Army and served in Iraq. He was last
seen in the pages of the Miami Herald bitching about not being able to
travel back and forth between Cuba and the US to visit his children
during a layover between tours in Iraq. The letter follows mart's
response below. -NYTr]

mart writes:

Quote from Sgt. Carlos Lazo that ending travel restrictions to Cuba
is "our best tool for helping to foster the beginnings  of
'grass-roots democracy' on the island."? 

Huh?? Cuba under socialism is in *inherently* more democratic than the
U.S. or any other country under capitalism could ever be.  Walter - why
do you persist in posting diatribes from anti-communist, anti-Cuban
propagandists like Lazo and his ilk here on the Cuba Si list?? 

Fuck 'proud U.S Army Iraqi invader, occupier and baby murderer 'Sgt.
Carlos Lazo!  Lazo chose sides a long time ago and this dispute between
the Bush regime and Lazo (and Obama and the rest of the Democrats too,
for that matter - is  merely a dispute on tactics as to  he best way to
attack, subvert and destroy Socialist Cuba! Lazo is only reaping the
treatment, typical of his U.S. government masters - whom  he himself
has willingly chosen. He feels betrayed??  Boo hoo! Poor
anti-socialist bastard! 

The U.S absolutely must end the illegal and immoral blockade of Cuba
and the travel restrictions that the it imposes on its own citizens.
That's all fine, good and necessary.  

But not with the goal of Lazo, Obama and others of his ilk -- which is
ultimately, absolutely the same as the Bush regime anyway: to subvert
and ultimately, bring about the destruction of Socialism in Cuba! 

mart

[the letter below was posted to CubaSI by Walter Lippmann]:

MIAMI HERALD - Aug 24, 2007
www.miamiherald.com/456/story/213577.html 

Ease travel rules

As a veteran of the Operation Iraqi Freedom, a proud combat medic 
in the  U.S. Army and, foremost, a Cuban-American victim of the 
inhuman Cuba travel restrictions imposed by the Bush administration, 
I thank Sen. Barack Obama for his stand on lifting these cruel 
regulations (Our main goal: Freedom in Cuba, Aug. 21, Other Views).

He is right that, "Cuban-American connections to family in Cuba are not
only a basic right in humanitarian terms, but also our best tool for
 helping to foster the beginnings of grass-roots democracy on the 
island."

Since the policy was implemented three years ago, most in the Cuban
community have realized that these despicable travel restrictions lack
common sense. The regulations not only have taken away our chances to
have normal relationships with our families in Cuba, but also have
stolen the most basic right to go to the funerals of our parents.

I do not know if Obama will win the Democratic nomination or if he will
become president. But I do know that he has already won a place in the
hearts of thousands of Cuban Americans for his courage, integrity 
and compassion.

CARLOS LAZO, 
Lynnwood, Wash.

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