" American diplomats are busy watching" Cuba " with an obsessive malice"

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http://counterpunch.com/shamir02142011.html


Cuba in the Wikileaks Mirror - An Undying Obsession


Hundreds of thousands of US State Department documents, in the form of cables from hundreds of embassies and consulates around the world, give us an in-depth picture of American interests and activities such as never before seen. Yet as we peruse cables that chronicle the changing faces of US diplomacy, there is one constant: Cuba.

Everywhere, from Dushanbe in the mountains of Tajikistan to Paris, from Kiev in the Ukraine to Sydney in Australia, American diplomats are busy watching over a small island in the Caribbean Sea with an obsessive malice. Like a professional womanizer who was once rebuffed by a small-town beauty, Uncle Sam can’t seem to get over it. The diplomats monitor all Cuban activities, make note of every Cuban utterance, and report every sighting of a migratory Cuban with the enthusiasm of a birdwatcher. It seems that the US has lost none of its Cold War passion for Cuba.

In far-away Uzbekistan, the US Ambassador is promoting the US case against Cuba and duly reports to Mme Clinton:

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When a Cuban delegation visited Uzbekistan, US embassy staff snooped like jilted lovers. When the Uzbeks told them to mind their own business, the spurned Ambassador cabled home: “The Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Affairs’s refusal to discuss this event with the Embassy is particularly laughable. Only a handful of employees work at the America’s Desk, and the same officials who were "unable" to give us any information were likely involved with the Cuban delegation's visit.” Some guys just don’t understand that “No” sometimes means “No”!

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The US continues to exert pressure on the UN to expand the decades-old US embargo of Cuba, but all efforts have been in vain. Every cable dealing with the UN includes these telling words: “On embargo of Cuba we remain isolated.” The US record of brokering UN resolutions against Cuba is even more dismal than their Middle Eastern efforts. Cuba is the one issue Americans cannot get traction on; they are always met with resolutions against their policy.

-long snip on countries that do or don't support Cuba and how our diplomats try to interfere-

Cuba is renowned worldwide for its extraordinary commitment to help all countries in need, regardless of politics. After an earthquake in Peru, the US ambassador in Peru was forced to admit in a cable: “Cuban assistance has reportedly been targeted and effective, if not directly coordinated with the GOP. Cuba has sent at least two field hospital teams that have offered high-impact quality service, according to observers. At one camp where a U.S. Medrete team had been sent to provide services, a Cuban team had already been set up.”

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our disgusting empire needs to wake up and stop being cruel to the Cuban people

[msongs]

1. republican cuban expats holding America hostage....still. another leadership fail nt

[KansDem]

2. It amazes me how we can trade with China, Vietnam, Cambodia, and other "commies"

...yet we still have this 1960s mindset against Cuba. :shrug:


It used to be that we feared "commies" marching down Main Street, USA...now we buy their goods and services on Main Street, USA.

[dipsydoodle]

4. The ones you mentioned

didn't put egg on the face of the US like the Bay of Pigs did.

Nothing will change anyway until at least the US frees the Cuban Five from their trumped up charges and deports Luis Posada Carriles back to face charges of terrorism in Cuba.

[loudsue]

6. The force of the mob in this country is great.

The mob still rules America.

[dipsydoodle]

3. Uncle Sam can’t seem to get over it

sums it up quite accurately.

Leave it long enough and maybe Cuba will join the EU with whom relationships remain good.

[blindpig]

8. They cannot bear the sight of a socialists state.

It offends the sensibilities of the capitalists.

[maryf]

9. Where's the profit?? they cry, nt.

[Vinnie From Indy]

5. Communist China - GOOD Communist Cuba - BAD

The nakedness of the hypocrisy of our government is awesome to behold.

[zackvs]

7. assange

julian you badboy

[Populist_Prole]

10. I have mixed feelings

As was pointed out so well in the above posts, the logic for isolating them and "engaging" other communist countries is obtuse - But, then again I'm not in any rush for them to turn Cuba into yet another low-wage sweatshop to further erode US employment.