Fidel in the Way

We’ll Talk After the Funeral

Whatever Uncle Sam has up his sleeves, we will not find out until after the Funeral.

In an article in today’s Miami Herald:

''We see that this regime has made this successful transfer of power and is trying to consolidate itself, but it can't define itself or separate itself from Fidel,'' Thomas Shannon, assistant secretary of state for the Western Hemisphere, said in an interview. ``My guess is that we're not going to see that until Fidel Castro is dead and buried.''

''Fidel Castro is in this odd moment where he is neither alive nor dead politically. He is alive physically, but he's not in charge day to day, and he's obviously not present day to day, but it appears that he still has the ability to sit up in bed and give orders occasionally,'' Shannon said.

..and on the question in everyone's mind:

''We know he's really sick, that he's not really getting any better,'' Shannon said. ``But it's not clear to us what his problem is and what his timeline is, if I can speak of it crudely. Negroponte said that the information available to us portrays his demise in a question of months as opposed to years, but the reality is that we don't know because the Cubans don't share that information.''''We know he's really sick, that he's not really getting any better,'' Shannon said. ``But it's not clear to us what his problem is and what his timeline is, if I can speak of it crudely. Negroponte said that the information available to us portrays his demise in a question of months as opposed to years, but the reality is that we don't know because the Cubans don't share that information.''

Even if Raul’s tenure as dictator doesn’t deviate from his brother's too much, it is unlikely that his regime will be long-lived.

Cuba’s regime is nothing more than organized crime; corrupt to the core. The only thing that keeps all these thugs in line is the fear of the Godfather, Fidel, who keeps them all in line.
It remains to be seen if once Godfather is buried, the regime can survive the orgy of theft and corruption that will ensue.