South Florida can breathe a sigh of relief this morning, maybe.
Yesterday, the Sun Sentinel, in its continuing public service to ally the Cubanophobia that’s gripping South Florida, reassured the popolation that we're ready for a mass exodus out of the tropical concentration camp a few miles south of here.
The city of Miami was trying to “contain” any possible celebrations by offering up a venue where Cubans could go and celebrate quietly and out of sight so as not to “offend” anybody.
The rest of South Florida is gripped in a collective paranoia over the possibility of a “mass exodus” out of the concentration camp once Fidel dies.
Excerpts:
The U.S. government is ready to stop a mass migration of Cubans to Florida's shores when President Fidel Castro dies, two lawmakers said Wednesday after meeting with military and homeland-security officials.
U.S. Rep. John Mica of Winter Park, the top Republican on the House Transportation Committee, organized the closed-door meeting to find out whether the Coast Guard and other Homeland Security agencies are prepared.
Mica said he was satisfied with what he heard. U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Miami, agreed. The U.S. will not lose control of its borders, Diaz-Balart said. "That's just not an option."
Et tu, Brute?
A full-scale exercise, with role-playing of migrants landing in the U.S. and being interdicted at sea will be conducted March 7-8.
O'Neil said the government has learned lessons from the 1980 Mariel boatlift, in
which Castro allowed more than 100,000 people to come to Florida, as well as smaller influxes of Cubans in 1994 and 2004.
BUT……….
But Andy Gomez, assistant provost of the University of Miami and a scholar on Cuban issues who has met with federal officials about their plan, said they may be underestimating the fallout from Castro's death.
Gomez said as many as 500,000 Cubans could end up fleeing if social and political unrest breaks out on the island just 90 miles from Florida
Upon Castro's death, Gomez said, his brother likely would be given about six months to try to improve the lot of Cubans' lives before people begin to flee en masse.Aricle Here
Nobody asked Gusano, a Cuban Refugee from Davie, Florida, about the situation.
But Gusano would have said that the best way to have a stable Cuba and prevent a mass exodus would be to send a couple of aircraft carriers and a marine expeditionary unit.
In heavily accented English Mr. Gusano would have said “Once the Dog is Dead, The Rabies is Gone”
4 comments:
Funny comment at the end. Yet, I think you are serious about your position. I recall a FIU poll, the latest on in 2004, where it showed that the majority of Cuban-Americans polled favored a military option towards Cuba. This is in contrast to many Americans who believe that a diplomatic solution should be pursued to Cuba, and also to Iran for example.
Anyway, the article mentions Andy Gomez, who's opinions should be taken lightly because his interpretations are so ridiculous at times.
He wrote a paper for in 2004 for UM's cuba study program, and basically gives contradictory and arbitrary perspectives about recent Cuban immigrants. He basically believes that almost everything that comes from Cubans mouths are Marxist-Leninist indoctrinations.
That's like saying that everything we say is influenced by the party lines of Democrats and Republicans. And, this is false.
In Gomez's paper, more than 80% of his Cuban subjects said that Cuban health care is good or average, and more than 90% said that they wouldn't change it.
But, to Gomez, this is all the result of indoctrination. God forbid that they are actually being honest.
But, Gomez contradicts himself when he finds that his Cuban subjects respond in individualistic terms, which Gomez then believes THIS answer is honest.
Gomez is so biased.
everybody is biased.
everybody has an agenda.
everybody has opinion.
I don't think he's right though Cuba is a police state, if raul don't want nobody getting out, nobody's gettin out.but thats just my biased opinion based on experience.;)
So, one of the Diaz Balarts (US Chapter of the most powerful international political dynasty on Earth) wants Cubans contained? Why would that be? Are we unconfortable for him? Are we as pesky for them here as the Cubans of the Island are for his cousins and great uncles? They haven't done a thing to eliminate the dry foot wet foot..... amazing.
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