WHY DO REGIONAL commentators fail to give the reason that “the Cuban-American lobby in the United States (which) is large, wealthy and well organised, has repeatedly articulated its preference for the maintenance of the historic policy of antagonism towards the Raul Castro-led regime”?
In doing so, these commentators convey the misleading impression that this Cuban-American lobby is unreasonable – unless, of course, that is exactly what they set out to do in the first place.
The fact that these former Cubans had their homes and properties nationalised, confiscated and/or stolen without compensation and their family, friends and compatriots jailed by the communists with no due justice is enough of a reason to hold such a grudge.
Fifty-five years is still too short a time for the anger and bitterness to dissipate.
History teaches us that little in life is truly free. In one way or another, life and nature have a way of balancing the scales of justice even if a little help is needed sometimes.
Cuba has been paying a heavy price for its unjust actions and will continue to do so for a long time despite this region’s biased commentators.
Such commentators should not assume that because President Barack Obama has changed the US’ approach to Cuba everything will now be “hunky-dory” for Cuba. Sir Isaac Newton’s law of physics – “for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction” – applies also to life in general.
Analysts who conveniently assume that when there is a change in one area of life everything else remains the same invariably arrive at the wrong conclusion.
This also applies to [successive governments] in Barbados which acquire property by parliamentary decree for supposedly public purposes and then do little to compensate the former owners (over $80 million is owed by the Barbados Government to such owners). These administrations should take note that a day of reckoning will eventually come.
The Lord’s vengeance is/will be justice and these public servants should not fool themselves that the Lord will await his second coming.
– Peter Webster
