Thursday, August 10, 2017

Why possibility of Castro regime harming U.S. and Canadian diplomats should not be a surprise

The Castro regime is an outlaw regime. 

Canadian Embassy in Havana, Cuba
Today, another shoe dropped, the Associated Press reported that Canadian government said that at least one Canadian diplomat in Cuba has also been treated for hearing loss. "Global Affairs Canada spokeswoman Brianne Maxwell said Canadian officials 'are aware of unusual symptoms affecting Canadian and US diplomatic personnel and their families in Havana.'" Spokesperson Heather Nauert in a State Department briefing yesterday revealed that two Cuban diplomats were expelled from the United States on May 23, 2017 in response to "incidents in Cuba." According to U.S. officials five U.S. diplomats were targeted by a "sonic weapon" that led to "severe hearing loss" that led to some of them canceling their tours and returning early to the United States.

Cuban state security agents have "pilfered car parts, slashed tires and smashed car windows" of U.S. diplomats in Havana and left "unwelcome 'messages' like urine and feces deposited in their homes." The reaction of disbelief and surprise in the media to this news story is shocking and reflected in the tweet below:
The government of Cuba is an outlaw regime that has a record of not only mistreating Cubans but also engaging in actions against others that should also raise concerns. The use of a "sonic weapon" would be something new, but attempting to harm a diplomat is not. U.S. diplomat Robin Meyers was subjected to cars being used against her as weapons in Cuba on February 23-24, 1996. Former Canadian ambassador to Cuba James Bartleman told The Globe and Mail today that he was "not surprised by this week’s reports, given his experience as envoy from 1981 to 1983. Halfway through his posting, a series of strange events occurred: His family dog was poisoned, a trade officer had a dead rat nailed to their door and the embassy started receiving threatening phone calls. Fed up, he called out the Cuban government."

Consider some of what the Castro regime has been doing in recent years:
Cuban intelligence agents who have murdered nonviolent dissidents and engaged in promoting terrorism abroad are more than capable of harming diplomats and should not be a surprise. What is shocking is that many journalists are and should know better. Then again looking at what has happened with the shuttering of the Institute for Cuban and Cuban American Studies at the University of Miami to get along with the Castro regime we should also not be surprised at the ignorance about the nature of the dictatorship in Cuba.

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