Genocide and Affection

With the news of Fidel Castro stepping down (but still retaining his veto powers) in Cuba, it’s given the left-leaning Hacks a chance to play on Castro’s positive traits, which more often enough includes musings on the ‘world-class’ public healthcare system in Cuba. In reality, this system is truly horrific. One of the world’s worst. But that hasn’t stopped the likes of Michael Moore beaming at how wonderful it all is, and what a socialist utopia Castro has created for his people.

Utter nonsense.

Let’s leave Castro’s God-awful healthcare aside for now. That’s an article in its own right. Many Hacks have such affection for this man, so let’s talk some reality about Fidel himself.

Did you spend any student days wearing a Che Guevara T-Shirt? Did you have a Castro poster, or a Chairman Mao shirt? If so, can I ask a question: why didn’t you wear a Hitler T-Shirt as well? I mean really, what’s the difference? The number of people slaughtered under Mao’s regime makes Hitler look like Mickey Mouse. They were all genocidal dictators. All evil men, with socialist policies driven by hatred. The difference is merely in the body counts.

Che Guevara once said: “Hatred is an element of struggle; relentless hatred of the enemy that impels us over and beyond the natural limitations of man and transforms us into effective, violent, selective, and cold killing machines. Our soldiers must be thus; a people without hatred cannot vanquish a brutal enemy”. Che used his hatred to become the nun-raping psychopath that he was. He delighted in forcing mothers to watch their children be executed. Their crimes? They were usually either libertarians, gays, or other ‘subversive’ elements.

Now in Cuba, Batista was an awful man in power. It wouldn’t be long before freedom reigned in Cuba because his government was dreadful and the people rightly wanted change. However, before a proper democratic uprising could occur in Cuba, Castro got there first.

Cuba contained $1.8 billion worth of U.S.-owned property, and it was stolen by Fidel instantly.

As time went on, and more and more Cubans risked their lives to flee his horrific regime, there was a risk for Castro that there would be a public uprising against him. Most of the Cubans who had made Florida their home after fleeing, had appeared to be making a good life for themselves. That’s what happens in a classically liberal democracy where the libertarian pursuit of happiness is available to all. This was unacceptable to Fidel. Something had to be done.

Thus began the Mariel boat lift in 1980. Fidel said that if those who want to leave “do not want to adopt the spirit of our revolution; we don’t want them any way!” However, he didn’t just let anyone leave. If he did, no one would have been left behind. Instead he selected 100,000 people who wanted to leave at random. He then added to that number 25,000 of the worst inmates in his jails. The serial killers, rapists and other vile scum. Thus the Castro propaganda machine kicked in. The subsequent rise in Cuban-American crime after the Mariel boat lift (remember the Brian De Palma movie Scarface?) was used as a tool of propaganda by Fidel. “You see what happens? Good Cubans go to live in a corrupt decadent Western country, and they turn into killers and drug dealers.” Only a deeply disturbed individual could even think it through, let alone carry out this mad plan.

To kill, torture and punish the Cubans deemed “unfit” for Communism were put into UMAP Camps (Military Units to Help Production). This was forced labour at its worst. These were not like the terrible ‘Reunification’ camps of the Chinese/Vietnamese variety. These were camps to work ‘till you die. If you don’t agree with Fidel, then we’ll use your labour by force. The UMAP camps operation was going to be named simply “Plan Fidel”, but wisely the cunning dictator knew not to put his name on the idea.

So all the pro-democracy supporters, artists, gays, Catholics and others were ordered (at night) into the camps at gunpoint by Castro’s agents. Eventually by 1968 the camps were named “Military Units,” and many of those placed there were never heard of again. Before 1959, Cuba had 4 prisons. Currently Castro’s gulags for non-conformists reach more than 200.

So when you hear the George Galloway’s of this world rant on about how wonderful this man is, don’t put the T-Shirt on just yet, remind yourself about the genocide and horror that he has presided over for decades. We can only hope that his ‘stepping down’ and eventual death will lead to this evil regime collapsing once and for all.

I fear it will take more than that.