Fidel Castro, if he survives the night, on Wednesday surely will offer his version of the legacy of July 26, 1953, and the start of the Cuban “revolution.” Same shit, different year, although a twist this year may be how he responds to CAFC II and recent reports of his biological demise.
It’s doubtful, however, that Castro will address the real legacy of his revolution, the betrayals and the repression, the lies and the broken dreams, the imprisonments and the death.
He will not talk about Che Guevara’s death squads.
He will not talk about how he brought the world to the brink of nuclear holocaust.
He will not talk about the Cuban families divided.
He will not talk about decades of subservience to his Soviet pimps.
He will not talk about the reality of Cuban health care.
He will not talk about his overseas misadventures.
He will not talk about the balseros.
He will not talk about the Brothers to the Rescue his pilots murdered.
He will not talk about Cuban apartheid.
He will not talk about his gulag.
He will not talk about his imprisonment of those who dare to tell the real story about his Cuba.
He will not talk about Guillermo Farinas.
Nor Oscar Biscet.
On July 26, remember neither Castro nor his revolution, but the victims.
Our friends.
Our familes.
The balseros lost at sea.
The Cubans we will never meet, but whom we should remember every day — especially on July 26.
Abajo Fidel and his revolution!
Viva Cuba libre!
For a great summary of Fidel Castro’s legacy, read Humberto Fontova’s ”Monster,” at Frontpagemag.com. (H/T to Ziva for re-publishing the link at Babalu.)
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