"If only the group had met with even one prisoner of conscience or one of the wives, mothers, daughters or sisters of the 75 independent journalists, librarians and human-rights advocates imprisoned in Cuba's ''Black Spring'' of 2003. They would have easily spotted the Ladies in White in Havana on Palm Sunday, walking in protest to raise awareness about their men's harsh sentences for daring to think outside the communist box of limitations...These "blind seven", showed their ignorance by being used themselves as propaganda. By making this trip and dining with the dictators, they spit in the faces of every man, woman, and child who have been abused, imprisoned, and murdered while trying to fight for freedom. Shame on you, you seven blind congressman. Shame on you.
...Or the seven could have traveled three hours from Havana to see the hunger-striking dissidents led by Jorge Luis ''AntĂșnez'' Garcia in Placetas. Or they could have asked to see Oscar Elias Biscet, a doctor serving 25 years in prison for following the peaceful resistance of Martin Luther King Jr."(Article)
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Cuba Visiting Democrats= Blind & Ignorant
Myriam Marquez hits the nail on the head with an article pointing to the ignorance of the seven members of congress who visited Cuba. Here's an excerpt, but be sure to read the whole article HERE...
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