I'm All About God Bless America, Too.

Recently I made a post on Babalublog.com in which I quoted Jorge Ponce, a Cuban American from the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area, and recapped Mr. Ponce's rebuttal in the Washington Post of Eugene Robinson's article about the US embargo in Cuba and incuded his observations on the online interview with Robinson.  To recap my recap on Babalublog and on this site and to put my point into context, this is from the Washington Post article:

"It (the embargo) could also be called childish and counterproductive -- and, since the demise of the Soviet Union, even insane. Absent the threat of communist expansionism, the refusal by successive American presidents to engage with Cuba has not even a fig leaf's worth of rationale to cover its naked illogic. Other than providing Fidel Castro with a convenient antagonist to help whip up nationalist fervor on the island -- and prolong his rule -- the U.S.trade embargo and other sanctions have accomplished nothing."

Mr. Ponce, referring to Eugene Robinson's position on the embargo and the online conversation, made this comment to me, which I posted:

"Lifting the embargo would bring more revenue to the Cuban authorities, which they will use to increase terrorist activities against the U.S.  Forget about loving and caring so deeply about the Cuban people. How about showing some care for Americans? I don't know about Eugene, but I'm all about God Bless America."

Tonight it was brought to my attention that after reading Mr. Ponce's comment, some people do not understand how Cuba, which is not listed in the State Department's terrorism report as a country that funds terrorism, but IS listed as a terrorist state, can be classified as such. Just because the US has not tracked down the money doesn't mean that castro, who is not shy about his hatred for the US, hasn't been using it to fund terrorism.

But true, that has not been proven. I mean, it's not like he has a shady track record. It's not like castro got help from Jorge Massetti to finance the Puerto Rican terrorist group the Macheteros. It's not like castro had a mole embedded in the state department.  It has nothing to do with Carlos the Jackal, Illich Ramírez Sánchez, responsible for terrorist acts in Europe, having trained in Cuba. It's also not that castro had ties to the the El Salvadoran terrorist group FMLN. And it's certainly not like Cuba

"provided advanced weapons and demolition training to the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) in Perú. The Tupac Amaru attacked the U.S. Embassy in 1984; bombed the Texaco offices in 1985 and attacked the residence of the U.S. Ambassador in 1985 all in Lima, Perú." (Eugene Pons)

But I'll just stick to these two facts.

FACT: Cuba sent agents to US missions around the world who provided false leads designed to subvert the post-September 11 investigation. (source: State Dept. Report on Terrorism)

FACT: fidel castro, on a visit to Iran in 2001 was quoted as saying:

"The peoples and governments of Cuba and Iran can bring America to its knees."

If you need more evidence than that, well, what can I say except God Bless America.