.US says it has no plans to invade Cuba
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States said it had no plans to invade Cuba, after its communist interim leader, Raul Castro, said he had ordered a mobilization to counter a US invasion threat.
"The United States has no plans to invade Cuba," said Eric Watnik, a State Department spokesman, reiterating remarks made by Tom Shannon, the top US diplomat for the region, since Fidel Castro temporarily ceded power to his brother on July 31 following major surgery.
In his first public statement as interim ruler, published by the Communist Party newspaper Granma, Raul Castro said he had mobilized tens of thousands of reservists and militia members to face a possible US invasion threat.
The United States has invaded and administered Cuba in the past, a subject of everyday political discussion by the Cuban government.
"At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, they frustrated the independence of Cuba and imposed their administrators on us," Raul Castro said in the interview.
"Now they have also designed one for the supposed 'transition.' One (Caleb) McCarry recently stated that the United States does not accept the continuity of the Cuban Revolution, although he didn't say how they are thinking of averting that," added Castro.
"Over there, as if they were the rulers of the planet, they are saying that there must be a transition to a social regime of their liking and that they 'would take note of those who oppose that.' Although it seems incredible, this boorish and at the same time stupid attitude was assumed by President (George W.) Bush a few days ago," he said.
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Republican reelection campaign, that all this is. This is the communist Cuba regime cooperating with this current republican caucus. They have been giving eachother tong for the last five years and this current crisis comes just two month before an election. The regime had already mobilized to quell any disobedience following the transition, there was no need what so ever to paint it as an impending invasion, something that the people on the island are so accustomed too that they would not believe at this point even if there were US Navy ships off the coast. This is solely for our consumption here in Miami. Viva fidel, and his buddy Bush.
"The United States has no plans to invade Cuba," said Eric Watnik, a State Department spokesman, reiterating remarks made by Tom Shannon, the top US diplomat for the region, since Fidel Castro temporarily ceded power to his brother on July 31 following major surgery.
In his first public statement as interim ruler, published by the Communist Party newspaper Granma, Raul Castro said he had mobilized tens of thousands of reservists and militia members to face a possible US invasion threat.
The United States has invaded and administered Cuba in the past, a subject of everyday political discussion by the Cuban government.
"At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, they frustrated the independence of Cuba and imposed their administrators on us," Raul Castro said in the interview.
"Now they have also designed one for the supposed 'transition.' One (Caleb) McCarry recently stated that the United States does not accept the continuity of the Cuban Revolution, although he didn't say how they are thinking of averting that," added Castro.
"Over there, as if they were the rulers of the planet, they are saying that there must be a transition to a social regime of their liking and that they 'would take note of those who oppose that.' Although it seems incredible, this boorish and at the same time stupid attitude was assumed by President (George W.) Bush a few days ago," he said.
Yahoo
Republican reelection campaign, that all this is. This is the communist Cuba regime cooperating with this current republican caucus. They have been giving eachother tong for the last five years and this current crisis comes just two month before an election. The regime had already mobilized to quell any disobedience following the transition, there was no need what so ever to paint it as an impending invasion, something that the people on the island are so accustomed too that they would not believe at this point even if there were US Navy ships off the coast. This is solely for our consumption here in Miami. Viva fidel, and his buddy Bush.
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