A letter to the editor from a former Cuban citizen.
This was circulating last year and maybe you saw it then.
How does it look now that we have seen over 100 days of obama?
Now that we have the largest deficit ever with no end in site?
Now that we have a bunch of crooks surrounding our president and even he is probably not legal to be where he is.
A letter to the editor from a former Cuban citizen.
Dear Editor, Times-Dispatch:
Each year I get to celebrate Independence Day twice. On June 30
I celebrate my independence day, and on July 4 I celebrate America’s.
This year is special, because it marks the 40th anniversary of my
independence.
‘On June 30, 1968, I escaped Communist Cuba, and a few months
later, I was in the United States to stay. That I happened to arrive in
Richmond on Thanksgiving Day is just part of the story, but I digress.
‘I’ve thought a lot about the anniversary this year. The
election-year rhetoric has made me think a lot about Cuba and what
transpired there. In the late 1950s, most Cubans thought Cuba needed a
change, and they were right. So when a young leader came along, every
Cuban was at least receptive.
‘When the young leader spoke eloquently and passionately and
denounced the old system, the press fell in love with him. They never
questioned who his friends were or what he really believed in. When he
said he would help the farmers and the poor and bring free medical care
and education to all, everyone followed. When he said he would bring
justice and equality to all, everyone said, ‘Praise the Lord.’ And when
the young leader said, ‘I will be for change and I’ll bring you change,’
everyone yelled, ‘Viva Fidel!’
‘But nobody asked about the change, so by the time the
executioner’s guns went silent, the people’s guns had been taken away.
By the time everyone was equal, they were equally poor, hungry, and
oppressed. By the time everyone received their free education, it was
worth nothing.
By the time the press noticed, it was too late, because they
were now working for him. By the time the change was finally
implemented, Cuba had been knocked down a couple of notches to
Third-World status. By the time the change was over, more than a
million people had taken to boats, rafts, and inner tubes. You can call
those who made it ashore anywhere else in the world the most fortunate
Cubans. And now I’m back to the beginning of my story.
‘Luckily, we would never fall in America for a young leader who
promised change without asking, what change? How will you carry it out?
What will it cost America?
‘Would we?’
Manuel Alvarez, Jr. Sandy Hook
