Fred <fred@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Saturday 10 May 2008 18:36, Rolf R wrote:
>
>> YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's military rulers held a referendum Saturday
>> aimed at solidifying their hold on power while brazenly turning
>> cyclone relief efforts into a propaganda campaign. In some cases,
>> generals' names were scribbled onto boxes of foreign aid before being
>> distributed.
>>
>>
>> I wish I read a re****t from Associated Press about the Cuban
>> government, and see AP calling them by their name, when they do the
>> same thing Myanmar Military rulers do.
>>
>> It would be something like that,
>>
> You mean if the world were different and Cuban leaders did that sort of
> thing then the headlines might read something like...
>
>> HAVANA, Cuba - Cuban military rulers held one party elections aimed at
>> solidifying their hold on power while brazenly turning cyclone relief
>> efforts into a propaganda campaign. In some cases, leaders' names were
>> scribbled onto boxes of foreign aid before being distributed as a
>> contribution of the Revolution.
>>
> So you make up a fantasy and create a headline out of it and expect
> people to believe it. There are not one party elections in Cuba.
> There are *no party* elections in Cuba. The candidates are nominated
> by public meetings of the people themselves. It's called democracy.
Let me ask very direct question:
Do you want exactly this kind of "Cuba democracy" *for yourself*? :-)
I am not cruel. I wish you "Iraq democracy" no more than
"Cuba democracy" :-)
[ Half-joke: Iraq is ruled by democracy, American democracy ;-) ]
>> But when refering to the military regime in Cuba, they called its
>> Commander in Chief, "president" and his appointed sucessor,
>> "president" and the ruling totalitarian Communists, moderates and
>> conservatives, instead of hawks.
>>
>> There is no shame!
>
> There is no need for shame because the things you accuse them of never
> happened.
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