November 17, 2005
From Nordlinger's column on NRO:
ItÂ’s hard to take in the entire monstrosity that is CastroÂ’s Cuba, but focus on one prisoner, if you will, as described and supported by Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, on the House floor:"Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about Blas Giraldo Reyes RodrÃÂguez, a political prisoner in totalitarian Cuba.
Mr. Reyes RodrÃÂguez is an opposition activist and independent librarian . . . His life is dedicated to the proposition that the men and women of Cuba must be free: free to learn, free to worship, free to elect their leaders, free to enjoy their inalienable human rights. Independent libraries in Cuba, such as the one operated by Mr. Reyes RodrÃÂguez, provide the indispensable service of circulating truth at a time when the tyrannical regime provides only propaganda. These heroic librarians often circulate the great works of anti-totalitarian literature, including the important writings of Václav Havel and Dr. Martin Luther King. Literature is a great danger to totalitarian regimes: books often provide the truth that tyrants seek to hide.
Unfortunately, in March 2003, as part of CastroÂ’s condemnable crackdown on peaceful pro-democracy activists, Mr. Reyes RodrÃÂguez was arrested. In a sham trial, he was sentenced to 25 years in the totalitarian gulag."
Reyes RodrÃÂguez is suffering from ill health. The authorities have threatened to arrest his wife, for receiving visitors who expressed sympathy with her — this comes under “counterrevolutionary activities.”
Lincoln D.-B. concluded, “Mr. Speaker, let me be very clear: Mr. Reyes RodrÃÂguez is languishing in an infernal gulag because he believes in freedom, truth, democracy, and human rights. His family is being constantly threatened because of these ‘dangerousÂ’ beliefs. My colleagues, we must demand the immediate and unconditional release of Blas Giraldo Reyes RodrÃÂguez and every other political prisoner in totalitarian Cuba.”
You want to whine about Gitmo? Tell it to Castro.
You want to whine about "secret" prisons? Tell it to the Chi-Coms.
You want to carp about Abu Ghraib? Go complain to Ayatollah Khamenei.
Just don't come crying to me, beeyotch.
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