“What fresh hell can this be?”
The chief of investigations for Cuba’s National Revolutionary Police, a part of the military-controlled Ministry of the Interior, where
he plays a key law enforcement role in a state where beating and arresting human rights activists is considered law enforcement,
toured the U.S. naval air base in Key West, Fla., on April 21,
at the invitation of the U.S. military command for Latin America.
. . .
Welcome to the brave new world of military-to-military contact with Cuba, the Obama administration’s latest idea for engagement with that island nation.
The WaPo editorial board advises caution (emphasis added),
Normalizing military-to-military ties between the United States and Cuba, for the sake of fighting drugs or other “common threats,” would imply that civilian rule doesn’t matter so much to us anymore — that Cuba’s military is morally equivalent to its hemispheric counterparts — when, in fact, it is deeply complicit in political repression and corruption.
“Would imply that civilian rule doesn’t matter so much to us anymore”? Call me a cynic, but, when it comes to the Obama administration, that train left the station a long time ago.
UPDATE
Linked to by Frontpage. Thank you!
what? Che Guevera too busy rotting in Hell?