Sorry, you're right. The incident happened in Colombia (not Columbia), but Betancourt was from Venezuela.
Steven Montgomery wrote: > At 12:25 AM 10/21/2002, Marc wrote: > One of the > >alleged witnesses to hearing Castro claim he was a Communist was supposed > >to be > >Rómulo Betancourt of Colombia, but when Betancourt found out the US press was > >claiming this, he hotly denied it. > > First, Betancourt was from Venezuela, not Columbia. Second, why should we > believe Betancourt? Why should we believe JBS material? Why do you always neglect to point out that Cuba *did* elect democrat governments, but they were always co-opted by US industrial interests with the backing of the military (Cuba, Nicaragua and Panama are the countries where the term "gunboat diplomacy" was invented, and this doesn't reflect well on the US's early venture into true imperialism -- fortunately J. Reuben Clark, Jr., an elder in Zion, helped nip this in the bud, and the modern-day quasi-imperium is far more benign than it would have been had Teddy Roosevelt had his way completely). I've never seen that in any JBS literature. It's as if Cuba's history starts with the Cuban Revolution when Castro came down out of the hills around Santiago and Santa Cruz. That Castro was anti-US, even viscerally hateful of the US, is well-known and not in dispute. He saw revolution as the only way to break the endless pattern of Cubans electing democratic governments only to have them subverted into puppet regimes of US agricultural interests and organized crime figures. But painting him in ideological colours oversimplifies Cuban history and dismisses the sins of the U.S. in the matter, right back to the blowing up of the Maine in Havana Harbour. You want a conspiracy theory? Look into the role of William Randolph Hearst, the media baron (and the inventor, according to some, of "yellow journalism"). -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland “We do not think that there is an incompatibility between words and deeds; the worst thing is to rush into action before the consequences have been properly debated…To think of the future and wait was merely another way of saying one was a coward; any idea of moderation was just an attempt to disguise one’s unmanly character; ability to understand a question from all sides meant that one was totally unfitted for action.” – Pericles about his fellow-Athenians, as quoted by Thucydides in “The Peloponessian Wars” Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author’s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
