Atabey previously said:

No. Death will do the job. When the Castro brother die so to will the leadership of that movement pass to less secured hands. And when the first crisis hits the fan, there will be no Mastro de la Sierra to defend the system and provide the leadership crisis skills that the Castro brothers provide today and have for the last 50 years plus

The last thing the USA wants is to AGAIN be the arbiter of Cuba's future like it was when it defeated Spain and basically established a protectorate over Cuba and force it to accept the Platt Amendment.

generoso previously said:



"When the Castro brothers die", you mean a natural death? Come on give me a break, these guys could live to be almost 100 years old, for Pete's sake, can the Cuban nation afford to wait that long?
Unquestionably Fidel Castro is living icon, mostly to the majority of the Cubans that still reside there, and is venerated by most, except all the ones that he has imprisoned, sent into exile, and forced into poverty.

The enterprising and ingenuous Cuban youths, and their first world professionals, in many fields, including sports and medicine, need to be valued monetarily in foreign exchange, and not forced to reside in the island prison that is present day Cuba.

The US should also lift the out of sync economic blockade, and start trading aggressively with Cuba, as it is done with China, Vietnam, and other former communist countries.

Atabey previously said:




Natural death is the better choice. If Cubans have one guiding principle it's their quest to be sole arbiter of their nation's destiny. Many cringe at the thought of being subservient to USA interests and geo-political calculations. The end is near for both brothers and within this decade, it is almost a certainty that both brothers will have died or be unable to dictate matters in Cuba. The younger group will have to assume power Yes, the brothers could try to hold back the tide of change, but it will prove futile at best, and dangerous at worst. The changes that have recently opened up for Cubans will only wet their appetite for more flexibility in the society and going back to draconian measures will prove difficult for any non-Castro to enforce. So time will make the necessary adjustments to the relationship. Engaging in militaristic antagonisms will only strengthen the core Communist group that still have their support base within Cuba.

anthonyC previously said:

Castro is not a fool. One of the first things he did was disarm the population. This pretty much ends any idea of the people rising up and toppling him like they did the regimes in Libya and Egypt.

He then made sure that the military got a big piece of the $$$. Every time a tourist checks into a hotel in Cuba some of that money goes into the General's, Colonel's, Major's and Captain's pockets trickling down to lowly Lieutenants.
Any military honcho who didn't play ball or got to big for his britches was quickly smacked down...Remember General Ochoa? So forget a military coup.

Then he has played the race card better than Jesse Jackson. Even though a look at the Cuban leadership will present a sea of white folk his propaganda machine has convinced the blacks on the Island that they are better of under him.

anthonyC previously said:

Castro is not a fool. One of the first things he did was disarm the population. This pretty much ends any idea of the people rising up and toppling him like they did the regimes in Libya and Egypt.

He then made sure that the military got a big piece of the $$$. Every time a tourist checks into a hotel in Cuba some of that money goes into the General's, Colonel's, Major's and Captain's pockets trickling down to lowly Lieutenants.
Any military honcho who didn't play ball or got to big for his britches was quickly smacked down...Remember General Ochoa? So forget a military coup.

Then he has played the race card better than Jesse Jackson. Even though a look at the Cuban leadership will present a sea of white folk his propaganda machine has convinced the blacks on the Island that they are better of under him.

generoso previously said:



Bullshit, when there is a will there is a way. Dominicans didn't have any sizable weapons when they killed Trujillo, only a few pistols and revolvers, old shotguns that jammed, and three WWII M-1 carbines, donated by the US.

The populace in Libya didn't have any weapons either, they got them from the police and then when they assaulted the army barracks.

Go back in recent history all the way back to the french revolution, and the riots started with unarmed citizens, and then the citizens armed themselves. That is just an excuse that displays the Cubans unwillingness for democratic change.

If the Cuban populace rises to the occasion and hits the streets, with the right attitude not to worry so much about being shot, or imprisoned, then change will come.

But if cozy, lazy, fat, and rich guys like you, are just watching things from far away and counting their assets every day, while racing their expensive sailboats .........Forget about it!