It Isn’t Just The Middle East

…these people can’t handle the Americas either.

Apparently totally unaware that Fidel had already designated the line of succession, starting with his brother Raul, the Hedgemony is trying to act relevant on the continuation of the current governmental system in Cuba. The Shrubbery trotted out the same old tired talking points that are approved by the aging Miami “Calle Ocho” crowd, that hopes to one day return triumphantly to Cuba and regain their abandoned property.

After 50 years you would think it was time to move on, but those people know how to hate, and to teach the hate to their children.

An example is the always interesting Otto Reich, who manages to keep being put in positions related to South and Central America by Republicans governments, despite the fact that democratically elected leaders in Latin America consider him a CIA spy working to undermine them. Of course, Mr. Reich is merely a Commie-hating Cuban-American who only involves himself and the US in coups against leftist democratically elected officials, like Hugo Chavez.

Much has been made about the report that Ecuador wants military base in Miami

NAPLES (Reuters) – Ecuador’s leftist President Rafael Correa said Washington must let him open a military base in Miami if the United States wants to keep using an air base on Ecuador’s Pacific coast.

Correa has refused to renew Washington’s lease on the Manta air base, set to expire in 2009. U.S. officials say it is vital for counter-narcotics surveillance operations on Pacific drug-running routes.

This is just a ploy by Mr. Correa to avoid saying flatly that the US has to leave Ecuador. The South Americans don’t believe that the US military is only engaged in spying on drug trafficking.

You have to wonder when Antarctica will kick the US out.