Is the United States protecting some terrorists that it used to employ, while at the same time jailing people for exposing terrorist plots that were being mounted with U.S. support? According to this article published in the Dominican Republic’s Tomado De Hoy, explaining Washington’s policy on terror to a child is a daunting challenge indeed.
“Grandpa, this can’t be true. Why would a man who plants bombs be free, and the Five who want to stop people from planting bombs be in jail?”
By Hamlet Hemann
Translated By Halszka Czarnocka
October 25, 2007
Dominican Republic – Tomado De Hoy – Home Page (Spanish)
[Editor’s Note: This article is about the “Miami Five,” Fernando Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero, Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labanino and Rene Gonzalez were dispatched by the Cuban government in the early nineties. Their task was to infiltrate the anti-Castro Cuban exile groups in Miami, who were believed to be engaged in acts of sabotage against Cuba. Their case has taken on the same national significance in Cuba as did that of Elian Gonzalez ].
If you want to put your mastery of a subject to a test, simply try explaining it to a child. I had this experience a few days ago, when my little grandson interrupted us adults with a question: “Grandpa, who are these Five people that you’re talking so much about?” I looked down and saw an eager little face; he didn’t bat an eyelash and was calmly waiting for my response. “Well … those gentlemen are five Cubans who are imprisoned in the United States and …” Before I could complete my sentence, the boy’s factory of “whys” went into full production.
“And why are they prisoners?”
“They are prisoners because they found out who the people were, that were being sent from the United States to plant bombs and kill people in Cuba.”
“And why didn’t the American police catch the people who were planting bombs in Cuba and put them in prison? If they kill people they are bad, and the American police should put the bad ones in prison.”
“I really don’t know why the good ones are imprisoned and not the bad. The truth is that sometimes to try and prevent them from doing more harm, the Cuban government informs the American government about the activities of the “bad ones” in the United States. But The U.S. seldom takes notice of it.”
My grandson’s eyes continued wide open, but his lips were pressed together; evidently, he was ready to ask another question as soon as I shut up.
“You see, before you were born, there was a president in the United States named Ronald Reagan. A bunch of bad guys wanted to kill him when he went to a place called North Carolina. Some good Cubans told the American police about it and they managed to catch the bad guys. And at that time, they forgot to say thank you to those who saved the life of the American President “.
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