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Apparently Cuba's got WMD's according to PNAC (you know, the group that spelled out the IRAQ war years before it happened - the same one that said they needed a 9/11 type of event to occur for them to take power - the one that has Dick Cheney, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Donald Rumsfeld, and Paul Wolfowitz on it).

OK - I know it's been a while since I've posted, but sometimes it takes a shot across the bow.

Apparently, the neo-cons learned one lesson from Iraq - the next time we've gotta have a plan for after we invade. It's called "The Day After" plan, of course.

Apparently Cuba's got WMD's according to PNAC (you know, the group that spelled out the IRAQ war years before it happened - the same one that said they needed a 9/11 type of event to occur for them to take power - the one that has Dick Cheney, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Donald Rumsfeld, and Paul Wolfowitz on it).

Anyway - here's the shot across the bow:
US steps up planning for a Cuba without Castro

US planning for Cuba's "transition" after the demise of Fidel Castro has entered a new stage, with a special office for reconstruction inside the US State Department preparing for the "day after", when Washington will try to back a democratic government in Havana.
The inter-agency effort, which also involves the Defense Department, recognises that the Cuba transition may not go peacefully and that the US may have to launch a nation-building exercise.

Caleb McCarry, the Cuba transition co-ordinator, is working on the project within the Office for Reconstruction and Stabilization, which was established by the Bush administration to prepare for post-conflict situations.

Every six months, the National Intelligence Council revises a secret watchlist of 25 countries in which instability could require US intervention. In a controversial move, Cuba was added to the list.

The US Institute of Peace, funded by Congress to work on conflict management, declined to lend its expertise to the Cuba project. "This was an exercise in destabilization, not stabilisation," said one person involved.

Mr McCarry acknowledges wearing two hats: to help a post-Castro Cuba establish a democratic government and market economy, and to hasten that transition.

Condoleezza Rice, secretary of state, appointed Mr McCarry in July. His post was recommended by the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba, which she noted was created by President George W. Bush "to accelerate the demise of Castro's tyranny". Some suspect Mr Bush drew attention to the issue in 2004 with an eye on securing votes in Florida from Cuban exiles.

The commission declared in its May 2004 report that it "sought a more proactive, integrated and disciplined approach to undermine the survival of the Castro regime and contribute to conditions that will help the Cuban people hasten the dictatorship's end".

Officials say the US would not "accept" a handover of power from Mr Castro, who is 79, to his brother Raul, aged 74.

Analysts said the military, worried about a mass exodus of Cuban refugees, was keen to understand the administration's plans for what is called "the day after".


Posted: Tue - November 1, 2005 at 03:52 AM          

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