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US says it has no plans to invade Cuba
August 18, 2006 (Rustomgee)
The United States said on Friday it had no plans to invade Cuba, after its communist interim leader, Raul Castro, said he had ordered a mobilisation to counter a US invasion threat.
"The United States has no plans to invade Cuba," said Eric Watnik, a State Department spokesman, reiterating remarks made by Tom Shannon, the top US diplomat for the region, since Fidel Castro temporarily ceded power to his brother on July 31 following major surgery.
In his first public statement as interim ruler, published by the Communist Party newspaper Granma, Raul Castro said he had mobilized tens of thousands of reservists and militia members to face a possible US invasion threat.
AntiSpin: Sometimes it takes us all day to find just the right Daily News story. The notion that the US is going to invade Cuba is, of course, outlandish and an obvious ploy by Fidel's brother to assert his leadership by inventing a crisis. Getting the US state department to say, "We have no plans to invade Cuba" is equivalent to forcing a political opponent in an Old South style local election in the US to get in from of the press and assert that he does not in fact beat his wife.
The Bush adminstration is starting to make the Carter administration look confident and competent by comparison.
Recently we stated "stick a fork in it" on the housing bubble. By taking this bait, the Bush administration is announcing it's as good as cooked, too. In case you hadn't already noticed.
August 18, 2006 (Rustomgee)
The United States said on Friday it had no plans to invade Cuba, after its communist interim leader, Raul Castro, said he had ordered a mobilisation to counter a US invasion threat.
"The United States has no plans to invade Cuba," said Eric Watnik, a State Department spokesman, reiterating remarks made by Tom Shannon, the top US diplomat for the region, since Fidel Castro temporarily ceded power to his brother on July 31 following major surgery.
In his first public statement as interim ruler, published by the Communist Party newspaper Granma, Raul Castro said he had mobilized tens of thousands of reservists and militia members to face a possible US invasion threat.
AntiSpin: Sometimes it takes us all day to find just the right Daily News story. The notion that the US is going to invade Cuba is, of course, outlandish and an obvious ploy by Fidel's brother to assert his leadership by inventing a crisis. Getting the US state department to say, "We have no plans to invade Cuba" is equivalent to forcing a political opponent in an Old South style local election in the US to get in from of the press and assert that he does not in fact beat his wife.
The Bush adminstration is starting to make the Carter administration look confident and competent by comparison.
Recently we stated "stick a fork in it" on the housing bubble. By taking this bait, the Bush administration is announcing it's as good as cooked, too. In case you hadn't already noticed.
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