Cold War Heroes Take on Castro
We keep hearing, thanks to Reuters and other pro-terror outfits, that one man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter. It's worth noting from time to time that there is such a thing as a genuine freedom fighter. Three of them--Vaclav Havel, Arpad Göncz and Lech Walesa, who served as postcommunist presidents of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland respectively, have written an open letter urging fellow Europeans to take a stand against Fidel Castro's brutal dictatorship.
Let's hope their appeal doesn't fall on deaf ears.
Titans of Freedom Havel, Goncz and Walesa
Exactly half a year ago, Fidel Castro's regime imprisoned 75 representatives of the Cuban opposition. More than 40 coordinators of the Varela Project and more than 20 journalists and other representatives of various pro-democracy movements landed in jail. All of them were sentenced in mock trials to prison terms ranging from six to 28 years -- merely for daring to express an opinion other than the official one.
The recent European experience with peaceful transitions from dictatorship to democracy, be it earlier in Spain or later in the countries of Central Europe, has been an inspiration for the Cuban opposition. Europe in particular should not hesitate. It is obliged to act by its own history.
· Heros Building a Free Cuba [WashingtonPost]
