Jay Nordinger. January 11, 2002.
National Review.
Did you know that the Castro regime had an "attorney general"
(that’s part of what totalitarian regimes do: ape American and democratic
practices — sham elections, etc.)? It does. And that "attorney
general," Juan Escalona, had the following to say about the transfer of al
Qaeda prisoners to the American base at Guantanamo: "It’s another
provocation from the Americans. I hope 15 or 20 get out and kill them."
I love it when Cuban officials talk that way — so much more honest than
the propaganda ladled out to willing dupes. (Interesting question: Can there be
willing dupes? Probably not. There are outright Castro apologists, then there
are dupes.) | 
