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How utterly amusing. TWO AND A HALF MONTHS after I called attention to the ISO's obviously deliberate attempt (in two separate articles) to avoid mentioning Cuba's heroic effort in providing aid to Haiti, along comes Dan Russell attempting, presumably, to "set the record straight" by citing a recently published article on the subject that, lo and behold, actually mentions Cuba. HOW it does so, however, is just as telling as its belated appearance. Just to begin with, it gets its facts wrong: "Cuba sent dozens of doctors to join the several hundred doctors already working the country." No, Cuba sent HUNDREDS of doctors to join the several hundred already working in Haiti. Even more important than that is the context in which this is even mentioned - not one of praising Cuba's effort, but only as a bludgeon to compare and belittle the U.S. effort. And even in that role, Cuba is mentioned THIRD, behind China and Iceland (Iceland!!), even though Cuba's response was orders of magnitude larger (and more rapid) than either of those. Sorry, Dan, what you (and the ISO article you cite) have succeeded in accomplishing is precisely the opposite of what you intended, and just further proof that the ISO will stop at nearly nothing to avoid praising the accomplishments of the Cuban revolution. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID27925::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:032010_1 ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
