[v911t] Cuba's Speech About Bush at UN
 
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 00:13:38 -0500 (CDT)

This is an excerpt from a long speech made by Cuba to the UN.

        Cuba's statement to the UN
        Statement by Felipe PJrez Roque, Minister of Foreign Affairs of
the Republic of Cuba, at the 62nd session of the United Nations General
Assembly
        26 September 2007
        New York

        Mr. President:

        This was supposed to be the end of my statement as Chair of the
Non-Aligned Movement. However, the shameless and gross behavior of the US
President in this hall, yesterday morning, now forces me to utter a few
remarks on Cuba's behalf.

        With a foul language and an arrogant tone, President Bush insulted
and threatened some ten countries; he gave orders, in a firm and
authoritarian fashion, to the General Assembly; and with such bossiness
never ever seen in this hall, he dished out terms and judgments on a score
of countries.

        It was an embarrassing show. The delirium tremens of the world's
policeman. The intoxication of imperial power, sprinkled with the
mediocrity and the cynicism of those who threaten to launch wars in which
they know their life is not at stake.

        The President of the United States has no right at all to pass
judgment on any other sovereign nation on this planet. Having powerful
nuclear weapons offers no right whatsoever to tread upon the rights of the
peoples of the other 191 countries that are represented here.

        And the determination and courage of the peoples should not be
underestimated when it comes to defending their rights! After all, what
prevails is not the power of cannons but the fairness of the ideas that
you fight for. The bullish and menacing President should have already
learned it by now.

        Sovereign equality of States and not "regime change." Respect for
sovereignty and not unilateral certifications of good behavior. Respect
for International Law and not illegal blockades and wars.

        President Bush talked about democracy, but we all know that he is
lying. He came into office through fraud and deceit. We would have been
spared his presence yesterday and would have listened to President Albert
Gore talking about climate change and the risks to our species. We also
recall how he brazenly supported the coup d'etat against the President and
the Constitution of Venezuela.

        He talked about peace, but we know that he is lying. We remember
very well when he threatened 60 or more countries, which he called "dark
corners of the world," saying that he would wipe them off the face of the
earth with pre-emptive and surprise attacks. Bush is a strange warrior
who, from the rearguard, sends the young people of his country to kill and
to die thousands of kilometers away.

        He talked about human rights, but we know that he is lying. He is
responsible for the death of 600,000 civilians in Iraq; he authorized
tortures at the GuantBnamo Naval Base and at Abu Ghraib, and he is an
accessory to the kidnapping and disappearance of people, as well as to the
secret flights and the clandestine prisons.

        He talked about the fight against terrorism, but we know that he
is lying. He has ensured complete impunity for the most hateful terrorist
groups which, from Miami, have perpetrated heinous crimes against the
Cuban people.

        President Bush attacked the new Human Rights Council. He is
bleeding through the wound; he is grunting his helplessness. He is haunted
by the shamefulness that, during his term in office, the United States
cannot even look forward to being a member because elections are through
secret ballot. Cuba, in turn, was elected as a founding member of the
Council with more than two-thirds of the votes.

        He talked about cooperation, development and prosperity for the
rest of the world, but we all know that he is lying. He has been the most
selfish and reckless politician we have ever seen. In a world that this
year will bear witness to the death of 10 million children under the age
of 5 through preventable diseases, his self-seeking and empty proposals of
yesterday are but a sick joke.

        President Bush has no moral authority or credibility to judge
anyone. He should be held accountable to the world for his crimes.

        There are boundaries, Excellencies, to both arrogance and
hypocrisy. There are boundaries to lies and blackmail. Cuba rejects and
condemns each of the devious words uttered yesterday by the President of
the United States.

        Mr. President:

        Cuba appreciates the solidarity received from this General
Assembly in its struggle against the blockade and the aggressions that it
has been forced to endure for nearly five decades. I would like to
particularly appreciate the words uttered yesterday here by the President
of Nicaragua, comrade Daniel Ortega, present in the hall, and those of all
the people who have raised their voice in favor of the right of and the
justice to the Cuban people.

        Cuba thanks all those who have supported its tenacious fight
against terrorism and have raised their voice in favor of the release of
five Cuban anti-terrorism fighters unjustly imprisoned in the United
States.

        Cuba will fight, delegates, along with all the members of the
Non-Aligned Movement, in order to achieve a more just and democratic
international order, in which our peoples can exercise their right to
peace and development.

        We may be accused of being dreamers, but we are fighting with the
conviction that today's dreams will be tomorrow's realities.

        We are fighting, and we will not stop doing so, with the
conviction that even when there are men without decorum, there are always
others who have in themselves the decorum of many men and carry in them a
whole nation, as well as human dignity.

        Thank you very much.

        http://www.cubaminrex.cu/english/Speeches/FPR/2007/FPR_260907.htm