Let us remember communism
As the occupant of the Oval Office begins his historical trip to Cuba, let us remember communism. Fidel Castro and his brother Raul were part of the Soviet Union’s expansion into the Western Hemisphere. In October 1962, many of us in America were huddled around our little black and white televisions watching the news, hoping and praying that President John F. Kennedy was able to prevent Soviet leader Nikita Krushchev from nuking us from Cuba. Krushchev, the Castro brothers, and Che Guevara had made Cuba the staging ground for communist expansion. Now we have a “president” who is embracing their legacy by breaking protocol and taking a nostalgic visit to the West’s communist homeland.
In his controversial book “The New Persecuted, Inquiries into Anti-Christian Intolerance in the New Century of Martyrs” written in 2001, Antonio Socci wrote that 45 million Christians were martyred in the last century–mostly at the hands of communist and Islamic regimes. From 1900 to 1999, over 100 million deaths occurred because of communism. The Miami Herald reported on April 23, 2006 that Fidel Castro was responsible for 31,173 executions and prison deaths since he took power in 1959. Some 5,728 were killed by firing squads. He refused medical attention to those trying to escape the island by boat, resulting in another estimated 77,000 deaths. Nearly all the sources indicate an exact number of deaths caused by Castro’s regime is unattainable, with some estimating the death toll over 1.5 million.
This is the regime the US “president” is honoring by his trip to Cuba. The same regime that endorsed his 2012 presidential re-election bid through the voice of Mariela Castro, Raul’s then 50 year old daughter. On June 4, 2012, she said, “As a citizen of the world, I would like him to win…I believe that [sic the “president”] is a fair man, and [sic the “president”] needs greater support to be able to take this decision. If [sic the “president”] counted on the full support of the American people, then we could normalize our relationship and have better relations than what we had under President Carter.” Carter had lifted all restrictions on US travel to Cuba during his presidency. This “president” tops that with a state visit.
The Communist Manifesto states: “…Communism abolishes eternal truths, it abolishes all religion, and all morality, instead of constituting them on a new basis.” This is the basis for all socialism and progressivism as well. It is godless and evil. The Bible tells us in 1 Thessalonians 5:21, 22, “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil.” 2 Timothy 3:13 says, “Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.” There is great deception in the vain words of socialists and communists. They ply the nature of humans with powerful words like “rights” when, in reality, they wish to kill, steal and destroy. Let us remember communism and those who run to it.
