{"id":20650,"date":"2010-09-29T10:42:35","date_gmt":"2010-09-29T14:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=20650"},"modified":"2010-09-29T10:42:35","modified_gmt":"2010-09-29T14:42:35","slug":"retired-generals-lobby-for-lifting-of-cuba-travel-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=20650","title":{"rendered":"Retired generals lobby for lifting of Cuba travel ban"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our buddy, Val Prieto at Babalu Blog <\/a> wrote to ask me about the background of the nine generals who wrote a letter to Congress<\/a> to lift the travel ban to Cuba. Those generals included one colonel, but here are the signatories to the letter;<\/p>\n

…retired generals Paul Eaton, Robert Gard, John Castellaw, John Hutson, David Irvine, John Johns, Stephen Xenakis, and retired Col. Lawrence Wilkerson…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I didn’t recongnize any of the names so I did a cursory search of their bios and this is what i mailed to Val;<\/p>\n

As far as the generals go, I have no substantive information on any of them, however I suspect that they have a vested interest in lifting travel bans to Cuba.<\/p>\n

The first one mentioned, Paul Eaton, works for the “progressive” National Security Network which run articles about how the Democrats are real good on national security.<\/p>\n

The next one, Robert Gard, works for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation where he has advocated for withdrawal from Iraq since the beginning.<\/p>\n

John Castellaw works for Pictsweet, the frozen vegetable company – I’d guess his motivations are related to agriculture.<\/p>\n

John Hutson is a dean at Franklin Pierce Law School. Despite being a Republican, he spoke at the 2008 DNC and announced he was switching parties.<\/p>\n

David Irvine lobbied for the anti-torture bill and writes for leftist Talking Point Memo.<\/p>\n

John H. Johns retired in 1978 that’s all I know about him.<\/p>\n

Stephen Xenakis works for Physcians for Human Rights and opposes “psycological torture” whatever that is.<\/p>\n

Lawrence Wilkerson has been a critic of the Iraq War from the opening shot.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess that’s why the list is so short – they’re all liberals (and call themselves “progressives”). The lifting of the Travel Ban is hypocritical – the only thing it will accomplish is lining the pockets of the Castro brothers with hard tourist dollars and it’ll do nothing for the Cuban people. <\/p>\n

But it gives US Democrats a chance to act like they’re compassionate – but really they’re doing nothing constructive. Not new to them or their supporters who are just looking for a political win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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