Quote from a speech given by William Blum:
You think the American Empire is against terrorists? What do you call a man
who blows up an airplane killing 73 people? Who attempts assassinations
against several diplomats? Who fires cannons at ships docked in American
ports? Who places bombs in numerous commercial and diplomatic buildings in the
US and abroad? Dozens of such acts. His name is Orlando Bosch, he's Cuban and
he lives in Miami, unmolested by the authorities. The city of Miami once
declared a day in his honor -- Orlando Bosch Day. He was freed from prison in
Venezuela, where he had been held for the airplane bombing, partly because of
pressure from the American ambassador, Otto Reich, who earlier this year was
appointed to the State Dept. by George W.
After Bosch returned to the US in 1988, the Justice Dept condemned him as
a totally violent terrorist and was all set to deport him, but that was
blocked by President Bush, the first, with the help of son Jeb Bush in
Florida. So is George W. and his family against terrorism? Well, yes, they're
against those terrorists who are not allies of the empire.
The plane that Bosch bombed, by the way, was a Cuban plane. He's wanted in
Cuba for that and a host of other serious crimes, and the Cubans have asked
Washington to extradite him to Cuba; to Cuba he's like Osama Bin Laden is to
the United States. But the US has refused. Can you imagine the reaction in
Washington if bin Laden showed up in Havana and the Cubans refused to
extradite him to the US? Can you imagine the reaction in the United States if
Havana proclaimed Osama Bin Laden Day?