This is interesting. Like all Communist news, you have read for what's missing, not for what's there. That they haven't seen Raul publicly since taking command is telling. That they affirm he is in control of the armed forces is, perhaps, very telling. Why would they need to state that if it's supposed to be his role? Who are they trying to convince? Why have we not seen El Commandate Jefe at all since his operation. Not even a cropped photo. Not a voice message to the people, nothing. This is highly speculative on my part and I'm probably reading too much into it, but I wonder what's going on behind the scenes here. Only time (and Granma) will tell.
That state of the DE blogosphere
I've been holding off on commenting on the imbroiglio over a posting at DelawareLiberal for Veteran's Day for several reasons. First and foremost is the situation at home (more on that later) but also because I wanted to get some distance from it to be sure I was seeing things clearly. I've been reading DV's stuff since before he joined Jason on his site and I've noticed a change in tone which seems to have accelerated of late. I enjoyed going to the old site because it was one the few places I could engage someone with different ideas than mine without things crashing headlong into Godwin's law within 3 posts. In short, DV acted in good faith and was rather deferential to his visitors which I greatly appreciated. Since pulling the old blog and posting on DelwareLiberal, I've noticed that ground has eroded rather quickly. I've never agreed with anything Jason posted but found him a book end to DelaThought's knee jerk partisan right wingery. Fi...
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