Every tyrant has the same playbook. They build their power on a mountain of lies, promising a paradise while delivering a prison, and they maintain that power by crushing anyone who dares to speak the truth. For decades, we’ve watched this tired script play out in the last pathetic holdouts of communism, where patriots are branded as criminals to justify the regime’s own state-sponsored terror. Sound familiar?
This game becomes a serious national security issue when it happens a stone’s throw from American shores. When the lives of men from our own country are on the line, the pathetic lies of a crumbling dictatorship can’t just be ignored. A new confrontation in the Florida Straits is putting our national resolve to the test, and it demands a response that refuses to be played for a fool by ancient communist propaganda.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio made it perfectly clear that America isn’t playing their game anymore.
From ‘Breitbart’:
“I have every reason to want our own information. We don’t generally make decisions in the United States on the basis of what Cuban authorities are saying… We are going to verify that information independently and reach our own conclusions.”
A Regime Built on Lies
And right on cue, the communist government in Havana spun a tale that would make a Hollywood writer blush. They claimed their coast guard engaged a speedboat from Florida in a firefight, killing four and capturing six. The official story? These men were dangerous “terrorists” on a mission of “armed infiltration.” But I have to ask, does anyone actually believe that anymore? Under the Trump administration, America isn’t taking the word of dictators at face value. Secretary Rubio immediately signaled that the U.S. would find out the facts for itself, treating the Cuban narrative with the contempt it deserves.
The regime’s story is already flimsy. One of the men they’ve branded a terrorist, Amijail Sánchez González, was already on a laughable “terror list” Havana cooked up that includes human rights activists and online commentators. It’s a list so ridiculous it probably includes people who left a bad Yelp review for a state-run restaurant. This is the only move a failing state has left: if you can’t silence dissent, you label it terrorism. But Secretary Rubio isn’t backing down, and America will not be basing its foreign policy on the press releases of liars.
The Heart of a Patriot
But here’s the part of the story the mainstream media will conveniently ignore, because it doesn’t fit their narrative. While Havana shrieks about a terror plot, a much more powerful story is coming to light. One of the men killed was Michel Ortega Casanova, an American citizen who lived here for over 20 years. His brother, Misael, described him as a man driven by an “obsessive and diabolical quest to free Cuba,” hoping his brother’s death “will justify that some day Cuba will be free.”
Let me be clear: that is not a terrorist. That is a patriot. That is a man who, like countless Cuban-Americans, was sick and tired of watching his homeland suffocate under a brutal, six-decade tyranny. Whatever the specifics of their mission were, the motive is one that every real American should understand instinctively. It is the same fire that burned in the hearts of our own founding fathers. The men on that boat were called terrorists by a tyrant, but they will be remembered as something else entirely by those of us who actually value freedom.
So what’s the bottom line here? This confrontation is a moment of pure moral clarity. The left has spent years trying to normalize this monstrous regime, asking us to forget its history. The strong, clear-eyed leadership from Secretary Rubio and the Trump administration has drawn a line in the sand. The fight for freedom will always have a high price, but this tragic incident is a powerful reminder that the cost of believing a tyrant’s lies is infinitely higher.
Key Takeaways
- Secretary Rubio is rightly refusing to accept the predictable propaganda of the Cuban communist regime.
- The men Havana calls “terrorists” were patriots on a desperate mission to liberate their homeland.
- Cuba’s long history of murdering civilians at sea proves they are untrustworthy and dangerous.
- Strong American leadership is the only effective policy for dealing with tyrannical governments.
