Thanks to Obama and friends, we are more racially divided then we have been for 100 years.
Mr. Eric Holder
Attorney General of the United States
12/18/2009
Dear sir:
I have been an American citizen for almost thirty years but when I arrived to this land of freedom it was as a political exile and at the time I proudly considered myself a Cuban national. My single minded objective was then to gather resources to help liberate Cuba from the criminal yoke of totalitarian communism. I am now 74 and have obviously failed so far at that quest.
Nevertheless, trying to achieve that lofty purpose I joined a special volunteer unit within the U.S. Army entirely composed by Cuban exiled men between the ages of 18 and 31. I was inducted early in 1963 at Coral Gables FL. and given the orders and the responsibility for taking a group of 7 volunteers by train from that location to Ft. Jackson S.C. My orders included train tickets and a voucher to pay for a meal at the cafeteria located within the train station itself.
The attendant at the cafeteria refused to serve one of the men in the group due to the color of his skin. He was an Afro-Cuban. In turn I refused to sign the meal voucher. The attendant got really angry and started a situation which did not end in violence only because there were 8 of us -and ready- and he was only one. The cafeteria did not get paid and we went hungry.
After serving faithfully and honorably we were discharged from the U.S. Army and never seen each other again. President Kennedy’s call to arms to the Cuban exiled community was just a smart -and underhanded way- to keep us in check.
The reason I started this message with that piece of history is for you to know where I am coming from. Now to the subject.
A few hours ago you called the United States, and I quote: “...a nation of cowards”. I object sir! I object that statement coming from you. Let me tell you why. Have you ever put your life or your physical integrity on the line for the U.S.? Have you ever served, Mr. Holder? Not that I know, but you did something else.
While Assistant Attorney General you were deeply involved in the legal justification of a nocturnal armed invasion of a humble home in Miami’s “Little Havana”. Your raid failed to find even a harmless pocket knife, but a minor was taken forcefully -at the point of a gun- from the premises. Under the false pretense of his reunion with his father the unfortunate child ended up as a juvenile buffoon for a bloody Tyrant. That was an act of cowardice!
We Americans are not cowards. You are the coward! I am sure you will not read this message, but rest assured it will be published!
Very sincerely,
Hugo J. Byrne