Is Cuba A Rogue State? To Monsanto, It Might Be...

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Toronto Star - May 9, 2002

Letter to the Editor:

Is Cuba a "rogue state?" To the Monsantos it might be  

Re: U.S. adds to "rogue states" list (May 7):

Having recently visited Cuba with a group of Canadian farmers, I
would like to add some evidence to support U.S. Undersecretary of
State John Bolton's allegations that Cuba could be pursuing weapons
of mass destruction for use in biological warfare.

We witnessed research being conducted on bacterial and fungal
microbes not only in the laboratories of the Institutes for Research
of Plant Health but also in small, rural laboratories.

This research was ostensibly to help farmers to develop better
microbial activity in their soil and to fight pest and plant diseases
in order to produce more nutritious and healthier crops. But who
knows?

Perhaps U.S. President George W. Bush has figured out that research
in soil bacteria and such natural pesticides as bacillus
thuringiensis is just a front.

After all, isn't bacteria just a fancy word for germs? How does one
tell a good germ from a bad one? An offensive from a defensive one? A
germ that is either for or against terrorism?

Also, if the Cubans develop natural methods to deal with plant pests
and diseases, what effect might this have on the Monsantos of this
world?  Potential economic mass destruction?

In the field of medicine, we saw huge farms devoted to raising
medicinal herbs and other healing plants. They were part of Cuba's
ongoing research efforts to substitute natural remedies for
pharmaceuticals, which Cuba can ill afford.

This is another example of potential mass destruction, this time for
the pharmaceutical industry. The list goes on. Cuban doctors
sponsored by the Cuban government are sent to other Caribbean and
South American countries to help to train other doctors and to assist
in health care.

Humanitarian aid or agents of germ warfare?

Finally, Cuba has the motive to indulge in such activities alleged by
Bolton. A large country located very near to Cuba has made several
attempts on the life of Fidel Castro. Might Cuba, as a "rogue state,"
attempt to do the same to the president of that large country?

If Bush is contemplating a possible invasion point, I would suggest
the Bay of Pigs.

Doug Parker  
Milford, Ont.  

  
Copyright 2002 Toronto Star Newspapers, Ltd.
 
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