Dear Editor,
Scamming is a reprehensible activity regardless of who the victims are, but it takes on an exceptional significance whenever the most vulnerable members of our society, the aged and elderly, are the main targets.
We should, however, be mindful of the fact that this new 'get-rich scheme' did not originate a 'yaad' but is an outcome of learnt behaviour and copycat activity that had its origins in the USA and is now being globalised in the same way that identity theft now poses a clear and present danger to our society.
Regrettably, we have had cases of persons taking their own lives, when faced with the dire consequences, and the ruination of their life savings by these human vultures.
I am therefore at one with the collaborative effort of both the Jamaica and USA authorities to leave no stone unturned, including extradition of the scammers to face the music.
In all this though, I am left to wonder on what moral basis is 'Uncle Sam' asking for the extradition of another country's citizen when they are offering refuge to a self-confessed terrorist like Posado Carrilles, who along with his now deceased crony Orlando Bosch, was responsible for the Crime of Barbados in 1976, where 73 Cuban, Korean and Guyanese nationals were blown out of Caribbean skies as part of the USA's continued and unrelenting war to 'turn back' the Cuban Revolution.
It should be pointed out that Posado Carrilles is wanted in Venezuela for crimes committed in that country and the USA authorities are doing everything but cooperating with this South American state, yet their so-called self- declared war against terrorism continues unabated.
To further underline the hypocrisy of the US Government, how come you are holding in prison five Cuban patriots whose only 'crime' was to prevent the same terrorists in Miami who are emboldened by Posado Carriles and his special treatment by the 'Uncle Sam', from destroying the economy and wreaking havoc on the Cuban society, yet even unmanned drones are part of your arsenal in the fight against terrorism?
Rene Gonzalez, Ramon Labanino, Gerrardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero, and Fernando Gonzalez should continue to take heart, as the world is watching and truth and history are on their side.
Trevor G Brown
trevorgbrown@hotmail.com
Hypocrisy of the USA
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Scamming is a reprehensible activity regardless of who the victims are, but it takes on an exceptional significance whenever the most vulnerable members of our society, the aged and elderly, are the main targets.
We should, however, be mindful of the fact that this new 'get-rich scheme' did not originate a 'yaad' but is an outcome of learnt behaviour and copycat activity that had its origins in the USA and is now being globalised in the same way that identity theft now poses a clear and present danger to our society.
Regrettably, we have had cases of persons taking their own lives, when faced with the dire consequences, and the ruination of their life savings by these human vultures.
I am therefore at one with the collaborative effort of both the Jamaica and USA authorities to leave no stone unturned, including extradition of the scammers to face the music.
In all this though, I am left to wonder on what moral basis is 'Uncle Sam' asking for the extradition of another country's citizen when they are offering refuge to a self-confessed terrorist like Posado Carrilles, who along with his now deceased crony Orlando Bosch, was responsible for the Crime of Barbados in 1976, where 73 Cuban, Korean and Guyanese nationals were blown out of Caribbean skies as part of the USA's continued and unrelenting war to 'turn back' the Cuban Revolution.
It should be pointed out that Posado Carrilles is wanted in Venezuela for crimes committed in that country and the USA authorities are doing everything but cooperating with this South American state, yet their so-called self- declared war against terrorism continues unabated.
To further underline the hypocrisy of the US Government, how come you are holding in prison five Cuban patriots whose only 'crime' was to prevent the same terrorists in Miami who are emboldened by Posado Carriles and his special treatment by the 'Uncle Sam', from destroying the economy and wreaking havoc on the Cuban society, yet even unmanned drones are part of your arsenal in the fight against terrorism?
Rene Gonzalez, Ramon Labanino, Gerrardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero, and Fernando Gonzalez should continue to take heart, as the world is watching and truth and history are on their side.
Trevor G Brown
trevorgbrown@hotmail.com
Hypocrisy of the USA
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