In my last post I pondered America’s involvement in helping Cuba find a path to freedom should Castro die. Apparently, President Bush wanted me to know that he has a plan in place. Which is, of course, why he chose a Spanish language radio station to discuss the issue.

“If Fidel Castro were to move on because of natural causes, we’ve got a plan in place to help the people of Cuba understand there’s a better way than the system in which they’ve been living under,” he told WAQI- AM Radio Mambi, a Spanish-language radio station. “No one knows when Fidel Castro will move on. In my judgment, that’s the work of the Almighty.”

The president apparently was referring to a recently updated plan that calls for diplomacy enlisting Cuban citizens and other nations to demand a new government after Castro dies. The plan, released last month by the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba, recommends that the United States spend $80 million over two years for food and other aid to Cuba to encourage multiparty elections, free markets and democratic institutions.

I have no idea what Castro’s health situation is, but there is a giddiness in the air at the thought of his passing.

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Update: Elephants in Academia (great name for a site, it should be noted) goes looking for reactions from the left. I try not to say bad things about TalkLeft because I respect the help she’s given a friend who is most certainly in need, but the reaction on her site made my eyes roll back with such force that it took three violent co-workers and a plunger to get me seeing straight again.