March 24, 2016
Letters Editor
WALL STREET JOURNAL
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Dear Editor:
Surprised that President Obama embraces the rogue State behavior of the Castros (“The Cuban Casualties…” 3/22)? The Cuban dictators have done nothing in Cuba the British haven’t done in N. I. and we warmly refer to the US-UK relationship as ‘special.’ U. S. officials practically swoon in the presence of British royalty. You lament the false imprisonment, torture and death of Cuban patriot Rafael del Pino Suarez but at least he was given a sham trial. There was no such formality for Patrick Finucane and Rosemary Nelson, two lawyers assassinated by British security forces for doing their job upholding the rule of law. President Obama or Congress may forget the victims of the Castro regimes but there is no doubt they have forgotten Finucane, Nelson and hundreds of other innocent Catholic victims of British lawlessness.
Sincerely,
Michael J. Cummings
12 Marion Ave
Albany, NY 12203-1814
518-650-6049
Michael J. Cummings, a native of Springfield, Mass., is a graduate of St. Anselm’s College (B. A., 1968) and New York University (M. P. A., 1970) and a former member of the National Boards of the Irish American Unity Conference (1996-2013), the Ancient Order of Hibernians (2001-2008), and the Irish Northern Aid Committee (1988-1996). He served six National AOH Presidents, 5 IAUC National Presidents and two National Chairman of INA primarily in public relations capacities. He is the only person to serve on the national policy making bodies of all three major Irish American organizations. He also served on the Commission on Peace and Justice of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany.
Cummings has appeared on American, English and Irish television and radio and his commentary and letters and those of the Presidents have appeared in major American, Irish-American, and Catholic print media. He is a frequent columnist for the weekly IRISH ECHO newspaper. He has been married to Nuala Hogan, a nurse and native of Ireland, for 43 years and resides in Albany, New York . They are the parents of five children and four grandchildren
GRMA Mr Cummings and Bravo
No GRMA mr Cummins and no bravo. Using Pat Finucane’s name to call Cuba a rogue state is totally out of order.Cuba is a great friend of Irish republicanism.A monument to the hunger strikers takes pride of place in Havana and the Cuban ambassador is guest of honour at SF’s ard fheis.Cuba has stood up to an imperialist neighbour for decades and is highly regarded by everyone I know for doing so.Pat Finucane or Rosemary Nelson would never have sided with the Yanks against Castro.