We (Cubans) Are Not Alone

There's nothing more insulting to those that have experienced life under a repressive dictatorship than to watch foreigners visit these nations, wine and dine with its tyrants, extol its "great social advances" (based on the dog-and-pony show they saw), then return to the democracies they came from and proceed to serve as useful tools of international propaganda.

As we all know, this is an all too common phenomenon in Castro's Cuba.

However, it's not limited to Cuba.

The clip below was brought to our attention featuring North Korea.

It's fascinating to watch this group of foreigners (in this case, Danes) tour North Korea and marvel at the technological, educational and medical advances of that repressed nation.

And of course, showing lots of happy children, singing and dancing.

We all know this is far from the reality of North Korea, a police state with a population controlled through fear of starvation, forced labor camps, torture and execution.

As absurd as this might appear -- tragically, it is not a joke.