MICKEY KAUS on Castro’s executions:

Castro has celebrated the arrival of Yoko Ono and N.Y. media bigs by starting to execute people after quick trials. … The condemned were hijackers of ferry boats who were trying to get to the U.S., not mere dissidents. Still … Nobody was hurt in the attempted hijacking. … If these people were executed in the U.S. after such rudimentary procedures– the hijacking was only nine days ago! — Steve Earle would be writing heartbreaking songs about them. (And don’t the French march in the streets when those ugly Americans talk about executing convicted murderers after years of appeals?) … For a defense of the hijackers by a relative, see this Miami Herald story. … Hope Yoko and Company have a nice meal at Fidel’s plantation! Don’t spoil dessert by mentioning any of this unpleasant business!

Mickey forgets the first rule: no act is too unspeakable, so long as the hand that performs it isn’t American, or friendly to America.