Justin Webb's America

Thinking about a revolution

• Justin Webb
• 21 Feb 08, 08:29 AM GMT

This is the best commentary I have seen on the Cuba situation. Those who expect things to carry on much as they are for years to come may well be making a big mistake.

My colleague Kevin Connolly - a former BBC correspondent in Warsaw and Moscow - was pointing within moments of the Castro news breaking, to the fact that many people thought the eastern bloc could carry on with the junior reformer crowd in charge, after the real masters had left the stage.

It does not happen. That is what history tells us. Barack, Hillary, and John need to give serious thought to what to do if Cuba implodes.

Actually, maybe Hillary need not bother - that is unless she pulls something out of the bag in the CNN debate on Thursday night as the Houston Chronicle thinks she is planning to.

Meanwhile, does anyone have an answer for Boy on the subject of democracy and Pakistan?