Half of the Cuban men's field hockey team at the Pan American Games in Toronto defected to the United States

Eight of the 16 Cuban field hockey players have deserted, although team member Roger Aguilera put the number at seven.  This is just the latest in a rash of Cuban defections across several sports.

Nothing changes with these Stalinist states.  As soon as their people can get out, they do what is necessary to escape and never go back.  This happened all the time back in the days of the Soviet Union, and even then, there were still many useful idiots in the west who felt the communist way was much better.  Today, Obama, Lurch Kerry, The Black Congressional Caucus, Democraps, academics, Progressives, Socialists, Marxists all still preach that line, in spite of the obvious bankruptcy of Socialism.  There are still a few useful idiots around to advocate for the worst political system on earth.

In any event, these are not the first Cubans to defect during the Pan Am Games, after four rowers disappeared last week, including silver medalist Orlando Sotolongo.