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| Nato is ‘mafia’ and Obama a ‘snake charmer’: Castro |
| 2010-11-24 |
| Nato is a “military mafia,” the war in Afghanistan is “genocidal” and US President Barack Obama deserves the prize for the “best snake charmer” who ever lived, Cuba’s Fidel Castro said Monday. In an article published in response to the Western alliance’s weekend summit in Portugal, the former Cuban leader called Nato an “aggressive institution” that ignored “billions of persons suffering from poverty, underdevelopment, shortages of food, housing, health, education and jobs.” Castro, 84, communism’s most visible living figure, led Cuba from the 1959 Revolution until he stepped down for health reasons in 2006, handing over the presidency to his brother Raul. Castro called Nato “a bird of prey sitting in the lap of the Yankee empire,” that was used by the United States to wage “the genocidal Afghanistan war.” He brushed off ambitious plans unveiled at the Lisbon summit that would have Western leaders press Kabul to take over security by 2014, predicting they would eventually “hand over power to the Afghan resistance, in defeat.” The United States is “going through a difficult phase as the result of its war exploits” and using its “enormous media resources to maintain, dupe and confuse world public opinion,” Castro said. “Obama already admitted that his promise to withdraw US soldiers from Afghanistan may be postponed… After the Nobel Prize, we would have to award him with the prize for ‘the best snake charmer’ that has ever existed.” |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #5 Looks like Fidel's just another true believer with a case of buyer's remorse. Get in line with the home grown commies, El Jefe. Just be aware that it's a long one... January 22, 2009 Fidel Castro broke his five-week silence to praise US President Barack Obama as a “man who is absolutely sincere”. But the former Cuban President added that “despite noble intentions, there are still many questions to answer”. His remarks were disclosed by Cristina Fernandez, Argentina’s President, who met the former Cuban leader during a four-day visit to the communist island. Mrs Fernandez said: “Fidel believes in Obama. He told me he had followed the inauguration of Barack Obama very closely, that he had watched the inauguration on television all day. He had a very good perception of President Obama.” |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-11-24 20:10 |
| #4 Castro, 84, dynastic communism's second most visible living figure after Kim Jong Il, destroyed the Cuban economy from the 1959 Revolution until he stepped down for health reasons in 2006, nepotistically handing over the crown to his brother Raul. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-11-24 19:52 |
| #3 Wow Castro must have been a McCain guy? |
| Posted by: flash91 2010-11-24 18:37 |
| #2 He's got one out of two. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2010-11-24 14:48 |
| #1 Fidel should have his own blog. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-11-24 14:43 |