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Subject: [ChicagoCubaList-serve] Reflection by Comrade Fidel
>BUSH IN HEAVENS (II)
>Reflection by Comrade
Fidel
>
>http://www.cuba.cu/gobierno/reflexiones/2008/ing/f230308i.html
>
>BUSH IN HEAVENS (II)
>Tuesday March 18th marked the fifth anniversary of the arrests of
>more than 70 quislings, the ringleaders of imperialism's fifth column
>in Cuba who, paid by the U.S. government, violate the laws of the
>land and share the opinion that this dark corner of the world should
>be swept off the map. On this date, a Department of State
>spokesperson described the event as the "Black Spring", a term having
>racist overtones. We could call it "White Spring". Darkness does not
>exist in space, only in the mind. What a huge difference between the
>methods used by the government of the United States and those used by
>Cuba! Not one of the mercenaries was tortured or deprived of lawyer
>or trial, even if it was of a summary nature, provided by the law in
>the case of danger of aggression; they have the right to receive
>visits, access to family facilities as well as the other legal
>prerogatives of all prisoners; and if at any time their health
>seriously requires it, they are released without the demands of
>imperialism and its allies having absolutely anything to do with it.
>We urge the United States to do with its prison population as we have
>done here in Cuba. The Revolution demands respect for sovereignty,
>not pardon.
>
>On Wednesday March 19th, as we commemorate five years of the stupid
>war unleashed in Iraq, Bush grabs hold of any Bin Laden declaration,
>either fictitious or real, even though in the case of the latter no
>date is supplied as to when it was made, nor are they able to assure
>us that it was his voice. They shall investigate it, so they promise.
>Nobody ever took so much advantage of such materials to shape the
>opinions of the citizens of the United States and of many other
>countries in the world that have similar cultures and beliefs, in
>order to justify the brutal and genocidal wars that are so needed by
>imperialism. He keeps on uttering and repeating, time after time,
>certain selected words and phrases. The people and institutions
>referred to, without exception, find themselves obliged to respond,
>whether the declarations are true or not. Just observe how, year
>after year, from day one, Bush keeps on milking the events of
>September 11th.
>
>From the Bucharest conference, Bush will move on to that of NATO, and
>from there he will pole vault over to Croatia, which had disputes
>with Serbia, and whose President was tried and convicted by the
>International Criminal Tribunal for the Kosovo affair. Did he really
>die a natural death in prison? What kind of peace will be attained
>from such odd twists and turns?
>
>Hans Blix from Sweden, who headed the UN team of inspectors, who
>diligently searched for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and who
>shares many of the ideas and lies of the empire's sinister
>philosophy, wrote the following on the occasion of the fifth
>anniversary: "The invasion of Iraq in 2003 was a tragedy - for Iraq,
>for the US, for the UN, for truth and human dignity. They could not
>succeed in eliminating WMDs because they did not exist. Nor could
>they succeed in the declared aim to eliminate al-Qaida operators,
>because they were not in Iraq. They came later, attracted by the
>occupants."
>
>The Association of Muslim Ulemas, the supreme religious Sunnite
>authority in Iraq, made the following statement on the occasion of
>the fifth anniversary: "The occupier has entered our lands by force
>and he is not going to leave unless we use force. Any call made by
>politicians who acquiesce to working under the umbrella of occupation
>ought to be considered an invitation to surrender and capitulation.
>The occupation forces have turned Iraq into the world's most
>dangerous zone. The era of occupation will soon end."
>
>United States Vice-President Dick Cheney, without recovering from his
>exhausting meeting in Afghanistan with Karzai, had conversations
>yesterday, on Friday, and today, on Saturday, with King Abdullah of
>Saudi Arabia in order to get his cooperation and that of OPEP for oil
>supplies and pay with devaluated dollars. In truth, there can be no
>war without oil, or oil without war.
>
>On the Latin American scene, the Ecuadorian high command declared
>that the bombs used in the attack on Raul Reyes' camp were GBU-2/B
>Paveways, weighing more than 500 pounds, and with exact targeting
>precision thanks to advanced technology. There were 10 such bombs and
>they left craters 2.80 metres in diameter and 1.80 metres deep.
>
>In Western Europe, Sarkozy, whose honeymoon with the French
>electorate finished a few days ago, was impatiently awaiting McCain
>and his entourage of pro-Israeli Republican senators. McCain urged
>him to join the NATO mechanisms, defended the Iraq War and forcefully
>lambasted China. Meanwhile, Hillary and Obama are bleeding from
>attacks by the right, the left and the centre. This is the perfect
>insane asylum. The candidates for the presidency of the United States
>are discussing sure war vs. probable war.
>
>Today, on Easter, we also get Bush's radio broadcast. What is he
>thinking? A message which, brief as it is, only needs a few
>paragraphs or phrases to be quoted in order to catch its drift:
>
>"This is the most important holiday in the Christian faith. And
>during this special and holy time each year, millions of Americans
>pause to remember a sacrifice that transcended the grave and redeemed
>the world.
>
>"Easter beckons us homeward. This [...] is an occasion to reflect on
>the things that matter most in life: the love of family, the laughter
>of friends, and the peace that comes from being in the place you call
>home..."
>
>"America is blessed with the world's greatest military, made up of
>men and women who fulfil their responsibilities"
>
>"On Easter, we remember especially those who have given their lives
>for the cause of freedom. These [ ] have lived out the words of the
>Gospel: "Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his
>life for his friends"
>
>Each year, millions of Americans take time to feed the hungry and
>clothe the needy and care for the widow and the orphan millions
>across the world remember the gift that took away death's sting and
>opened the door to eternal life
>
>Thank you for listening.
>
>Bush might think that God will give him a prize for speeding along
>the day of the Apocalypse and the Last Judgement, after which he will
>seat him at His right, in the place of honour. Then perhaps he will
>abandon the odious gestures that accompany his speeches, so that he
>can dwell under the same roof as those souls of the human beings he
>exterminated with his war against terrorism, the great majority of
>them being small children, teenagers and young people, women and the
>elderly, all those who should never be held to blame.
>
>The Old Testament speaks of archangels who were transformed into the
>enemies of God by their ambition and who were sent to Hell. It is
>difficult to lose the idea that in Bush's head, there lurk the genes
>of some of those archangels.
>
>Today is Saturday. It is a slow day for political news. Reporters are
>resting.
>
>Fidel Castro Ruz
>
>March 22, 2008
>
>5:19 p.m.
>
>http://www.cuba.cu/gobierno/reflexiones/2008/ing/f230308i.html
>
>BUSH IN HEAVENS (II)
>Tuesday March 18th marked the fifth anniversary of the arrests of
>more than 70 quislings, the ringleaders of imperialism's fifth column
>in Cuba who, paid by the U.S. government, violate the laws of the
>land and share the opinion that this dark corner of the world should
>be swept off the map. On this date, a Department of State
>spokesperson described the event as the "Black Spring", a term having
>racist overtones. We could call it "White Spring". Darkness does not
>exist in space, only in the mind. What a huge difference between the
>methods used by the government of the United States and those used by
>Cuba! Not one of the mercenaries was tortured or deprived of lawyer
>or trial, even if it was of a summary nature, provided by the law in
>the case of danger of aggression; they have the right to receive
>visits, access to family facilities as well as the other legal
>prerogatives of all prisoners; and if at any time their health
>seriously requires it, they are released without the demands of
>imperialism and its allies having absolutely anything to do with it.
>We urge the United States to do with its prison population as we have
>done here in Cuba. The Revolution demands respect for sovereignty,
>not pardon.
>
>On Wednesday March 19th, as we commemorate five years of the stupid
>war unleashed in Iraq, Bush grabs hold of any Bin Laden declaration,
>either fictitious or real, even though in the case of the latter no
>date is supplied as to when it was made, nor are they able to assure
>us that it was his voice. They shall investigate it, so they promise.
>Nobody ever took so much advantage of such materials to shape the
>opinions of the citizens of the United States and of many other
>countries in the world that have similar cultures and beliefs, in
>order to justify the brutal and genocidal wars that are so needed by
>imperialism. He keeps on uttering and repeating, time after time,
>certain selected words and phrases. The people and institutions
>referred to, without exception, find themselves obliged to respond,
>whether the declarations are true or not. Just observe how, year
>after year, from day one, Bush keeps on milking the events of
>September 11th.
>
>From the Bucharest conference, Bush will move on to that of NATO, and
>from there he will pole vault over to Croatia, which had disputes
>with Serbia, and whose President was tried and convicted by the
>International Criminal Tribunal for the Kosovo affair. Did he really
>die a natural death in prison? What kind of peace will be attained
>from such odd twists and turns?
>
>Hans Blix from Sweden, who headed the UN team of inspectors, who
>diligently searched for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and who
>shares many of the ideas and lies of the empire's sinister
>philosophy, wrote the following on the occasion of the fifth
>anniversary: "The invasion of Iraq in 2003 was a tragedy - for Iraq,
>for the US, for the UN, for truth and human dignity. They could not
>succeed in eliminating WMDs because they did not exist. Nor could
>they succeed in the declared aim to eliminate al-Qaida operators,
>because they were not in Iraq. They came later, attracted by the
>occupants."
>
>The Association of Muslim Ulemas, the supreme religious Sunnite
>authority in Iraq, made the following statement on the occasion of
>the fifth anniversary: "The occupier has entered our lands by force
>and he is not going to leave unless we use force. Any call made by
>politicians who acquiesce to working under the umbrella of occupation
>ought to be considered an invitation to surrender and capitulation.
>The occupation forces have turned Iraq into the world's most
>dangerous zone. The era of occupation will soon end."
>
>United States Vice-President Dick Cheney, without recovering from his
>exhausting meeting in Afghanistan with Karzai, had conversations
>yesterday, on Friday, and today, on Saturday, with King Abdullah of
>Saudi Arabia in order to get his cooperation and that of OPEP for oil
>supplies and pay with devaluated dollars. In truth, there can be no
>war without oil, or oil without war.
>
>On the Latin American scene, the Ecuadorian high command declared
>that the bombs used in the attack on Raul Reyes' camp were GBU-2/B
>Paveways, weighing more than 500 pounds, and with exact targeting
>precision thanks to advanced technology. There were 10 such bombs and
>they left craters 2.80 metres in diameter and 1.80 metres deep.
>
>In Western Europe, Sarkozy, whose honeymoon with the French
>electorate finished a few days ago, was impatiently awaiting McCain
>and his entourage of pro-Israeli Republican senators. McCain urged
>him to join the NATO mechanisms, defended the Iraq War and forcefully
>lambasted China. Meanwhile, Hillary and Obama are bleeding from
>attacks by the right, the left and the centre. This is the perfect
>insane asylum. The candidates for the presidency of the United States
>are discussing sure war vs. probable war.
>
>Today, on Easter, we also get Bush's radio broadcast. What is he
>thinking? A message which, brief as it is, only needs a few
>paragraphs or phrases to be quoted in order to catch its drift:
>
>"This is the most important holiday in the Christian faith. And
>during this special and holy time each year, millions of Americans
>pause to remember a sacrifice that transcended the grave and redeemed
>the world.
>
>"Easter beckons us homeward. This [...] is an occasion to reflect on
>the things that matter most in life: the love of family, the laughter
>of friends, and the peace that comes from being in the place you call
>home..."
>
>"America is blessed with the world's greatest military, made up of
>men and women who fulfil their responsibilities"
>
>"On Easter, we remember especially those who have given their lives
>for the cause of freedom. These [ ] have lived out the words of the
>Gospel: "Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his
>life for his friends"
>
>Each year, millions of Americans take time to feed the hungry and
>clothe the needy and care for the widow and the orphan millions
>across the world remember the gift that took away death's sting and
>opened the door to eternal life
>
>Thank you for listening.
>
>Bush might think that God will give him a prize for speeding along
>the day of the Apocalypse and the Last Judgement, after which he will
>seat him at His right, in the place of honour. Then perhaps he will
>abandon the odious gestures that accompany his speeches, so that he
>can dwell under the same roof as those souls of the human beings he
>exterminated with his war against terrorism, the great majority of
>them being small children, teenagers and young people, women and the
>elderly, all those who should never be held to blame.
>
>The Old Testament speaks of archangels who were transformed into the
>enemies of God by their ambition and who were sent to Hell. It is
>difficult to lose the idea that in Bush's head, there lurk the genes
>of some of those archangels.
>
>Today is Saturday. It is a slow day for political news. Reporters are
>resting.
>
>Fidel Castro Ruz
>
>March 22, 2008
>
>5:19 p.m.