On Mar 11, 2008, at 10:51 AM, Jane Franklin wrote:
> Here is Fidel Castro at his analytical best.
If this is his "best" he's close to senile. It was a complete capitulation. No return of the bodies and materials stolen by the invaders. No reparations. No agreement to an international presence to guarantee the release of Ingrid Betancourt et. al., and no mention by Fidel of Ingrid or the women shamefully snubbed by his friends. No measures to prevent a repetition and expansion of Uribe/Bush piracy. No condemnation by Fidel of the disgraceful statements by the three US presidential candidates. What a travesty!
> Jane Franklin
> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jbfranklins
>
> Reflections by comrade Fidel
>
> THE ONE AND ONLY LOSER
>
> The knock-out took place in the capital of the Dominican Republic. We
> followed every second of the match on Telesur. Nearly all of the Latin
> American presidents from the Rio Group were there. Ecuadorian
> President
> Correa had announced it the day before. I underscored the importance
> of this
> meeting in one of my reflections. It did not take place within the
> OAS. Most
> importantly, US diplomats were not in attendance. In one way or
> another,
> despite the profound ideological and tactical differences, everyone
> shone
> and showed the virtues that earned them important positions in office.
>
> In today’s crisis, these positions acquire a stark significance. The
> undeniable fact is that, on the brink of armed conflicts between
> sister
> nations stemming from Yankee intrigues, for now peace has been
> sealed, as
> has the awareness that we can avert wars between peoples united by
> solid
> bonds of brotherhood.
>
> While this was taking place in Santo Domingo, Bush was at a meeting in
> Washington to discuss the transition in Cuba.
>
> Though much still lies ahead, as the meeting on Globalization and
> Development Problems held in Havana has shown, ultimately, imperialism
> proved the one and only loser.
>
> Fidel Castro Ruz
> March 7, 2008
> 5:44 p.m.
Shane Mage
"Thunderbolt steers all things...it consents and does not consent to be called Zeus."
Herakleitos of Ephesos