Reflections by Fidel Castro
Deciphering Obama thoughts
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Barack Obama |
Fidel Castro |
It is not too difficult. After taking office, Barack Obama said that
the decision to return the territory occupied by the Guantánamo Naval
Base to its legitimate owner requires weighing up the extent to which
the defensive capacity of the United States would be or not in the least
affected.
Soon after that he added, with regards to the return of the territory
occupied by the Base to Cuba, that he would first consider under which
concessions Cuba would accept that solution, which would be tantamount
to demanding a change in its political system, a price against which
Cuba has been struggling for half a century.To keep a military base in
Cuba against the will of our people is a violation of the most elemental
principles of international law.
The US President has the faculty of abiding by that rule without
exacting any condition whatsoever. Non compliance with it would be an
act of arrogance and an abuse of his immense power against a small
country.For a better understanding of the abusive character of the power
of the empire, please consider the statements published by the US
Government's official website on January 22, 2009, after Barack Obama
took up his post.
Biden and Obama have decided to resolutely support the relationship
between the United States and Israel, and believe that the irrefutable
commitment in the Middle East should be the security of Israel, the main
US ally in the region.
The United States will never distance itself from Israel, and its
president and vice president "firmly believe in the right of Israel to
protect its citizens", as was stated in the declaration of principles
which takes up again in those aspects the policy followed by the
government of George W. Bush, Obama's predecessor.
This is the way in which our friend Obama shares the genocide against
Palestinians. Similar sweeteners have been offered to Russia, China,
Europe, Latin America and the rest of the world, after the United States
turned Israel into a major nuclear power which absorbs every year a
significant share of the empire's booming military industry exports,
with which they threaten, with extreme violence, the population of all
Muslim countries.Similar examples bound; there is no need to become a
fortune teller. For further illustration, please read the statements
made by the new Chief of the Pentagon, an expert in war affairs.
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