• Fidel Castro Blasts Ahmadinejad As Anti-Semitic
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[QUOTE=The Huffington Post]HAVANA — Fidel Castro criticized Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for what he called his anti-Semitic attitudes and questioned his own actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 during interviews with an American journalist he summoned to Havana to discuss fears of global nuclear war. Jeffrey Goldberg, a national correspondent for The Atlantic, blogged on the magazine's website Tuesday that he was on vacation last month when the head of the Cuban Interests Section in Washington – which Cuba maintains there instead of an embassy – called to say Castro had read his recent article about Israel and Iran and wanted him to come to Cuba. Goldberg asked Julia Sweig, a Cuba-U.S. policy expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, to accompany him, and the pair spent portions of three days talking with Castro. Cuba's state-controlled media reported Aug. 31 that Goldberg and Sweig met with Castro and attended the dolphin show at Havana's aquarium, but the blog was the first to reveal details of what they discussed. Goldberg said their first meeting lasted five hours and featured appearances by Castro's wife, Dalia, his son Antonio, and several bodyguards, two of which held his elbow to steady Castro when he moved. "His body may be frail, but his mind is acute, his energy level is high," wrote Goldberg, who also noted Castro's self-deprecating humor. The 84-year-old ex-president wore full military fatigues and an olive-green cap while addressing university students last week, and had previously appeared in public in a military shirt. But Goldberg saw Castro in a red shirt, sweat pants, and black New Balance sneakers. He said Castro, who himself has been a fierce critic of Israel,"repeatedly returned to his excoriation of anti-Semitism," chiding Ahmadinejad for denying the Holocaust. [b]Castro said that Iran could further the cause of peace by "acknowledging the 'unique' history of anti-Semitism and trying to understand why Israelis fear for their existence." The gray-bearded revolutionary related to Goldberg a story from his childhood that has been detailed by some biographers: that he overheard classmates saying Jews killed Jesus Christ. "I didn't know what a Jew was. I knew of a bird that was a called a 'Jew,' and so for me the Jews were those birds," Goldberg quoted Castro as telling him. Castro later added, "This is how ignorant the entire population was." According to Goldberg, Castro said, "I don't think anyone has been slandered more than the Jews. I would say much more than the Muslims." Castro also said that the Iranian government should understand that the Jews "were expelled from their land, persecuted and mistreated all over the world, as the ones who killed God." After undergoing emergency intestinal surgery in July 2006, giving up Cuba's presidency and dropping out of sight for four years, Castro has begun making near-daily public appearances to warn of a nuclear war pitting the U.S. and Israel against Iran and also featuring a Washington-led attack on North Korea. "This problem is not going to get resolved, because the Iranians are not going to back down in the face of threats," Castro told Goldberg. Goldberg also said he revisited the Cuban Missile Crisis with Castro, asking if once "it seemed logical for you to recommend that the Soviets bomb the U.S." "Does what you recommended still seem logical now?" Castro's answer surprised him: "After I've seen what I've seen, and knowing what I know now, it wasn't worth it all."[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/08/fidel-castro-blasts-ahmad_n_708592.html[/url] I think we all know Castro is no Zionist so I thought this was a pretty interesting read. I think in his older days he's become a lot more thoughtful and just. The fact that he's criticizing anti-Semitism and the foreign policy of Israel I think says a whole lot about the message that he's trying to convey, world peace.
Say what you want about him but he's pretty badass. [img]http://info-wars.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Fidel-Castro1.jpg[/img] Just look at the cool motherfucker.
Oh yeah fight of the troublemakers, would be awesome if Ill and Chavez joined in too.
There will never be world peace so long as there are two human beings present on earth.
[QUOTE=Sickle;24690866]There will never be world peace so long as there are two human beings present on earth.[/QUOTE] I know it sounds cool when the sniper says it, but it ain't true bro
Woah! This situation is too complicated for me to take in fully.
To be honest though, as dictators go, Castro was never that bad. He wasn't a saint, but I'd rather be living under Castro than a lot of other leaders. The Cuban government may be isolationist and corrupt, but under Fidel and even under his brother Rauel, it's not the worst place to be.
You know you're terrible when you're blasted by Fidel Fucking Castro [editline]07:28PM[/editline] Look at this badass motherfucker[IMG]http://www.theadmonition.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/castro.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Nautsabes;24690797]Say what you want about him but he's pretty badass. [img]http://info-wars.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Fidel-Castro1.jpg[/img] Just look at the cool motherfucker.[/QUOTE] especially that one time where he was like oh cock killed all the gays and then 20 years later said: i'm sorry i messed up about the gays
I am jewish, MY HERO its a joke you retards
[QUOTE=Chrille;24690926]I know it sounds cool when the sniper says it, but it ain't true bro[/QUOTE] What the fuck are you talking about. That's a famous quote from thousands of years ago documented in Persian texts. 'lol snipre sez it'
Fidel has been in the news a lot recently. At least, more so than before. Feeling like he needs attention perhaps? Valid points made so far though.
I love you castro, he speaks whats real lol.
castro owns peace bringer of the people fuck the browns
"If avoiding assassinations was an Olympic sport, I'd have a gold medal." -Castro [img]http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss182/samuelcharlesregan/fidel-castro-2.jpg[/img]
Stay classy Castro, the world might hate you for no reason, but you're cool in my eyes.
I hate them both, so I'm not sure who to support.
[QUOTE=acds;24690859]Oh yeah fight of the troublemakers, would be awesome if Ill and Chavez joined in too.[/QUOTE] If Chavez joined in, he'd just blame the US weather machine...
I wish Che survived the country he went to, He ended up getting hanged :saddowns:
[QUOTE=acds;24690859]Oh yeah fight of the troublemakers, would be awesome if Ill and Chavez joined in too.[/QUOTE] Kim Jong-Il is a faggot leave him out of this
Isn't this kind of a no shit sherlock?
Yea it is kinda, but coming from a man that was a "dictator" and ruled with absolute power. This is some big words.
Communistical countries always seem to have the most badass leaders
[QUOTE=Zenpod;24700689]Communistical countries always seem to have the most badass leaders[/QUOTE] Churchill would like a word with you. [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CsNAB1sCKNg/S1LYN4gMj-I/AAAAAAAAF2A/hxfu3J2FZ-U/s400/Churchill+Tommy+Gun.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Nautsabes;24690797]Say what you want about him but he's pretty badass. [IMG]http://info-wars.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Fidel-Castro1.jpg[/IMG] Just look at the cool motherfucker.[/QUOTE] [I]i'll cut your balls off ya know?[/I]
[QUOTE=Zenpod;24700689]Communistical countries always seem to have the most badass leaders[/QUOTE] oh yeah, that was so cool how Stalin killed a ton of his own people right?
Kind of funny considering that Castro does in fact look Jewish himself. I can just imagine him wearing a black suit and fedora hat, strolling down a street in Brighton Beach while lamenting about his lower back-pain in a nasal tone, [I]"Oi, these frecking mamzers charge $1.98 for a half-pound of shawarma and they expect me to walk all the way to 11th Street with this lumbago of mine?!"[/I]
He says an anti-semite is anti-semetic? Inconceivable!
[QUOTE=God's Pimp Hand;24701675]Kind of funny considering that Castro does in fact look Jewish himself. I can just imagine him wearing a black suit and fedora hat, strolling down a street in Brighton Beach while lamenting about his lower back-pain in a nasal tone, [I]"Oi, these frecking mamzers charge $1.98 for a half-pound of shawarma and they expect me to walk all the way to 11th Street with this lumbago of mine?!"[/I][/QUOTE] as both a jewish person and a performer of antisemitic stereotypes i find this offensive
It seems in his old age he's really coming around. I recall reading that he regrets causing the Cuban Missile Crisis, saying it "wasn't worth it". Good on him.
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