by John Loftus The rabbi concluded that Castro “can be many things, but regarding Jews, he has been always a defender, and both spoke and acted with integrity.” Well, who would have guessed? Some blog writers have speculated that Castro himself may have had Jewish origins as many Marranos fled Spain from the Inquisition and settled in the New World. “Castro is reported to have Jewish ancestry on his mother’s side. Many Latin Americans of Spanish origin and Hispanics were/are Jews who fled the Inquisition.”
Ant-Zionists Not Letting Castro Go Actually, not so many. Bibi Netanyahu’s father has written a very good book on the subject. Most Jewish refugees left Spain for North Africa, not North America. I have very strong doubts that Castro is a closet Jew. Moreover, leftist bloggers continue to insist that their beloved Castro is not championing Israel; he was only denouncing Ahmadinejad’s racism, an attitude rather common in the Middle East: “[T]here one observes a continuous vilification from antiquity to modern times culminating in the despotism of the Holocaust, and surely it is this to which Castro refers, again quite correctly. However Castro’s intent is surely not to be an apologist for the state of Israel, Castro fears (quite reasonably enough) a disastrous calamity in the near future involving a US nuclear attack on Iran…Castro is putting all his energy into preventing this and hence his desire to reign in Ahmadinejad.” Ah, I think I hear another conspiracy theory coming. Sure enough a leftist blogger goes on to rant: “Fortunately Castro is much respected and admired in South America and people take what he says with the upmost seri-
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ousness and heed his words. This plus direct relationships between Iran and now powerful South American countries, e.g. Venezuela and Brazil, as well as alternate international bodies such as the NonAligned Movement, portend that Castro’s words may have positive effect (much to the discontent of much of the leadership of Israel which is actively antagonizing for the very disaster Castro is trying to prevent). Viva Castro!” As for Castro’s flip-flops, ask the Russians. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Castro sent a telegram to Premier Khrushchev in which Castro offered to sacrifice the lives of the entire Cuban nation on the altar of communist glory. Khrushchev dismissed Castro as a wing-nut and said, “You see what I have to put up with.” Khrushchev quickly pulled the Russian missiles out of Cuba and away from Castro’s hands. Castro actually learned something from almost starting a global thermonuclear war. “In an Atlantic article,” the author writes, “Castro also talked about nuclear Iran. He said this problem is not going to get resolved, because the Iranians are not going to back down. Fidel Castro also noted that Iran, unlike Cuba, is a profoundly religious country and religious leaders are less likely to compromise. Maybe we should pay attention to someone who has been to the dangerous nuclear cliff and back.” Yeah, somehow I do not think that Castro’s background as a nuclear wing-nut is going to impress Ahmadinejad. He is not the only problem in Iran. Indeed, he may be typical of the ultra-conservative pannational Shia advocates. They are working night and day with North Korea to perfect and miniaturize a missile capable nuclear warhead. They will smile, lie and stall in
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order to reach that goal. Castro is right. This is a nation led by religious freaks incapable of compromise.
The Game in the Middle East In their dreams, great status awaits. Ancient Persia, once the most important power in the Middle East, is now relegated to third-tier status. The American-led oil embargo is slowly bleeding them to death. In 2011, they exported 2.5 million barrels of oil a day. In January 2013, they bottomed out at 1.1 million barrels per day. A month later, using every trick in the playbook, the Iranians could only increase oil exports by a trickle to 1.2 million barrels per day. The Americans are playing a smart game, paying off China with permission to break the embargo and purchase Iranian oil. At the same time, China has switched sides and is backing American moves in the UN against Iran’s proxy, Syria. Iran is pouring money and weapons into the black hole of Assad. With a wink and a nod from the Americans, the Iraqis are letting the Iranian arms shipments fly by unmolested and uninspected. Syria is Iran’s Vietnam. Let them spend their lives and their treasure defending the indefensible dictator. Even their Hezbollah allies from Lebanon are complaining about having to fight and die to save Assad’s life and lineage. Most of Assad’s own people hate him now. Soon all of them will hate him. Assad is crossing the last line. This week he is filling the chemical weapons munitions with nerve gas. I never thought he would be that stupid. Like his father, he will use his forbidden weapons of mass destruction to murder his own citizens en masse. His father gassed one entire city,
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