Castro: God Protected Me From Bush

Fidel's Response To Bush Saying "One Day, The Good Lord Will Take Fidel Castro Away"

(CBS/AP)  Cuban leader Fidel Castro is happy to explain how he's managed to reach the age of 80, despite being the target of numerous assassination attempts.

It must have been the grace of God, Castro suggests, apparently joking, in a short essay distributed Thursday via e-mail to journalists in Havana. "The Good Lord protected me."

Castro's words were chosen carefully, in an echo – with a twist – of comments made earlier in the day by President Bush after a speech at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

"One day the good Lord will take Fidel Castro away," said Mr. Bush, in response to a question from the audience, indirectly but obviously referring to the day when Castro will die and bring to an end the era that began with the revolution he led a generation ago.

Hearing those words, the audience applauded, prompting President Bush to say, "No, no, no," evidently to indicate that his statement was not a wish for Castro's death.

President Bush also said his administration will "continue to press for freedom on the island of Cuba."

Asked whether President Bush was wishing Castro dead, White House National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said: "The president was commenting on an inevitable event."

CBS News Havana producer Portia Siegelbaum reports Castro, in a statement released Thursday, quoted both President Bush and Johndroe, and shot back with a sarcastic assessment of the mortality of his critics. "It seems the genial functionary [Johndroe] and his boss are going to live thousands of years," said Castro. "Now I understand why I survived the plans of Bush and the presidents who ordered my assassination: the Good Lord protected me."

Castro's citing divine intervention on his behalf was most likely just a rhetorical device. Castro was educated at Roman Catholic schools in his youth, but rarely mentions God or religious matters, a rare exception being in 1998, when Pope John Paul II visited Cuba.

Cuba has maintained diplomatic relations with the Vatican since the revolution that came to power in 1959. But the government was officially atheist for several decades until the early 1990s, when the Constitution was changed and believers for the first time were allowed to join the Communist Party.

President Bush's comments and Castro's response came just one day after newly declassified papers were released showing that the CIA recruited a former FBI agent to approach two of America's most-wanted mobsters and gave them poisonous pills meant for Castro during his first year in power.

Contained among hundreds of pages of CIA internal reports collectively known as "the family jewels," the official confirmation of the 1960 plot against Castro was welcomed by communist authorities as more proof of their long-standing claims that the United States wants Castro dead.

The assassination plots, according Castro, are not just a matter of history. In two recent commentaries, the convalescing Cuban leader claims that President Bush has been trying to kill him. He did not provide any details of those alleged plots.

[mcvet]

It's amazing how One Dictator can relate to the other! Sieg Heil Bush!

[gunnerv1]

Just the ramblings of a paranoid old fool being kept in office by the strong mans army.

[abbe7]

Well, Castro is certainly not paranoid ...
Just google "Operation Northwoods" and "Lemnitzer".

[davegf]

singinrick......stuff your voodoo superstitious ramblings up your ***.

[abbe7]

"sad thing is thatliberals will agree with Castro. They will call Bush a dictator and again fail to realize the incredible amount of freedoms that God has given the USA." ... and that Bush is removing
little by little.

[abbe7]

They came first for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time no one was left to speak up.

"First they came", Martin Niemoller, graved on the
New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston, Massachusetts

[realpatriot1]

When Castro shows his thanks to the graciousness of God by allowing the Churches to open their doors and for people of faith to practice their faith, there will be some credibility to his comments.

[abbe7]

"When Castro shows his thanks to the graciousness of God by allowing the Churches to open their doors and for people of faith to practice their faith, there will be some credibility to his comments.
Posted by realpatriot1 at 08:23 AM : Jun 29, 2007"

Agreed, he should allow people of ANY faith to practice their faith. Cuba regime has serious flaws.
Still they are surviving a US embargo for years.
Now, it's a real pity that you need to compare Bush to Castro to make him look good, and I'm not sure it works.
If you check "Operation Northwoods", you'll see that the US military head was ready to kill US civilians to have a pretext to invade Cuba.
But this 911 before its time was stopped by Kennedy.

[silhouett]

Men will say what men will say but it only matters what God will say. Every Knee shall bow!
Even a horty Nation that has worn the clothes of God and now is proud to take them off.

[jetauma]

45 years and the megagiant could not defeat one man on one tiny island. We deprived them goods and money and progress through embargo...still he reigns. One day he will die. Meanwhile, 5 presidents will have died and 8 come and gone.
Wouldn't it have been better to get along? Bring Coca Cola and McDonalds, we'll own the island again in a week.
Had we treated the island right in the first place (mafia and gov't exploitation), Castro would not have bee significant.

[abbe7]

"Had we treated the island right in the first place (mafia and gov't exploitation), Castro would not have been significant.
Posted by jetauma at 08:50 AM : Jun 29, 2007"

Exactly. Castro, like Saddam Hussein, like bin Laden
have been practically made by the US.

[jetauma]

abbe7, We can also add the Shah of Iran and his fall into our situation now.

[usbrit-2009]

Singin Rick; Please explain to me how the phrase "Christian Conservative" is not a contradiction in terms. Jesus Christ, you have to admit, by his actions and teachings would be classed as at least liberal in the modern vernacular. Surely the conservatives were the Pharisees who he railed against and by whom he was eventually put to death.

[abbe7]

"abbe7, We can also add the Shah of Iran and his fall into our situation now.
Posted by jetauma at 09:01 AM : Jun 29, 2007"

Alliende in Chile, replaced by Pinochet, Lumumba in Congo replaced by Mobotu, the list is long ...

[grumpas]

Is that the same God who told Bush to invade Iraq???????

[cryonbrian]

You all sound like fools! FACT!

[nolalou]

singinrick,

I don't want to deny you or anyone who believes as you do the right to your beliefs, but I reserve the right to reject them, without being accused of being un-american! God did not give America its freedoms, the writers of the constitution and bill of rights did that! Unless you think G.W. Bush is some kind of saint, how dare you say I don't have the right to criticize him! How dare you say he has not restricted our freedom and abused his power through pure arrogance! The biggest problem I have with some so called 'Christians' is their total hypocrisy! If you want to live in a country where dissent is not allowed, maybe Cuba will take you in!

[nothappyatall]

""One day the good Lord will take Fidel Castro away," said Mr. Bush, "

Yeah but the devil has digs on BUSH and will take his azz home soon enough LOL

[briannorwood]

God protected Fidel Castro from Bush?

Then, why the heck didn't he protect us from Bush too!

[processor2]

CBS Headline:..Castro: God Protected Me From Bush


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What's even funnier, is that liberals in the USA will actually believe this sh*t.

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[processor2]

CBS Headline:..Castro: God Protected Me From Bush


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What's even funnier, is that liberals in the USA will actually believe this sh*t.

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[j4401]

I thought government initiated assasinations were illegal. Where is the ACCOUNTABILITY. I thought God gave us a phrase "thou shalt not kill" to live by.

[Geneius]

Bush's "god" is definitely not my God. He looks to his "god" to punish his adversarys. My God is a god of love, strength, and compassion.

Perhaps people can learn from what this president has done why we need separation of church and state or look at the nations who have religious rule. No one should have the right to impose their form of religion on the general populace or on other nations.

[gkc99]

Doesn't Marxist-Leninist Communism hold that there is no God?

Of course, the CIA, the gang that couldn't shoot straight, and their mob/mafia collaborators, couldn't quite do away with Castro in the 70s, either. Maybe the man is protected by heavenly forces. Or at least he has a good bodyguard.

[hypnotoad72]

Geneius1 - food to think about, read some of the chapters of the Old Testament. God wanted people to obey His law.

God also sent Jesus, who was a bit softer when it came to compliance, but it was also Jesus who has been said His second coming may be a different story.

I live a bit of reading to do this weekend. :)

[ianlou]

Castro can point his finger at the released CIA records as proof of our evil intentions but at least we open our records after a period of time.
Castro seems to prefers the old Soviet method of sharing records, erase all text and images of undesirable people or events before making them public or don't make embarrassing documents pubic at all.

[klifton2-2009]

Anyone who sends his country men and women to die for a lost cause based on deceptions and lies can only be the devil's disciple. No prize for guessing who the devil is!

[aaabee-2009]

What's even funnier, is that liberals in the USA will actually believe this sh*t.
Posted by processor2 at 09:31 AM : Jun 29, 2007

Your hatred is pretty ugly, processor2. Does it leave room for anything else?

[aaabee-2009]

hypotoad on this blog:
"Geneius1 - food to think about, read some of the chapters of the Old Testament. God wanted people to obey His law."

hypnotoad on another blog:
"The good part of being a Democrat is that you can commit crimes, sell out your base, bomb foreigners, and rape women, and the Democratic faithful will still think you're the greatest."

Reading the bible to pick out chapter and verse to hit others over the head with, hypnotoad? Perhaps you should read it for yourself.

[aaabee-2009]

They are both paper tigers.

So which God is up there, Castro's or Bush's?

Or Paris Hilton's.....

[bogusbones]

God (if there is one) doesn't give a hoot about Bush or Castro, in fact, again, if a God does exist, probably rates these two on the lower end of His list of people who are going to walk through the proverbial Pearly Gates. Anyone that wears his or her religion or political convictions on their sleeve generally uses that profession of faith as a shield to hide sinister motives. Christians, Muslims, Communists YUK! Killing in the name of God - go figure.

[rushman71]

jetauma: You left out Starbucks. Don't forget them

[Geneius]

hypnotoad72:

Thanks for helping me make my point. To you , christianity is the only religion. but even chritians have different sects and different ways of worshiping. People who believe differently have the right to choose what they believe.

Also, the old testament is history to some christians and the new testament prevails.

[rushman71]

I will not feel safe or secure until Bush and all of his necons are out of office, and preferably locked up in some foreign jail receiving the treatment they gave the other non believers.
Posted by liberalameri

So you think Hillary will save the day? Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!! LMAO!!!!!Hahahahahhahahahaha!!!!!! That was a good one!!! Hahahahahahahaha!!!!

[casper10x]

Very decades all churches were closed down in the Soviet Union, and Jews were put in jail for any sign of practice. Now, he believes in G-D ?

Please check out THEREALCUBA.COM. There is a man held in a box for 27 years because he dared to read outloud the speeches of Martin Luther KIng, Jr. ! It is actually a closet, set apart, with a hole in the floor, and a small opening at the top, a mat on the floor, a bucket. No heat, no light.
And did you know that BLACKS are not allowed in HAVANA freely, bad for tourist dollar ? Who knows, but CASTRO is no SAINT. IN FACT , just the opposite, despite the LEFTist, and Hollywood type no nothings, the world would have been much better off, had he been killed during the 60s. That is, there are thousands killed because of him and CHE. (read the new book on CHE. ! He personally responsible for 8000 Cuban deaths by firing sqaud. Che had a large window placed in his office so he could watch each one, as he ate lunch..... Some tee shirt he makes. Why not Eichman ? You slap happy COLLEGE PROFESSORS wake UP)

[dmitry72]

casper10X, I am Russian and lived in the USSR! It simply NOT true that all churches were closed down. It is simply NOT true that Jews were put in jail for any sign of practice. For example,Moscow Choral Synagogue worked through all Soviet period.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Choral_Synagogue

THEREALCUBA.COM lies about Cuba like you lie about the Soviet Union. Many of its photos are old, from 90ies, some are fabricated and some are taken just after the island was striken by hurricanes.

Also, it seems you have no sense of humour because you are taking seriously Castro's joke. Read again what he said!

Sorry for my not-so-perfect English.

[antoniof123]

First of all if you have never left the country shut up. Second why is it this man can not keep his mouth shut every time he opens it some even dumber comes out.

As far as Russia they seen to be the only ones left in the world that don't hate us. For crying out loud people I have traveled the world and what I have found is that in all parts of the world it is just the few driven be mad religious leaders.

They tell their sheep that it is god's will to kill so maybe what we should do is when we catch a religous leader tlaking like that put him in jail and throw away the key.

[processor2]

CBS Headline:..Castro: God Protected Me From Bush


BwaHahahahahahahahahahahahaha
BwaHahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Oh God, Oh God, can't breathe, can't breathe
BwaHahahahahahahahahahahahaha

What's even funnier, is that liberals in the USA will actually believe this sh*t.

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[toldyouso21]

Posted by FARTKNOCKER2 at 10:57 AM : Jun 29, 2007

You are treading on dangerous ground. Murderers, rapists, etc can all be redeemed and go to heaven if they ask for forgiveness and mean it--but God says he DESPISES a self righteous and judgemental person--so you might want to stop that. And here is a bit more info: Allah is just another name for the one and only God--same as the names Jehovah or Yahweh--same God Christians serve. The God does NOT change--but how various religions who claim to serve Him believe and carry out those beliefs is mostly up to the culture and the religion. God is not man made but religion is.

You DO know that the Arabs are descended from Ishmael, Abrahams first born? The one that was had when Sara forced her maid to have sexxxx with her husband (because she wanted him to have a son and she was barren) After Sara got pregnant, she sent the poor maid and her baby away into the desert----but God said a great nation would rise from the loins of Ishmael and that appears to have been the Arab peoples. Also the lost tribes mentioned in the bible may be Arabic tribes. They too, are semetic tribes and essentially cousins of the Jews. At any rate, same God, not for you or me to judge them or what they do or how they do it or where God will put them, closer to the Jews than the Gentiles will ever be bloodwise--

[toldyouso21]

For all of the so called "Christians who somehow think killing by us is justified and by the terrorist, is not--learn scripture:

God does not have "BIG sins" and little sins. (except for the blaspheming of the Holy Spirit) For every other sin there is forgiveness if a person will pursue that. If they do not repent; Liars, gossips, jealous people, cheaters, etc will be in hell right alongside suicide bombers, murderers, theives and rapists and judgemental, self righteous people. And you can forget about other people assuming or absolving you of sin--only God can do that and He'll only do it if you are indeed repentant and not just saying the words and still doing the craaaap.

[harp1963]

The pot calling the kettle black.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/09/60minutes/main592330.shtml

[gramto7]

WE ARE KILLING TERROIST BECAUSE THEY FLEW 2 FREAKING PLANES IN OUR BUILDINGSposted by peyton163


one more time for the hard-to-teach...
IRAQ had NOTHING to do with Sptember 11,2001!

[dmitry72]

And, by the way, casper10X, 2 millions tourists who go to Cuba every year would laugh at you and your lies, "that BLACKS are not allowed in HAVANA freely". What a BS!!!! As opposed to the US, Cuba is a country were WHITES and BLACKS live together and marry each other.

http://new.photos.yahoo.com/jonanderscuba/album/576460762328864789

http://www.hansrossel.com/fotos/fotografie/cuba/cu_s11.htm

[brianp55]

Now if God would only do the same for the American people.

[ammermantm]

toldyouso21
well said, very well said. If only more people realized that we are all related we could look past some of the differences.

[bwessels]

One day, the Good Lord will take George Bush away. Meanwhile is administration will "continue to obstruct freedom in the United States of America."

Again, WHY do we engage China and not Cuba? Money. South Florida votes.

[lars008-2009]

hahahaha

the commie that believes in god..... lol

*** when did communism become a monarchy???

castro turns over cuba to his brother???
n. korea hands power from father to son to son???

i thought we were all equal??? right comrade????

hahahahahahaha

[colonieny]

The people of Cuba have been enslaved by CASTRO and CHE. I have worked for a large company that goes to CUBA. The poverty that I have seen there, while the Cuban officials ride in their MERCEDES ! and eat steak.

[aaabee-2009]

not just saying the words and still doing the craaaap. Posted by toldyouso21 at 11:19 AM : Jun 29, 2007

What! I can't just say the words and go to church for an hour on Sunday and consider myself a saint?

You must be a Democrat with your crazy ideas about MY God. I have the Book right here that tells me how bad and evil Other People are. I could read it if I wanted to, and I can quote a few verses to all those sinners, so you can't tell me I am not going to heaven.

And there won't be any liberals in MY heaven, I can tell you, no one from any of those Mid East countries, no illegal immigrants, no poor people who can't dress half-decent, no one from San Francisco, and especially no one from any trailor park, no sir, not in MY heaven.

[factitious diatribe based on actual religious Peers in my FL community]

[realpatriot1]

toldyouso21,

Excellent post! We are all related whether we all like it or not.

Like any parent, God expects us all to play together nice.