Fidel Castro claims Obama lives in fantasy world

Posted on Wednesday, 06.02.10
Fidel Castro claims Obama lives in fantasy world
By WILL WEISSERT
Associated Press Writer

HAVANA -- Fidel Castro speculated Wednesday that a nuclear strike on
Iran might help President Barack Obama win a second term in the White
House and also suggested the United States could attack North Korea.

The former leader of Cuba, who has not been seen in public for nearly
four years, also portrayed the U.S. president as a victim of fantasies
planted in his mind by sinister advisers.

The column published by Cuban state media floated the idea that a
nuclear attack on Iran - perhaps even without U.S. authorization - might
help Obama win re-election in 2012.

"Could Obama enjoy the emotions of a second presidential election
without having the Pentagon or the State of Israel, whose conduct does
not in the least obey the decisions of the United States, use nuclear
weapons against Iran?" he asked. "How would life on our planet be after
that?"

It's a question he did not answer, nor did he elaborate.

Castro also referred to "the current danger North Korea could be
attacked by the United States" because of "the recent incident that
happened in that country's waters" - apparently a reference to
allegations that North Korea attacked and sank a South Korean warship,
killing 46 sailors.

Castro, 83, said China might be able to block such an attack by using
its veto in the U.N. Security Council, implying that Washington was
likely to seek that body's authorization before a move against North Korea.

The government of North Korea has denied involvement in the torpedo
attack near the countries' sea border in March. During a visit to Seoul
last month, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the North
should face international consequences for the sinking.

Castro often has praised Obama in recent years, but painted him as a
pawn of the global capitalist machine on Wednesday.

"President Obama can give hundreds of speeches, trying to reconcile
contradictions that are irreconcilable ... dreaming of the magic of his
well-articulated phrases," he wrote.

But Castro said Obama "makes concessions to personalities and groups
totally lacking in ethics and draws fantasy worlds that only fit in his
head and that unscrupulous advisers, knowing his tendencies, plant in
his mind."

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