Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, right, smiles as he sits with Argentine Congressman Miguel Bonasso in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Sept. 13,2006. Castro made an appearance of sorts Wednesday on the sidelines of the Nonaligned Movement summit when Cuban state television showed photos of him wearing pajamas and chatting with a close friend from Argentina.(AP Photo/NOAL Summit,Pool)
Cuban President Fidel Castro smiles while meeting with Argentine congressman Miguel Bonasso (unseen) as he recovers from stomach surgery, in Havana where heads of state and representatives of the member countries of the Non-Aligned Movement gathered for a summit, September 13, 2006. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Handout (CUBA)
If a meeting of the leaders of the "non aligned nations" isn't a target rich environment worthy of deploying 100 Hellfire-armed Predators, what situation is?
"The Cuban people have accepted his illness with great maturity," said Wayne Smith, the former top U.S. diplomat in Havana. "Now the rest of the world, and especially the developing world, needs to get used to Cuba being ruled by someone else."
I have an idea: how about the laws "ruling" the people, not some commie with a scraggy beard.
If they aren't aligined, why does it matter?
Aligned nations ponder gain of Castro loss...
I wonder if their other hero Jimmy Carter will make it?
Now let me think....who was President in 1979? Ahhhh, yes, our old friend Jimmie...the gift that keeps on giving.
Anybody else get the strong impression that "Anita Snow - ap" is going to be inconsolable on that day when, finally, the confirmed news of Castro's death comes across the AP news wires? This article reads more like a hagiography from Pravda than a news article. Oh, it's from the AP, never mind...
Plus, the nonaligned movement tends to actually be aligned.
everyone wants a cheap oil deal
from Hugo
What does it mean to be nonaligned now that the Soviet Union is gone?