[The_Media_never_lie]

Dr. Carlos Singer, a Parkinson's expert at the University of Miami, said the disease on average cuts short the lifespan of a patient only by one or two years. ''The issue is not as much how long they can live, it is how much do they suffer in the process,'' he said.

The real issue is how much have the Cuban people suffered, and they have suffered plenty.

[Kozak]

''The issue is not as much how long they can live, it is how much do they suffer in the process,'' he said.

In Castro's case one can only hope the answer will be a great deal...