Grave Condition

The inevitable Castro death-watch continues as new reports claim that Fidel Castro is in extremely serious condition suffering from complications from intestinal surgeries.

Of course, the Cuban government denies the stories as so much American propaganda, even as the report was first published in a Spanish paper. The Cubans claim that the reports are nothing but lies. Okay - then produce Castro. My own take is that the only way I'll believe Castro's condition is grave when he's dead and gone.

Val thinks that Castro is already dead, and Raul and the thugs in charge are trying to figure out the next step on how to retain power now that Fidel is gone. That's as good a theory as any. The US government believes that Castro had only weeks or months to live in reports from late last year.

The following is a fake photo - but one that many hope and wish will come to pass sooner, rather than later:

Castro's demise cannot come soon enough for the Cuban people, and the current business about his health situation delays the inevitable. Someone will run Cuba after his death, and the question becomes who - and will the Cuban people accept letting another dictator determine the nation's future.

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