Reflections by Comrade Fidel
NATOS’s Genocidal Role
(Part Four)
On March 2nd, under the
title of “NATO’s Inevitable War” I wrote:
“In contrast
with what is happening in
“It had
enormous incomes and reserves in convertible currencies deposited in the banks
of the wealthy countries from which they acquired consumer goods and even
sophisticated weapons that were supplied exactly by the same countries that
today want to invade it in the name of human rights.
“The colossal
campaign of lies, unleashed by the mass media, resulted in great confusion in
world public opinion. Some time will go by before we can reconstruct what
has really happened in
“The empire
and its main allies used the most sophisticated media to divulge information
about the events, among which one had to deduce the shreds of the truth.”
“Imperialism
and NATO – seriously concerned by the revolutionary wave unleashed in the Arab
world, where a large part of the oil is generated that sustains the consumer
economy of the developed and rich countries – could not help but take advantage
of the internal conflict arising in Libya so that they could promote military
intervention.”
“In spite of
the flood of lies and the confusion that was created, the US could not drag
China and the Russian Federation to the approval by the Security Council for a
military intervention in Libya, even though it managed to obtain however,
in the Human Rights Council, approval of the objectives it was seeking at that
moment.”
“The real
fact is that
“The problem
that perhaps the actors were not imagining is that the very leaders of the
rebellion were bursting into the complicated matter declaring that they were
rejecting all foreign military intervention.”
One of the rebellion’s
ringleaders, Abdelhafiz Ghoga,
declared on February 28th, in an encounter with journalists: “What
we want is intelligence information, but in no case that our sovereignty is
affected in the air, on land or on the seas.”
“The
intransigence of the people responsible for the opposition on national
sovereignty was reflecting the opinion being spontaneously manifested by many
Libyan citizens to the international press in
“That same
day, a political sciences professor at the University of Benghazi, Abeir Imneina, adversary of Gaddafi stated:
“There
is very strong national feeling in
“‘Furthermore,
the example of
“‘We know
what happened in
“A few hours after this
dispatch was printed, two of the main press bodies of the United States, The
New York Times and The Washington Post, hastened to offer new
versions on the subject; the DPA agency informs on this on the following day,
March the first: “The Libyan opposition could request that the West bomb from
the air strategic positions of the forces loyal to President Muamar al Gaddafi, the US press informed today’.”
“The subject
is being discussed inside the Libyan Revolutionary Council, ‘The New York
Times’ and ‘The
“'In
the event that air actions are carried out within the United Nations framework,
these would not imply international intervention, explained the council’s
spokesperson, quoted by The New York Times'”.
“‘The
Washington Post’ quoted rebels acknowledging that, without Western backing,
combat with the forces loyal to Gaddafi could last a long time and cost many
human lives.”
In that Reflection, I
immediately wondered:
“Why
the effort to present the rebels as prominent members of society demanding
bombing by the
“Some day we
shall know the truth, through persons such as the political sciences professor
from the
“Today on Wednesday, the
second of March, the EFE Agency presents the well-known rebel spokesperson
making statements that, in my opinion, affirm and at the same time contradict
those made on Monday: “Benghazi (Libya), March 2. The rebel Libyan
leadership today asked the UN Security Council to launch an air attack ‘against
the mercenaries’ of the Muamar el Gaddafi regime.’”
“Which one of
the many imperialist wars would this look like?
“The
one in
“Without excluding, of course,
the mercenary invasion of the Bay of Pigs, the dirty war and the blockade of
our Homeland throughout 50 years, that will have another anniversary next April
16th.
“In all those
wars, like that of
“For anyone harbouring any
doubts, about the inevitable military intervention that shall occur in Libya,
the AP news agency, which I consider to be well-informed, headlined a cable
printed today which stated: “The NATO countries are drawing up a contingency plan
taking as its model the flight exclusion zones established over the Balkans in
the 1990s, in the event that the international community decides to impose an
air embargo over Libya, diplomats said’.”
Any honest person capable
of objectively observing the events can appreciate the danger lying in the
ensemble of cynical and brutal events that characterize
I am closely following the
Pan-American Games of Guadalajara 2011, despite my work.
Our country swells with
pride for those young people who exemplify for the world their selflessness and
spirit of solidarity. I warmly congratulate
them; nobody can take away from them the place of honour they have earned.
To be continued on Sunday
the 30th.
Fidel Castro Ruz
October 28, 2011
7:14 p.m.