Reflections
by Comrade Fidel
THE
67TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VICTORY OVER NAZI-FASCISM
No political event can be judged outside of the era
and the circumstances in which it took place. No one even knows one percent of
the fabulous history of Man; but thanks to history, we know about occurrences
that go beyond the limits of the imaginable.
The privilege of having known persons, even the
locations where some of the events related to the historic battle took place,
augmented the interest with which I awaited the anniversary this year.
The colossal deed was fruit of the heroism of a group
of peoples that the revolution and socialism had united and intertwined to put
an end to the brutal exploitation that the world had been putting up with
throughout the millennia. The Russians
were always proud of having headed that revolution and of the sacrifices they
were capable of in bringing it to fruition.
This very important anniversary of the victory could
not be understood under the colours of a flag or a name other than the one that
presided over the heroism of the combatants of the Great Patriotic War. Without a doubt, something untouchable and
unforgettable remained: the anthem whose unforgettable notes accompanied
millions of men and women to challenge death and to crush the invaders who
wished to impose a thousand years of Nazism and holocaust on all humanity.
With those ideas in mind, I enjoyed the hours I
dedicated to the most organized and martial procession I could ever imagine,
whose protagonists were men formed in the Russian military universities.
The Yankees and the blood-thirsty NATO armies could
not imagine that the crimes committed in
How soon do empires forget the lessons of history!
The military technology exhibited in
It was just the ceremony we were waiting for on the
glorious anniversary of the Soviet victory over fascism.
Fidel Castro Ruz
May 10, 2012
8:14 p.m.