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Inside surgery - What is Wrong with Castro?
2006-08-04
Rantburg's house doc is on assignment vacation this week, so here is a link to informed speculation as to El Commandante's condicion. The comments are worth reading too, here is an interesting one:
CAROL HERMAN wrote:
Don't forget that Chavez (of Venezuela, got to Cuba, to see the last of Castro, walking. When he toured Che's old abode.

Then, Chavez ran to Tehran. And, Damascus.

I'll bet America has a large enough Navy, that we have ships in the Meditterainian. Ships in the Red Sea. Ships in the Straits of Hormuz. And, our Coast Guard around Cuba.

Meanwhile, Chavez thinks he's bought Cuba, all on his own. Since Venezualan oil money has been propping up Castro's bogus regime, since the Soviets bellied up.

Actually, I'm not a doctor. But a Star Trek fan. And, "He's dead, Jim," comes to mind. No wonder Castro's not walking! Nor is he conscious. So one reason he's in bed, not walking, is that you don't shake coma patients awake, so they can take a toodle. Or have their legs drapped over the side of the bed.

Perhaps, we need to hear from a forensic specialist?
And I'd like to note as well that August 22 is drawing closer. Also see this. I also had a post within the past few months that the Shi'a community in Cuba was pushing for a official mosque. They claimed about 70 members, which I calculated could be a pretty good nucleus for an effective terror cell.
Posted by:BrerRabbit

#7  "standard procedure in the Dictator Governmental Transition Manual™ is a public appearance and calling out the troops to maintain order...."

The Cuban government deployed troops and elements of the communist "citizen committees" to the poorer areas some two days ago.
Posted by: Fordesque   2006-08-04 21:59  

#6  If I was a dictator I would occasionally get "Sick" and go quiet and watch who pops up out of the woodwork. Then reappear and play whack-a-mole.

I really hope he's dead and that little Roul too!
Posted by: rjschwarz   2006-08-04 16:51  

#5  I think Castro has pulled off A Weekend at Bernies. That is what is right.
Posted by: JohnQC   2006-08-04 16:25  

#4  that said - Sea's right, there's nothing right or normal in how this Castro situation (R or F) is being handled. I'm in for the dead pool. Can't figure what's up with Raul tho'....standard procedure in the Dictator Governmental Transition Manual™ is a public appearance and calling out the troops to maintain order....
Posted by: Frank G   2006-08-04 16:24  

#3  Carol's comments, while entertaining, are slightly unhinged - see other blogs - Capt'ns Quarters and Ace's HQ (IIRC)in particular. Think JM on meds
Posted by: Frank G   2006-08-04 16:21  

#2  What is Wrong with Castro?

Ermm ... Just about everything?
Posted by: Zenster   2006-08-04 15:55  

#1  Here's an interesting article on how the death of dictators through history have been announced or not announced.

Is Castro Dead?
Mojitos all around! And brace for the hangover.

By Mario Loyola

In Communist societies, the fall of a dictator is often marked by a public statement about the dictator’s failing health that (a) doesn’t make sense, and (b) is not delivered by the dictator himself. That’s what we saw on Monday night, when Cuban dictator Fidel Castro issued a “letter to the people” in which he explains that he had suffered intestinal bleeding due to stress, needed an operation, and would be in bed for several weeks. The missive was coldly Orwellian in how little it said about Castro — and in how much detail it gave about those who were now “temporarily” assuming power.

The next day another Cuban official read a more entertaining letter in which Castro purports to explain (again in pure Newspeak) that because of the imminent threat from the United States, the details of his health are now a state secret. But thereÂ’s only one detail about CastroÂ’s health that could possibly be a state secret: that heÂ’s dead.


Continue reading here
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OGY1ODlhY2FjOWFlMWNiMjk0ZWE3N2ViYjAyMjBlN2U=

Posted by: Sherry   2006-08-04 15:51  

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