About 2017

Welcome to our traditional new year’s post, my Earthling friends! 🙂 Yes, again we will open the new year with a song from Iron Maiden. Up the Irons! Yahuuuu!

This has been kind of totem for WD and me. We already listen this fabulous band in every day of whole year. But we cannot find a proper time for adding in any post in whole year, except the new year’s eve, because of the full effective news of the world agenda.

-My agenda is always related with lady dogs, beer and good foods. You speak for yourself Migo!

-Ok my agenda, WD.

-You see! You confess!

-Can you let me continue to this post.

-All right, but not for you. I am a sensetive dog and I am thinking my beloved followers not you alien!

And, last year our song from Iron Maiden was “No more lies”. This year our expectations again are very realistic from 2017. This new year is coming like a birth child of 2016. This new born child is not full with happiness, and I am sorry for saying this. But it will excatly same with the song.

Everyone’s waiting for something to happen
Everybody’s waiting for something to see
Lunatics waiting for bigger disasters
Everyone’s waiting for news on TV

Winding lives at the end of the spiral
Waiting dictators with their next big thrill
Everyone’s looking but no one is listening
Everybody wants to be in at the kill

I wait for the signs, they tell me true
I see the signs of the end time

Everyone’s searching but nothing’s revealing
Everyone’s looking for the reason why
Everyone’s hoping for life everafter
Everyone’s looking at death from the sky

Everyone’s nightmares are going to happen
Everybody’s ripping the mask from their eyes
Everyone’s praying but no one’s believing
Everybody’s heroes tell everyone’s lies

I wait for the signs, they tell me true
I see the signs of the end

So I watch and I wait and I pray for an answer
An end to the strife and the world’s misery
But the end never came and we’re digging the graves
And we’re loading the guns for the kill

Can the end be at hand?
Is the face in the sand, future memory of our tragedy?
Can the end be at hand?
Is the face in the sand, future memory of our tragedy?

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I’d like to write good things about the hopes. But the hope sometimes could bring devistate, if it is build on empty-dreams. This is what the planet we live in, my Earthling friends!

But can you ask me, is there any way out of this bad situation? Yes, of course it is! There is always a way out!

Let me I tell you a joke about it.

To escape from the mental hospital, the mental patients make a plan. According to the plan they have done, if the hospital’s garden walls are high, they will dig down the bottom of the wall, and if the hospital’s garden walls are low, they will run away by jumping over it. They would pick one of them to measure the walls’ height. The patient goes to the garden border and passes back for telling his observations to the others:

“No walls in the garden, friends, we can not escape from here.”

🙂

The humanity is on the same point in here! There are no barriers exactly, but the barriers have found a place for themselves in he brains as if they were in real. In fact, for every subject, a way out can be found.

As the same great commander Hannibal said, “we would find new ways or open new ways!”

This must be the way of mankind, or more precisely for enlightened and awakened human beings, as of this year. Because for both 2017 and others will come, the heights of the non-walls will increase more and more years by years. To not squeeze in front of barriers, not to be squeezed by 1% of the human beings who are always mentioned, before it’s too late.

“We would find new ways, or open new ways!”

This planet is very precious to not to be left to the hands of %1!

-Will you finish the post Migo, the world will opening the first day of the new year, but you still write! In the minutes a reporter from Kiribati will give the news!

-Oh yes, you right!

-Come on Migo!

-And for the enlightened and awakened human beings also all creatures both animals and plants, we wish a healthy and peacefull year!

-To the others?

-Do they deserve any good wishes, WD? 😉

The Alexandrov Ensemble; Red Army Choir

Actually today I was going to add another post. But when thinking whole year of 2016 and how much bad it’s passed, in compliance with 2016’s soul(yes the years have soul, but only very few of the humankind knows that), one of the last posts of this year should haven’t been surprise.

This is my favorite Russian folk song. It is not so well known as Kalinka in the western world on the planet. But for me it has better rhythm, melody than Kalinka. The song was made for glorify also recall the female partisans at the Russian Civil War(1917-1922) in 1940, but in 1942 some words and music changed and become todays’ shape.

Some days its’ lyric is kept on my saying. Especially you should hear me along with WD, while singing this song. We cannot sing good as you can predict, but we love to shout out especially the part of “da raskudryavyii, reznoooyy…” so much.

According to WD “actually we can sing good, but unfortunately we always kept the bar high, we try to sing it like these serious but warm guys with uniform.” WD asked me one day why we always listened this song from Red Army Choir. We’ve searched this song performance from other artists. And we couldn’t find good performance as much as Red Army Choir. We know that we can never sing like these men; on the other side we know that we can never take pleasure from another artists who sing this song more than Red Army Choir anymore.

The other artists had no wrong actually. We loved Red Army Choir, because. We were wanting to listen it from Red Army Choir, because. Still we do…

The devastating news came four days ago: “A Russian plane Tu-154 with 92 people aboard, including the well-known military band Red Army Choir, crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday, Dec 25, minutes after takeoff from the city of Sochi.”

64 members of the ensemble have been the victims of this horrible event. 64 members of the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army; so almost the entire choir team, except for three soloists who were not on board that day.

After repeating the news, now I want you to look at this video again, my Earthling friends. Starting from the top-back side soloists, take the soloists this video out of one by one. The screen is slowly wiping while I look at it; the sound is fogging, the rhythm of the song is changing. I find myself by looking at the screen with a pain at the end. Like a deleted piece of art, like half of a Van Gogh painting! What a pain!

While the planet is sinking in more sh*t at every passing second, the beauties are disappearing from humanity’ hands.

Actually of course Red Army Choir is a strong and legendary choir. It is kind of a symbol for the Soviet Union. I believe in this pain will turn back to them as progressive power.

Already at the east, the pains would return as hard as the soil and as strengthening like the cold. The pains have to return like that already, there isn’t any alternative to survive.

From 1928 to todays they have been still standing.

Photo: RIA Novosti via lenta.ru: The team of birth is October 12, 1928, when the ensemble gave the first concert in the Central House of the Red Army in Moscow. Then it was called Red Army Song Ensemble.

Photo: “Kommersant” / “Spark” via lenta.ru: In 1943, Alexander Alexandrov who wrote the music for the anthem of the Soviet Union, which later became the music of the anthem of the Russian Federation. In the photo: the ensemble rehearses in front of one of the first performances of the national anthem.

Photo: Vladimir Savostianov / TASS via lenta.ru: Choreographic scene “Invitation to the Dance” performed by members of the ensemble, 1970.

Looking at this magnificent history of Red Army Choir, we may also notice the size of the place of the artists that we will feel the lack of.

We will remember you with respect and love…

Вечная память погибшим… Покойся с миром, героям!

…da raskudryavyiiii, reznooooooy….

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photos were quoted from https://lenta.ru/photo/2016/12/25/aleksandrov/

 

 

 

Some Zaytung news

I had made two posts before about Zaytung news. My Earthling friends already know what are Zaytung news. But for the others I should make an explanation about Zaytung. Zaytung is a Turkish web-page which is making humor, black humor and satire news. Zaytung banner has got these terms about itself “Honest, impartial, immoral news.” But sometimes, some real events can occur that can be equal with Zaytung news. And for them there is describing in Turkish as “like Zaytung news”. And here some of Zaytung news for last weeks.

While speaking the state of emergency, coup attempt and crisis, the belief about entering 2017 of Turkey which started to talk about the mobilization now, is getting weaker.

After President Erdogan’s announcement in today, the citizens who found themselves in the conversations about mobilized, are confused. The hopes of the millions who are trying to finish the year of 2016 which is passing as thorny, are getting weaker, also the expectations have been drawn back the level of the watching the new season of Survivor.

The last days are not passing

Turkey which has been living in the state of emergency for a while, said hello to the mobilization agenda as of today. Citizens, who have succeeded to reach the middle of December by fitting the events which can be experienced in 30 years in any country on the world, into 11 months, they are trying to prepare themselves for a forever life inside of 2016, while losing their faith about the finish of 2016 at the last remaining 15 days.

Inception syndrome

While the experts call this situation ‘Inception syndrome’, Turkish Psychiatric Association President Ayhan Oztunca listed the relevant determinations as follows:

“Honestly, when asking “how long the state of emergency has been resuming”, the people cannot give a clear answer. How much time has passed since last year is blurred. The brains of some of them spread their lives in 2016 to 20 years. Please test yourself immediately, at the begining of 2016 Ahmet Davutoglu was the prime minister. Did you remember, the smiling man with the glasses. You couldn’t remember, could you? Well, how many explosions have been into last 1 year? Or, when was the airport attack? You couldn’t remember these either. That’s normal. All is being because of overloading. We live in the same 1 year like in inception. As a result, many of our citizens are beginning to be sure that they can not leave this year. As if it’s always 2016, and then it’s like it will be…”

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New year’s good news from government: Salary will be putted on all citizens who have arrived safe to 2017

Turkey, which is preparing to leave behind a long year full of terror, war, coup, assassination, work accidents, fire, natural disaster and murders, is preparing to reward its citizens who have reached 2017 from 2016. Arrangements about “to entitle the veteran to those who have succeeded in reaching to 2017”, which were regarded at the present meeting of the Council of Ministers, will be discussed in the Assembly in the coming days.

The Government Spokesperson pointed out that a citizen who is living especially in metropolitan areas and leaving home in morning also returning to same home in the evening in a single piece into the process we go through, is a success that can not be underestimated. “We have decided as the government, it is the best way to give Veteran title to those who have got achievement motive. They deserve it in any case, ours only give them credit. Let’s see actually, there are 10 days or so, but my wish is that as far as possible citizens can get this title.”

According to the information received, it is planned that the citizens who reach 2017 will be separated into three main groups.

“Group A Veterans” for those who survived as injured from accident or disaster while being direct target,

“Group B Veterans” for those who survived without injured while they were at the area while the event has been, and still in shock,

“Group C Veterans” for those who were not at time of incident, but at the next one have the high possible at there,

“Group D Veterans” for those who are not being into these three veteran groups as the lowest level. The salary grade will be arranged as A>B>C>D.

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Turkey citizens are looking for ways with a proper language to transfer the situation to the mainstream media which is still unaware of the images published by ISIS last night.

While the images that were published by ISIS last night and alleged belong to the two soldiers who were martyred in brutally, are creating a bomb effect on the social media, it also brought discussions on the subject that was not be reflected inside the mainstream media in any way yet. Citizens who noticed that the media is not yet aware of the images that almost all of Turkey has talked about about whether it is true or not since yesterday, are looking for a way to express the subject to the media in a proper language.

Instead of strangers, they should hear from us

While the discussing about “to say accustomly, or is it better to say it suddenly?” is continued in social media by citizens, another argument “we wouldn’t say ever and the media would be never upset” come out. But this argument was objected with “if the media will learn the news from others it would be bad, at least we are not strangers to their feelings”.

The opinion that has attracted supporters the most fans so far, has came from a twitter user. He said the following statements in his tweets:

“Those who live near the media buildings go the media by getting some cologne and antianxiety pills. They would try to tell the news to them accustomly without much worrying. Even those who have the opportunity should go in company with the health officials. As a result, some of the journalists may have heart problems, blood pressure problems, or something. God forbid, we would not receive the painful news from them.”

While the support is rising to these proposals, among the news there are the news about the citizens are starting to organize through the social media for visits to media buildings.

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Latest news:

>Offering assistance to Russia which lost the airplane, from Turkey: ”We can impose the publication ban…”

>The explanations from TTnet(Turkish internet service provider) on the reactions about slowed down of the internet speed: “If the ones who turned the torrent on would turn it off, it will become fast…”

>Turkey that is tired of terror, hopes to break the vicious cycle with natural disaster…

>TUIK(Turkish Statistical Institute) announced that Turkish men’s complaints about pre-ejaculation were significantly reduced after the slowdown of the Internet…

>The meaningful explanation of the mass who burned the Russian flag five days ago, pre-visit to the embassy: Definitely that was Holland flag…

> While Turkey is not able to enter Twitter with the measures taken following the assassination of the Russian Ambassador, the mystery of all statesmen passing the condolence message from Russia on Twiter can not be solved…

>For those who have not lost their mind yet, the year of 2016 have been extended for 3 months by the decree of the law…

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The news were quoted from Zaytung, its link:

http://zaytung.com/index.asp

 

 

 

 

 

“Nazis Trained and Supported Chile’s Operation Condor Activities”

Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet (L) greets U.S Foreign Secretary Henry Kissinger (R) in 1976 as Operation Condor is launched.

TeleSUR news, published in 17 December 2016

Declassified documents reveal U.S.-backed Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet used Nazi training and support for Operation Condor activities.

A top secret 1979 report to the U.S. Foreign Relations Committee reveals U.S. backed Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet had help from former Nazi’s in training and supporting his Operation Condor activities.

The declassified report, released on Dec. 12 by the Obama administration, describes the extensive ties between a Nazi “colony” based in Southern Chile and the notorious Chilean secret service DINA, which helped create and operate the deadly multi-state Operation Condor intelligence operation designed to destroy opposition to U.S. backed right-wing regimes in Latin America.

The report outlines that the Chilean Directorate of National Intelligence, DINA, which was created in 1974 to exterminate the left-wing opposition to Pinochet’s dictatorship and reported directly to the President, maintained a “close liaison with the German Nazi colony of La Dignidad in Southern Chile” and even operated a torture center within the Nazi base.

The report describes that the Nazi compound, referred to in the report as “The Colony,” was established by former Nazi officers at the close of World War II and operated with “complete autonomy.” Camp personnel, made of ex-Gestapo or ex-SS officers, gave DINA agents “instruction in torture techniques and have actually taken part in the application of that torture,” according to the report.

The report further details that as DINA developed Operation Condor’s extensive international assassination network, it made use of “the Colony’s national and international contacts,” and that “the Colony’s leadership maintains good relations with Chilean military officials, particularly officers of the Chilean Air Force, who have close ties to the Colony’s former Luftwaffe pilots.”

The report, which was submitted to the U.S. Foreign Relations Committee, which at the time included current U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and was chaired by Frank Church, who authored the Church Committee report detailing the U.S.’s own international assassination operation, outlined the vast scope and ambition of Plan Condor operations.

Based in Chile and created by former DINA director and Pinochet’s close personal friend Manuel Contreras, the report describes Plan Condor as “a consortium” of the intelligence services of U.S.-backed dictatorships in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

The report quotes Contreras as saying Plan Condor agents operated under civilian control in “all Chilean embassies abroad” with a goal of “hitting Chilean enemies in those countries.” The report quotes Contreras, a former paid CIA operative who died in 2015 while serving a 500-year sentence in Chile for his crimes, as saying “We will go to Australia if necessary to get our enemies.”

However, the report shows that Contreras’ first stop was, in fact, the U.S. itself. While the report does not give details of U.S. involvement, it admits that before creating Plan Condor, Contreras came to the U.S. in the early days of DINA to seek out support in creating the intelligence network. The report says Plan Condor even attempted to create a “station” in Miami, but when U.S. agents found out and advised issuing a formal diplomatic objection, U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger objected, instead deciding to inform Plan Condor directors directly that the U.S. “disapproved” of a Miami station.

While the report claims the Miami Plan Condor station was never created, it does describe in detail the “phase three” operational plan likely used to assassinate former Chilean Ambassador to the U.S. and key Pinochet opponent Orlando Letelier, in Washington, D.C., in 1976. It suggests a similar process was used to target Venezuelan guerrilla Carlos the Jackal in France and Portugal, a plan which was eventually called off after European diplomats discovered the plot and raised objections.The report is just one of what the National Security Archive — an independent nongovernmental research institute and library based in Washington, D.C. — says are hundreds more documents about Plan Condor operations set to be released in the coming months.

Chile’s DINA and Plan Condor operations are thought to have led to the death and disappearance of 50,000 people throughout Latin America during the 1970s and 1980s.

RELATED:
Operation Condor Files Reinforce US Contempt for Latin America

RELATED: Former CIA Asset, Secret Police Head in Pinochet’s Chile, Dead

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After WW2,
Brazil took in between 1,500 and 2,000 Nazi war criminals,

Between 500 and 1,000 Nazis have settled in Chile.

About 5,000 Nazis were relocated to Argentina.

Many of them used International Red Cross stamped passports while crossing the borders.

Some of the Nazis in DINA (Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional) in Chile:

Corporal Paul Schäfer Schneider in Wehrmacht at WW2; In Chile, founder of Colonia Dignidad

SS Colonel Walter Rauff: Mobil gas chambers (gas van) inventor, he caused about 100,000 people death in WW2
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And, I gave up! I realized now that about two hours I searched the names of Nazis in Chile in English and Russian web pages. Only two of them, so only two names (Schäfer and Rauff) of about 1000 Nazis in Chile as you see upper lines, are written on the web pages.

Where are the others’ names!

Is this something about German society in Chile before WW2? While I was searching I’ve learnt that in a considerable number German ethnic people who borned between 1880-1890 in Chile, they went to Nazi Germany during the WW2 by joining to Wehrmacht for fighting. Also, I have no idea how their families went to Chile about 130 years maybe more years ago and why! Crazy planet!

Longing for the Soviet Union

New research: The longing for the Soviet Union in the former Soviet countries is rising

According to a new research, unhappiness in former socialist countries and longing for the Soviet Union are rising.

According to a new study by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), while the dissatisfaction of people in their lives in the former Soviet countries is rising, the longing for the Soviet Union is also growing rapidly. The research from Estonia to Mongolia in 51 countries in 34 countries reveals striking results.

More than 50% of those surveyed think that their lives will improve if they return to a communist system. Only 15% of the Russians think that their lives improved after the Soviet Union’s dissolution. This ratio was around 30% in 2010. Only 9% of participants say that their financial situation has been positive in the last four years.

Another feature part of the study is the way the EBRD interprets of the datas.

EBRD interprets people’s longing for the Soviet Union as a desire to return to “an authoritarian system” or “the control economy” by reading the results of the research from the angle of “democracy or authoritarian system”. According to the EBRD, people are still hesitant about “open system, democracy and free market economy” despite the time spent there.

EBRD chief economist Sergey Guriyev says that “people could not see the benefits of passing to the free market from the control economy”. Guriyev says that the most important factor in this issue is the people lose their jobs or the risk of losing their jobs and he continues:

“If the society does not see the benefits of reforms, then ultimately these reforms will fail. At the moment, the vast majority of people in our countries prefer authoritarian rule instead of democracy. In Germany, 80% is in favor of democracy… This leads to huge, very big questions: What was the wrong and what should be done?”

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Anyway, majority doesn’t care already who lives in poverty  circumstances and who are exploited by capitalism. The majority of the human beings, hey, never mind! Hymn is beatiful, isn’t it? Already my opinion, the Hymn of the USSR,  1977 version is the best hymn ever. 🙂

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The news was quoted and translated in English from:

http://haber.sol.org.tr/dunya/yeni-arastirma-eski-sovyet-ulkelerinde-sovyetler-birligine-olan-ozlem-artiyor-179085

 

Yesterday he had the hopes, today he has got a hashtag with his name…

Berkay Akbas, 19-year-old student at Baskent University School of Medicine in Ankara, yesterday night lost his life at the bombed attack near the Vodafone Arena Stadium in Besiktas, Istanbul.

According to the informations in the news, after the midterm exams, he came to visit Istanbul with friends for the weekend. While passing near the Besiktas Vodafone Arena stadium, he was seriously injured in the vehicle with the effect of the blast. Then he lost his life in the hospital where he was taken.

The result of bomb attacks, 38 people dead and 166 people were injured, 14 of injured people are in critical care unit. According the news this terror attack has been made by TAK terorrist organization. TAK (Eyrêbazên Azadiya Kurdistan in Kurdish) according to wikipedia in English “Kurdistan Freedom Falcons.” Again according the wikipedia this terrorist organization is not only explosioning bombs, they have undertook the blame of some forrest fire’s in Turkey.

And young Berkay has been victim due to these f**king terrorists and the dirty politic accounts!

Only one Berkay life is more important than all terrorists and accounts!!

I am sorry my Earthling friends because of my words, I am feeling so much full with anger and sadness…

Also Berkay’s father talked today and expressed his feelings.

Explanation from the father of Berkay Akbas

Salim Akbas, father of Berkay Akbas said:

“He is 19 years old. Medical School 2nd grade student. He came to Istanbul for only 2 days after the exams from Ankara. They came to visit and by chance they pass by taxi around there. It is just so coincidental. It is so cheap and so simple. For this he is martyr. No, I do not want that my son would be martyr. Mustafa Berkay Akbas is a promising medical student, at Baskent University. His dreams were to be a doctor, and helping these people, but I am taking him back with the funeral car. Now, he is person who has missing person report on twitter. If terror has been finished with only condemn… We have been condemned it for years. They would leave flowers tomorrow. They will not do anything else. I do not want my son to be a martyr. My son was murdered.”

Yes, he was murdered, he doesn’t exist anymore…

He was 19 years old!

He will be always 19 years old…

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news was quoted from: http://haber.sol.org.tr/toplum/tip-ogrencisi-berkay-akbas-istanbuldaki-saldirida-hayatini-kaybetti-178621

Is the WAR CRIMINAL Kissinger in Trouble Now?

Ivar Jørdre

Groups Demand Arrest of ‘War Mastermind’ Kissinger at Nobel Peace Prize Forum

Nobel Peace Prize committee honors Kissinger a second time with speaking engagement at new forum on world peace

Published on

Wednesday, December 07, 2016 – Common Dreams

by

Nika Knight, staff writer

Former secretary of state Henry Kissinger was infamously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 for his role in the Vietnam War—a decision that comedian Tom Lehrer said “made political satire obsolete.” (Photo: Reuters)

The Nobel Peace Prize committee last month stunned many observers by choosing Henry Kissinger—the former secretary of state behind the secret American bombing of Cambodia and who supported Argentina’s “dirty wars,” among other things—to  speak at a forum on “The United States and World Peace after the Presidential Election.”

In response, on Tuesday the progressive groups RootsAction and Nobel Peace Prize Watch issued a petition demanding that Norwegian officials arrest Kissinger.

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Cuba’s ambassador:’We are ready to resist the US for another 50 years’

soL News talked with Cuba’s ambassador to Ankara, Alberto Gonzales Casals, on the legacy of Fidel in Cuba and the country without Fidel

Interview by Erman Cete – Nahide Ozkan

Tuesday, 29 November

Upon the loss of the legendary Cuban leader Fidel Castro, both friends and enemies of Cuba have made complimentary statements about Fidel; however, a vigilant pleasure came from the biggest enemy, the US.

US President-elect Donald Trump apparently revealed that he considers Fidel’s death as an “opportunity” to overthrow socialism in Cuba. Furthermore, the leaders of the Republican Party have announced that Trump will try to withdraw the “initiative” which started under the presidency of Barack Obama.

soL News talked with Cuba’s ambassador to Ankara, Alberto Gonzales Casals, on the legacy of Fidel in Cuba and the country without Fidel.

‘FIDEL MEANS REVOLUTION FOR ME’

Fidel has had great importance not only for the Cuban people or Latin America but also for all the oppressed who are pursuing equality and liberty across the world. Responding to the question what Fidel means for him, Casals says, “First of all, he meant revolution for me. I was born into the revolution. My family taught me to love Fidel all the time. I have seen him as a teacher. He taught us many things, notably human dignity.

“He taught us solidarity. In my opinion, Fidel had the highest human values that a human being can reach. He was an example for me. To put it in a few words; he was revolution, human dignity, teacher and example,” continued the Cuban diplomat.

Among complimentary remarks coming not only from the friends of Fidel and the Cuban Revolution in the world but also from his enemies, answering the question how Fidel could earn the respect of his enemies, Alberto Gonzalez Casals says, “Most people respect him by virtue of his courage and values, particularly the sense of justice. No one can deny his struggle against poverty and his efforts for international solidarity.”

“For example,” says Casals, “Fidel mobilized health labourers for solidarity in the entire world. Moreover, his moves inspired ‘health brigades’ in other countries. Besides, all people agree on Fidel’s honesty. One of the legacies he left to us: revolution would never lie. The Cuban State, too, was constructed on this honesty from top to bottom.”

‘HE SENT DOCTORS WHEN OTHERS SENT GUNS’

Casals says, “even Fidel’s enemies accepted that because human values are in question. That is why I believe Fidel was a world leader.”

“Fidel has met the peoples of the countries he visited throughout his life. Despite deep concerns since he survived over 600 assassination attempts, he always found a way of meeting the peoples. At one time a statesman who did not develop a friendly attitude towards Fidel, said: “He sent doctors to the complicated regions of the world, while other countries were sending guns.

Finally, Fidel never surrendered to any power. And this made him a unique leader both in the history of Cuba and the world,” continued Casals.

CUBA AFTER FIDEL

Considering that Cuba and the Communist Party of Cuba made preparations for a “Cuba without Fidel”, and that US President-elect Trump sees this as an opportunity for a capitalist restoration in Cuba, regarding the question on the position of Cuba after Fidel, Casals says, “We need to make a distinction between those who have sincere anticipations about the changes in Cuba and those who have a hostile approach to Cuba.”

“Frankly speaking, we wonder whether those have such concerns know Cuba very well or not. Cuba would abandon socialism only if we betrayed Fidel’s ideas. Fidel taught some values. However, it should be known that we would not surrender.

We lived through deep crises and economic challenges. Despite the fact that we lost many lives and comrades during the revolutionary period, we survived.

We, honestly, think that we will stick to Fidel’s ideas after we have lost him, that we will create a new ideological and political mobilization, and that we will be much more assertive in building socialism against imperialism,” continued the Cuban diplomat.

‘WE ARE READY TO RESIST THE US FOR ANOTHER 50 YEARS’

“We have been organizing this period [Cuba without Fidel] recently. Our biggest aim is to maintain socialism and our political/ideological line in Cuba. We are accustomed to imperialists’ approach. They want to make the people believe that a period will be over with deaths of significant figures. That will not happen to Cuba,” says Alberto Gonzalez Casals and adds:

“Because our tradition dates back to pre-revolutionary period. They thought that this struggle would have ended when our leaders were killed during the independency war of Cuba against Spain. They thought so when they murdered José Martí. Yet, they could not stop the fight for revolution and independency in Cuba.

We witnessed the death of the founder of the Communist Party of Cuba. Our comrades died during the revolution, and we lost such leaders as Camilo and Che after the revolution. However, the revolution continued.

Of course Fidel is so unique that the Cuban people and the world are mourning for him. But what he taught us was “to continue”.

When he started the struggle against Batista’s dictatorship, they were 82 in the Granma yacht and only 12 could survive. However, Fidel said at that moment, “Alright, we will accomplish the revolution”. What Fidel taught us is this idea and soul.

As for the US, we have had consistency on this issue. We have always wanted normal relations with the US providing that they respect our sovereignty and our assertiveness to build socialism. We hope that the US maintains positive relations with Cuba. Otherwise, we are ready to resist for yet another 50 years,” concluded the Cuban Ambassador Alberto Gonzales Casals.

Quoted from SoL.news