The BALL REPORTS

Castro's Surgery Sets Backdrop for War

August 8, 2006

Reports are coming in that the United States is staging troops and ships around Cuba to help support the Cubans if something strange happens while The Cuban leader Fidel Castro recovers from surgery. Fidel appointed his brother, General Raoul Castro to run the country during Fidel's medical recovery.

Apparently, President Bush feels threatened by the temporary leader, Raoul Castro, should some mishap United States feels threatened by Cuba. This is the same country that has had an arms and trade embargo for forty years or so. In fact Cuba is so weak that Fidel did not have enough forces to prevent the US from setting up the detainee camp known as Guatanamo on Cuban soil.

I found this threat hard to understand. How could such a simple thing as a medical procedure become a full blown military alert. Fidel Castro, the 80 year old Prime Minister needed stomach surgery and our government reacts like we are getting ready for war. Investigations and research using the unknown and unidentified government sources that can not be identified since they are unauthorized to talk with the press, their spouses and the Department of Justice since they may be a part of an ongoing investigation of any number of political and congressional investigations of the present administration.

These sources tell me, Mr. Bush and Karl Rove are getting desperate to win a war. The administration is upset that the efforts to control Iraq, Iran, North Korea, and Afghanistan have been futile. These countries refuse to be assimilated into the Bush democracy and just keep on waving the finger at Mr. Bush. We are sending more troops to Iraq, with the distinct possibility of civil war. The administration was looking to lower the US troop count just before the midterm elections and wanted to use this for news to help the Republicans retain control of Congress during the midterm election. The way it now looks, Iraq will remain a complete disaster by the November election, just 90 days away.

The administration has been very ineffective in the Israel i - Hezzbolah shoot-out with Lebanon being the helpless victim. Experts are having a hard time determining if the administration is mishandling the situation or dragging their feet in a quest for peace. Either way, the leaders of Lebanon don't have the forces to protect their citizens as Hezbollah and Israel pound the heck out of each other while the country and its citizens are pulverized.

North Korea and Iran just keep on working towards building their nuclear stockpiles according to the President's staff. If this keeps up, more countries will have nuclear bombs by the end of the Bush administration than at any time in history. We shouldn't worry, all airline passengers will be checked to prevent any bombs from entering the United States in checked luggage, to keep us safe.

Bush's advisors say Mr. Bush would reap a lot of political capital if he was to take over and liberate Cuba, claiming he was protecting Cubans from a strong hurricane, while Fidel was recovering from or failed to survive his medical malady. At last President Bush and Dick Cheney could show that they are effective war leaders, able to liberate Cuba, just like Ronald Reagan and Poppa George Bush did when they had to deal with Panama and Grenada years ago. Unfortunately, Reagan and Poppa Bush knew to pick on the little guys first. And they knew enough to stay out of a direct confrontation in the middle east, especially with oil involved.

 

Your humble Ace Reporter

Bob

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