No.

National leaders don't just step out and blubber out their opinions. There's always a reason. Usually political. Sometimes something else.

The idea that Castey would take the time to make an official announcement basically aligning himself with Zarqawi doesn't make sense, even if he were senile.

Find the REAL reason; then you've got a post.

The 1st real reason is the castro loves to hear himself talk. After 48 years as god-tyrant of cuba, he knows if anything strikes his fancy, he can say whatever he wants about it and people will not only pay attention, they will tell him how wise and brilliant he is. castro is not a national leader. castro is a national dictator, with a cult of personality sustained by force. He gets to say whatever he feels like, and often for hours at a time.
The second real reason is that castro, now a dottering old fool of a tyrant is nostalgic. He saw in Zarqawi the same kind of relentless corrupt and cruel dedication that Raul, Che, himself and others have had over the years. Fresh and different, Zarqawi could use personalied violence against people in ways castro seldom if ever used.
Zarqawi was in effect a 'mini me' for castro. A younger mass murderer that made castro think of his days of guerilla fighting, assasination, bombings, and betrayal.

Someone Should Give Lil'HilterCastro a Drink.Oye, fidelito you lead in corruption and genocidal government.I have 2-word for fidelito "FUCK YOU" and I hope you die a horrible death in bed with your sick delusional shit-for-brain.he should feel the fear and degradation he inflicted on hundreds-of-thousand of people;he should live long enough to see his life's work dismantled.We should likewise purse this mass murderer, punish him, and ensure that the regime he created does not survive.Blow-him up like al-Zarqawi.Well, Newsflash, Cabron you are the "JUDGE AND JURY" in cuba hypocrite sonobitch...

he always has to work in that posada angle into EVERY speech. the asshole could be giving a graduation speech, talking about health care reform, the hurricane, or rice cookers and he would still be able to relate it back to posada somehow.

Here's some excerpts from his latest speeches:

"There's a hurricane about to hit Cuba, but no hurricane can do to us what luis posada carriles hasn't already done, when he and the cia bombed our aircraft."

"The rice cookers that all of you will receive in the coming days will be so wonderful, they will make you want to cry. You will cry, but not as much as you did when luis posada carriles attacked us."

"The people of east timor have expressed their solidarity with us over the attrocities committed by luis posada carriles."

Scuse me, Josh, the comment space is for you to provide a "real" reason. If you can't provide a counteropinion, it's hardly your place to tell me I don't "have a post". Listen: I know what's news, and that's news. Nobody except alqaida and now castro are standing up for Zarqawi. Alqaida has obvious reasons but castro has none. I see the bawling out of castro in his dotage as personal and I think I am right - if you have been watching castro's actions closely in the past six months - and it's clear you haven't - you'd see a pretty strong basis for my view that it's castro nostalgizing. He's been doing it a lot lately, as his country crumbles and the vultures around him circle, eaget to get their hands on his loot and his power. I gave my view, you hurled your abuse, now what's your better answer? Why would castro praise a guy whose death is being rejoiced by millions in the Arab world and the U.S., many of whom are victims? What would castro have to gain? castro is a man who knows a hell of a lot about power and realpolitick, so it's pretty significant that he opted in his dotage to cheer this terrorist, given the swirl of chaos rolling all around him.

Local Univision and national news showed bits of the speech. Fidel looks really worn out, and his voice was very weak.

I have had the dubious pleasure of hearing Castro speeches in their entirety. A couple of times when he visited Nicaragua (publically) he would go on and on and on, and there was only two TV channels...no option.

Anyway, Fidel is known for doing 3 hour speeches, and....he often goes into "current event monologues" ranting on about whatever it is caught his eye from the news.

Boli, Alex, Hunter, ComeMierdacastro, go see that Barbie post linked above, Zarqawi looks just like castro in his early days, i am really amazed at the resemblance.

Boli, I agree, castro usually just natters for hours about anything that interests him. It's his way. When one is absolute dictator, one can imagine his every thought is of moment and of course there is no need for restraint in words, no need for discipline i suppose.