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Castro- What's Next
By Micah Halpern

Wednesday February 20, 2008

I've Been Thinking:

Castro's step aside was widely anticipated.
But what will happen next on the international front?

In order to make predictions about a post-Castro future, we understand his past. Castro was a master:
a master thug
a master leader
a master manipulator
a master politician

What has Castro left behind?
Castro has left the world a living legacy.
As he was ending his career he reached out to Chavez. That was a tell.
It signaled that Fidel Castro was firmly handing off the baton of anti-US leadership to his ideological comrade Chavez.

Castro has left a vacant playing field.
Expect Iran to court Cuba. It is in the best interests of the Iranians to reach out and expand in the backyard of the United States of America.

What should the US be doing now that this void has opened up?
The US must now realize that the competition for Cuba's favor is Iran.
The new Castro-in-charge will probably continue in his brother/mentor's footsteps, but it behooves the US to use backdoor channels in order to plead its best case before Cuba.
Hopefully, Cuba will be swayed by the US more than it will be swayed by Iran.

Fidel Castro was more than a man, he was an internationally acclaimed thug, he was a symbol.
The stepping aside of Fidel Castro has far greater implications than the removal of one man's presence from the international scene.

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4 June 2017 12:14 PM in Thoughts


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