Fidel Castro
18th June 1965
Havana, Cuba
I am thinking, thinking….about the world that lies in front of my eyes. It is a place which has gone from its cradle to its near death. A shadow looms above it. It is the shadow of destruction and misery. The children of this century have seen the turn of world order with their little eyes.
Now, they too, like their mothers and fathers know that an apocalyptical mistake will light the fuse, the itchy fingers will finally press on the buttons of nuclear weapons and the world will be brought to its knees.
The Americans and their allies circle above us like vultures and intervene when they can. The results are all the more disastrous. Vietnam, Cambodia, Russia, is a fine example of the results of their intervention. Thousands have been slaughtered and million others are swallowed by the dust.
It is time to act. It is my job as a true patriot and Socialist to lead these nations and block the advance of the capitalists. We will rise again from the dust, we will take control, we will take matters into our own hands and we will turn the tide towards the West. This is our moment, our time
The Russians will supply the NVA troops and my Cuban guerillas. JFK and the rest of his collaborators won't know what hit them.
It will all start…..now….