Castro Considers Obama the Same as His Republican Candidates

Cuban leader Fidel Castro believes that President Barack Obama is not “better or worse” than the competing candidates from the Republican Party in the November election.

In a new “reflection” published on Wednesday night by the Cuban media, Castro sees the current president and his Republican rivals “light years” away from historical figures such as former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and civil rights activist Martin Luther King, DPA reported.

“No one believes that the Democratic candidate is better or worse than Republican opponents Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney,” the ex-president points out.

“Light years separate the three candidates from characters as relevant as Abraham Lincoln or Martin Luther King,” he adds, focusing on the threat of nuclear escalation in the dispute with Iran.

“It’s really unusual to observe a nation so technologically powerful and so void of ideas and moral values at the same time,” said Castro, a fierce critic toward Washington ever since the triumph of the Cuban Revolution half a century ago.

Castro also sees a war over the nuclear dispute with Iran as imminent. The United States, according to the Cuban ex-president, is considering the destruction of the Persian country’s nuclear facilities with a “powerful new bomb,” specially manufactured for that purpose.

The explosive, which Castro cites as the “mother of all bombs,” from news reports about United States’ military plans would serve to penetrate Iran’s underground bunkers.

The use of the “bunker buster of 13.6 tons” would be combined with tactical nuclear weapons, says the retired Cuban leader over alleged plans to attack.

“I harbor no doubt that the U.S. is about to commit and lead the world to the biggest mistake of its history,” Castro says at the end of his article, entitled “The Roads Leading to Disaster.”

The Cuban ex-president lives retired from public sources and active politics since 2006 for health reasons. In addition to writing his memoirs, Castro regularly publishes opinion pieces in the Cuban press.

Nuclear proliferation and environmental degradation are some of the issues most frequently addressed by the historic Cuban leader, in addition to his usual criticism of the U.S.