Castro Syas Bush Presence in Italy Hypocritical

Apr 7, 2005 — By Marc Frank

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Fidel Castro eulogized Pope John Paul as a fierce critic of savage capitalism during a speech on Thursday night and said it was hypocritical of President Bush to attend his funeral.

Castro said it was true Pope John Paul II opposed communism, but that in his later years he became a fierce critic of capitalism's abuses and in particular U.S. imperialism. The Pope visited Cuba in 1998.

"Now they have gone to cry before the cadaver of John Paul II, who so opposed the war, who so opposed the Imperialist order, who so often condemned consumerism and this brutal war in Iraq," Castro said during his televised address.

"How far will this hypocrisy go. In my judgment (Bush's presence) is an outrage to the memory of John Paul II," he said.
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which allows him to make the criticism.

Reply to: "So is Castro's presence... it goes both ways."

of * either, probably.

National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcon headed the Cuban delegation to the funeral.

but Castro is right. It IS hypocritical of the Giggling Murderer to be at the Holy Father's funeral, because the Pope was very anti-war and against many of Duhbya's other edicts.

EDIT: I stand corrected.