Castro wrote that any such invasion would undoubtedly unleash a ferocious and bloody conflict.
Castro cited recent comments by Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the UN, in which Castro asserted she said the US government was considering putting an end to the current Iranian regime to prevent it from getting nuclear weapons. She did not say that, however.
He also cited war talk in Israel.
Castro saw Iran responding to an attack strongly and creating a massive war. This is what Iranian officials have been threatening in endless speeches in recent weeks in a seeming effort to frighten he United States and Israel from attacking.
Castro said, “Because of [Iran’s] ability to fight, the number of inhabitants and the size of the country, an attack on Iran is not like previous Israeli military adventures in Iraq and Syria,” a reference to Israel’s bombing of reactors under construction in those two countries.
The 85-year-old Castro said, “A bloody war would inevitably result. There should be no doubt about it.”
In August 2008, Castro called a special session of the Cuban parliament to tell it the American military was planning a nuclear war against Iran and calling on President Obama to block those plans.
In recent weeks, the blogo-sphere and non-mainline media have been filled with war forecasts, as they tend to be every so often. Castro joined with them, ignoring two speeches by US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta saying the United States had no interest in war.
