I missed this interview with Saddam-supporter and anti-war campaigner George Galloway. But this exchange is priceless. Galloway is speaking first:
“I don’t – and I don’t think many readers of The Independent on Sunday – consider Castro or Guevara a rogue. These people are heroes.”
— But Castro is a dictator, and you just said. . .
— “He’s a hero. Fidel Castro is a hero.”
— He’s a dict. . .
— “I don’t believe that Fidel Castro is a dictator.”
— I honestly can’t think of anything to say to this.
— “Fidel Castro is a great revolutionary leader. But for 40 years or more of siege, undoubtedly Cuba would have developed, democratically speaking, differently. But when the enemy is at the gates, spending billions to destroy the revolution, you have to accept that there will be restrictions on political freedoms in a place like Cuba.”
— You’ve met El Presidente, I take it.
— “Yes. Magnificent. He’s the most magnificent human being I’ve ever met.”
Galloway is beyond parody.
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