An Eerie Comparison between Dictator Fidel Castro and President Barack Obama

The Bible instructs us to honor and pray for our government officials.

First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. 1 Timothy 2:1-2

Furthermore, it is God who places all rulers into office. As Daniel asserted, God "removes kings and establishes kings." Daniel 2:21

Nevertheless, those facts do not exempt us from scrutinizing and knowing who our officials are.

Rafael Cruz, father of US Senator Ted Cruz, gave a speech based upon his own experience. He grew up in Cuba when Fidel Castro was laying the groundwork for a Marxist Revolution in the island country. He watched dictator Fidel Castro make unilateral moves to silence the press, condemn rich people, and lower the wage of a typical laborer to $14 per month.

The elder Cruz sees some eerie similarities between the modi operandi of both Dictator Castro and President Obama.

View Rafael Cruz' impassioned speech yourself. Make your own decision.

An uniformed public is a public at risk of tyranny.

Syria, Puppet of Iran

If there was any doubt that Iran uses Syria as a compliant base from which to attack Israel, that doubt can safely be laid to rest.

Hassan Shateri, Iranian general, was "a high ranking member of the Quds Force." He was overseeing the shipment of Russian-built SA-17 anti-aircraft missiles to Hezbollah in order to disrupt Israel's ability to fly reconnaissance missions over Lebanon.

When Israeli intelligence spotted Shateri actually joining the convoy tasked to deliver the missiles, Shateri and the convoy became a high-level target.

It was only reported last week that Shateri had died. However, his actual death occurred when Israeli forces decimated the convoy clear back in January, according to a UK report.

Of course, the Iranian press, back in January, had predictably denounced Israel's attack on Syria, but it was not really the Syrians who were the target. It was General Shateri of Iran.