X`terrania Posted February 20, 2008 Report Posted February 20, 2008 (edited) Edited February 20, 2008 by X`terrania
Tiq Posted February 20, 2008 Report Posted February 20, 2008 Perhaps the most consistent thorn in the !@#$%^&* of the United States. Bless him for never wavering on his beliefs.
PoLiX Posted February 21, 2008 Report Posted February 21, 2008 One of the strongest leaders of the 20th century imho.
Animate Dreams Posted February 22, 2008 Report Posted February 22, 2008 He'll be remembered probably as a great leader, even though he was portrayed by the American media as being evil and ugly and responsible for Cuba being a !@#$%^&*hole. He really was pretty awesome from what I know about him... but I don't know enough to say he was a solid leader. He could easily have some really bad things that he's done that I've just never heard of. Either way, his image is definitely going to be far more positive in the future than it has been previously.
PoLiX Posted February 22, 2008 Report Posted February 22, 2008 That is just like the image we protrayed of Saddam Hussein. There is a do!@#$%^&*entry on him called "Uncle Saddam", watch it sometime. It is really interesting to learn how much of what his country did that was bad, was his family, and they did it secretly behind his back. He didn't go crazy til he found out and they tried to kill him. Killed off bunch of his family, locked his wife and brother-in-law away, and yeah, big mess. Really interesting to watch though, cause it gives you a whole different opinion of him. He wanted to always be clean and good looking, so that his people would be seen that way, as their leader is clean and well kept, he believed they'd be seen the same. Always washed his hands before and after shaking people's hands, etc. I've heard of one the same about Castro and Putin, and been trying to find them, as I always find it interesting to see the story outside of what the media shows/protrays to us.
X`terrania Posted February 22, 2008 Author Report Posted February 22, 2008 Yeah, I've heard nothing but bad things about Fidel whenever I hear about him on the news. Always "Cuba in poverty" and the other lame junk. I wonder how the americans felt after the Bay of Pigs backfired completely.
candygirl Posted February 22, 2008 Report Posted February 22, 2008 Yeah, I've heard nothing but bad things about Fidel whenever I hear about him on the news. Always "Cuba in poverty" and the other lame junk. I wonder how the americans felt after the Bay of Pigs backfired completely.Bay of pigs info
SeVeR Posted February 23, 2008 Report Posted February 23, 2008 Castro brought a world class health service and a first-rate education system to a developing country in the face of strict economic sanctions from the US and her allies, he will be sorely missed among Cubans. Castro's retirement is a kick in the face for the dominant country of the region, who for decades had sought his forceful removal from office. The ideological reasons for this `State-side' aggression are beyond criminal, and their astronomical failure will go down in history as an example of justice served.
AstroProdigy Posted February 23, 2008 Report Posted February 23, 2008 That's a pretty biased source, candygirl. Especially since it says Cuba has biological weapons and helps terrorists. Sounds like fear mongering to me. It also !@#$%^&*umes what America offers Cuba is freedom. We sure brought freedom to Iraq after all. Looks like women are doing real well with the rights now.
SeVeR Posted February 25, 2008 Report Posted February 25, 2008 America has history of supporting fascist dictatorships rather than communist ones. Freedom isn't on the foregin policy agenda, right-wing politics is.
Aileron Posted February 29, 2008 Report Posted February 29, 2008 For all practicality Communism didn't exist until WW II. Before and during WW II it was isolated to the USSR, which the US supported during that time to combat the Nazis. After WW II there was the Cold War. Obviously when a country is at war with communism, they aren't going to be supporting communist governments. England wasn't propping up any French colonies during the 100 years war either. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Communism was only present in China and Cuba, and the US has trade agreements with China. Your statement may be true, but only because 2/3rds of the history of Communism is the Cold War. With exception to that, the US has been relatively balanced in its choices regarding the radical liberal verses fundamentalism.
SeVeR Posted March 4, 2008 Report Posted March 4, 2008 The point was obviously NOT to say America should have supported Communism; it was to say America should stop supporting fascist dictatorships. America clearly doesn't value democracy when dictatorships are easier to deal with. Money trumps democracy.
Hoch Posted March 5, 2008 Report Posted March 5, 2008 I do enjoy when people try to view the ColdWar in isolation. If you are a country as the US was which wasfundamentally opposed to communism therewas no choice but to support 'the other guy'. -Hoch
X`terrania Posted March 6, 2008 Author Report Posted March 6, 2008 Meh, well I wonder how Raul is going to handle being the president.
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