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al_liberal

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3. The first flame

Reply to Agnosticsherbet (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 17, 2014, 10:46 PM

Dec 2014

Obviously you are the most best informed expert on US/Cuban relations in the entire world so I'm sorry my simpleton mind was deficient.

I bow to your omnipotence

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Flame away but I never understood the Cuban exiles [View all] al_liberal Dec 2014 OP

Well, Castro wasn't exactly kind to the relatives they left behind. NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #1

To the victor go the spoils is now a warcrime. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 #2

The first flame al_liberal Dec 2014 #3

Don't belittle yourself. This is a discussion not a self deprecation contest. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 #4

Because those people never stole from anyone. NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #5

So,because Batista was a bastard, these people should not be upset about property stolen, Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 #9

Yes. I'm fairly sure some of those families supported Batista. NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #10

You are painting a whole group with a very broad brush. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 #11

I have plenty of empathy for you and all working class folk and none whatsoever KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #12

They always seemed like entitled, spoiled brats to me. n/t Crunchy Frog Dec 2014 #6

Well, if the Bay of Pigs invasion had gone as advertised to them Warpy Dec 2014 #7

Great response. The CIA and military expected the initial Bay of Pigs invasion KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #13

Not all Cuban exiles are alike. Tatiana Dec 2014 #8