Happy 90th birthday Fidel

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60. Fidel did many things I disagree with, but because of him Cuba isn't a colony of the USA

I think Communism was merely the trappings of the desire of Cubans for self-determination, and they were punished dearly for opposing the Americans. Castro's rule eventually devolved into a paranoid struggle between himself and any dissent whatsoever, because he felt that any change in the status quo would revert Cuba to the 1950s again. And considering the CIA involvement in Cuba, he was probably right about that on some fronts.

I believe in many years, long after the Castros have left Cuba for good, the Cubans will remember the Cuban Revolution fondly. They just might not have much love for the man himself. Ironically, that would be appropriate according to the ideals of Communism. Fidel was simply another comrade who happened to rule, a free and autonomous Cuba will eventually emerge, and Comrade Fidel will be remembered for his role in making it possible and his stubborn quality to keep it from actualizing fully until he was gone.