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shira

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71. He didn't make life better for the people.

Mon Nov 28, 2016, 01:56 PM

Nov 2016

Fidel could've called for free elections. He didn't have to rule with an iron fist.

But I get it; in your view, Fidel is better than any American leader during the same time period. No matter what he did for, or to "the people".

Your boy Castro may as well have been a rightwing fascist. It's all the same to the people these anti-western dictators oppress. He's not worthy of any accolades whatsoever.

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Silent thread for Fidel Castro. R.I.P [View all] DonCoquixote Nov 2016 OP

Is this a joke? oberliner Nov 2016 #1

The cold war's over... Cooley Hurd Nov 2016 #3

The Cold War is irrelevant. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2016 #55

Agree with you 100%... I was in Havana in 2011, saw old people rummaging through garbage, looking secondwind Nov 2016 #10

Where the fuck do you come up with this bullshit? Mika Nov 2016 #15

They have better health care than we do. I know that. cwydro Nov 2016 #21

That's so odd! You are so right. Someone imagines Democrats are stupid, apparently! Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #49

I've NEVER seen LWolf Nov 2016 #54

Unreal. And folks wonder what drives people to vote 4 ogres like Trump. shira Nov 2016 #48

Anyone who thinks "President Donald Trump" is a great idea . . . . HughBeaumont Nov 2016 #53

... CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2016 #2

... milestogo Nov 2016 #4

.... Warpy Nov 2016 #5

... flamingdem Nov 2016 #6

... ucrdem Nov 2016 #7

... silverweb Nov 2016 #8

..... gopiscrap Nov 2016 #9

It's time to party! William769 Nov 2016 #11

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... William769 Nov 2016 #14

US imperialism caused all of Fidel's choices. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #20

So people risk thier lives to flee Cuba for no reason? William769 Nov 2016 #22

Some people want to leave. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #23

And we will now pay the price. pangaia Nov 2016 #25

And perhaps... 2naSalit Nov 2016 #68

From whom do you imagine all the people who die in the desert in Mexico are fleeing? Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #52

Good reply burrowowl Nov 2016 #99

Bull shit hack89 Nov 2016 #35

Complete bullshit, from healthcare to education too. Defending evil. Gross. n/t shira Nov 2016 #47

Why not share your secrets of divination? Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #56

Show me the election where Castro was nearly voted out of office hack89 Nov 2016 #66

Five years before the Cuban Revolution came to power, our country overthrew Jacobo Arbenz Ken Burch Nov 2016 #87

Dictators always have reasons why they should rule forever hack89 Nov 2016 #89

Pathetic, blaming the USA for Fidel's brutality. Worse is when you demonize Cubans.... shira Nov 2016 #46

Do you have good links for that? All I could find quickly was Wikipedia: Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #57

Links for what? Russian or Communist rule pre-WW2? n/t shira Nov 2016 #72

I suggest you look up Pogrom REP Nov 2016 #81

I'm just saying it isn't as simple as "Fidel bad...U.S. good". Ken Burch Nov 2016 #70

He didn't make life better for the people. shira Nov 2016 #71

Free education and healthcare didn't make life better for the people? Ken Burch Nov 2016 #78

That's like arguing Hitler was good for the German economy. shira Nov 2016 #83

Fidel has nothing in common with Hitler. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #84

"Cuban healthcare and education systems are models for the world." shira Nov 2016 #107

Exactly "He made the trains run on time!" EX500rider Nov 2016 #94

That was Mussolini, ffs. And he only did that by making them set the clocks back Ken Burch Nov 2016 #104

Just as Mussolini's trains were an illusion, so is Castro's great healthcare system.... shira Nov 2016 #106

Neither of those things are true. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #110

Yeah I know who it was... EX500rider Nov 2016 #108

Fidel isn't remotely comparable to Hitler or Mussolini. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #111

... BlueCaliDem Nov 2016 #12

R.I.P Mika Nov 2016 #16

... Raine Nov 2016 #17

WTF? lillypaddle Nov 2016 #18

A silent thread for a dictator? Nt LostOne4Ever Nov 2016 #19

One man, one vote. His. dumbcat Nov 2016 #41

Oh c'mon now. Drunken Irishman Nov 2016 #24

... cwydro Nov 2016 #26

About as silent as a night in October 1962. VOX Nov 2016 #27

I was certainly around, then. That was not the case, as most people know. n/t Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #58

... malaise Nov 2016 #28

one less communist dictatorship. stonecutter357 Nov 2016 #29

... Sunsky Nov 2016 #30

RIP NeoConsSuck Nov 2016 #31

Fuck that pintobean Nov 2016 #32

Yankee imperialism bad, Batista bad, Castro bad Grey Lemercier Nov 2016 #33

Fuck that shit. hack89 Nov 2016 #34

Fuck Castro. Nt Dr Hobbitstein Nov 2016 #36

No jehop61 Nov 2016 #37

I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure. Travis_0004 Nov 2016 #38

We choose to believe the government's viewpoint of the Cuban Embargo? kentuck Nov 2016 #39

Fidel enid602 Nov 2016 #40

Too good malaise Nov 2016 #44

..... riverbendviewgal Nov 2016 #42

Fuck this. I fart in your "silent" thread. Adrahil Nov 2016 #43

Not worth the silence IMHO. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2016 #45

. . . Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #50

HAHAHAHA! Fuck No. DetlefK Nov 2016 #51

Who was your government trying to kill during the Bay of Pigs attacks? malaise Nov 2016 #59

First, two wrongs don't make a right. DetlefK Nov 2016 #60

How many times did your governments try to kill Fidel Castro? malaise Nov 2016 #61

Honestly? I don't know. How many innocent people did Castro kill as "dissidents"? DetlefK Nov 2016 #62

Yours killed a million Iraqis malaise Nov 2016 #63

Yippie!!! That means I can commit any crime I want and there's nothing the US can do about it!!! DetlefK Nov 2016 #64

Heal thyself malaise Nov 2016 #65

Plus/Minus a few thousand innocent victims he imprisoned and killed. DetlefK Nov 2016 #67

Fidel was one of the world's great leaders? Tell that to his people he oppressed/murdered.... shira Nov 2016 #73

No, he wasn't. -nt Bradical79 Nov 2016 #75

That's the way he's seen by the countries which didn't try to assassinate him, overthrow him. Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #91

Sure, who doesn't love a dictator run police state? EX500rider Nov 2016 #95

Uh, huh. Police state. Just the way you saw for yourself on your many visits from the U.S. n/t Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #96

lol...when were you there? I haven't been to that shithole North Korea either.. EX500rider Nov 2016 #98

... 2naSalit Nov 2016 #69

No. Bradical79 Nov 2016 #74

. mike_c Nov 2016 #76

May the good Lord find a nice cool spot in hell for him! hrmjustin Nov 2016 #77

um..how about if you wished he would drop dead to? MFM008 Nov 2016 #79

What next? sarisataka Nov 2016 #80

Philly DUers: Free cuba libres at Cuba Libre - now through Dec. 4 name not needed Nov 2016 #82

He was less evil than any American President tenderfoot Nov 2016 #85

* sarisataka Nov 2016 #88

UNREC brooklynite Nov 2016 #92

How about, I'll sleep quietly, knowing that he's dead? brooklynite Nov 2016 #93

Right, because I remember that police state dictatorship that Jimmy Carter ran... EX500rider Nov 2016 #97

so you're unaware of his actions in Central America then? tenderfoot Nov 2016 #101

So Castro had no troops in Angola? He was a saint? lol EX500rider Nov 2016 #109

You spend a lot of time in Angola... tenderfoot Nov 2016 #112

Got it...US takes sides in a civil warBAD Castro does itGOOD lol EX500rider Nov 2016 #113

No BuddhaGirl Nov 2016 #86

Arriba, parias de la Tierra. rug Nov 2016 #90

Amen!!!!!!!! burrowowl Nov 2016 #100

So long as R.I.P. is Rot In Pieces we are good. Dictators suck! nt kelly1mm Nov 2016 #102

Can't wait for the eventual Pat Robertson RIP thread. geomon666 Nov 2016 #103

Are you lot the same SomethingNew Nov 2016 #105