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 Y Ddraig Goch  In The Crowd 26 Nov 16 8.57pm |
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Hopefully like Fidel I will die peacefully in my sleep.
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Slimey Toad  Karsiyaka, North Cyprus 26 Nov 16 9.16pm |
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Originally posted by becky
The face that launched a million t-shirts. A hero of my beatnik period. Don't you mean Che Guevara?
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 Hrolf The Ganger  27 Nov 16 12.07am |
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Originally posted by Penge Eagle
My Cuban-American friend will be celebrating this. She knows what the old and new regime is like to live under, with much of her family still there. For the lefties on here to find any good things to say about the man from the comfort of their homes in England is quite frankly a disgrace. Well said.
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| legaleagle 27 Nov 16 8.30am |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
Well said. Said like a true admirer of the Calle Ocho boys...and with so little seeming knowledge of human rights in some of the US satellite comparators .. The US........ home of real objectivity about Castro and Cuba...............not
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 27 Nov 16 9.28am |
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Cuba probably was one of the best third world countries to be poor in. Compared to its neighbours in south america and the Batista regime before it its hard to really claim Castro entirely failed the people. Mistakes and things I don't agree with as third world countries go I'd say that Castro and the revolution were largely a success
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 27 Nov 16 9.31am |
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Originally posted by legaleagle
Said like a true admirer of the Calle Ocho boys...and with so little seeming knowledge of human rights in some of the US satellite comparators .. The US........ home of real objectivity about Castro and Cuba...............not Well and the US that has maintained an embargo and outlawed US citizens from travelling to Cuba. The US and Cuba had a mutual cold war for decades... Its not just Cuba that was to blame for that
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| matt_himself Matataland 27 Nov 16 9.34am |
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Originally posted by jamiemartin721
Cuba probably was one of the best third world countries to be poor in. Compared to its neighbours in south america and the Batista regime before it its hard to really claim Castro entirely failed the people. Mistakes and things I don't agree with as third world countries go I'd say that Castro and the revolution were largely a success Interesting that you view the imposition of a dictatorship, and all of the murder & repression that goes with it, a success.
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| Hoof Hearted 27 Nov 16 10.08am | |
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Originally posted by Slimey Toad
Don't you mean Che Guevara? I thought that... but didn't have the heart to alert Becks to an early onset of Alzheimer's!
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| Penge Eagle Beckenham 27 Nov 16 10.47am |
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So the understanding from Labour and its supporters and the BBC is... Fascist dictators who kill their own people = bad. Socialist dictators who kill their own people = good.
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 27 Nov 16 10.51am |
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Originally posted by matt_himself
Interesting that you view the imposition of a dictatorship, and all of the murder & repression that goes with it, a success. I think you can't really just reduce it to a dictatorship and the repression. There are other elements to consider beyond that. As far a revolutions and the region, the outcome has been far better than those in the region. I wouldn't say that Cuba is ideal or perfect. But in terms of third world south america its and third world dictatorship s, Cuba is probably one of the better examples. Cuba struggled later in the last century from an inability to adapt its self in line with the demise of the soviet union and returning power to the people and with its treatment of minority groups in Cuba. That said communist Cuba compares well to its third world counter parts (a some first world countries)/in terms of education levels, malnutrition, medicine and social provision
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| Hoof Hearted 27 Nov 16 11.21am | |
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Originally posted by Penge Eagle
So the understanding from Labour and its supporters and the BBC is... Fascist dictators who kill their own people = bad. Socialist dictators who kill their own people = good. The only logical conclusion Penge.
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| Y Ddraig Goch In The Crowd 27 Nov 16 11.31am |
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Originally posted by legaleagle
Said like a true admirer of the Calle Ocho boys...and with so little seeming knowledge of human rights in some of the US satellite comparators .. The US........ home of real objectivity about Castro and Cuba...............not Two wrongs and all that ..............
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