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Cuban intelligence agencies recruit leftist professors

Of course he defended Communism.

Quote the sentence or phrase where he defended communism in that post.

Originally Posted by Glen Contrarian
"What's amazing to me is that people are shocked by this. Have we not been doing (or at least attempting to do) the same to Cuba for over half a century? Ah, but I forget - if we do it, that's okay, but if they do it, that's a casus belli!

Our national stance towards Cuba is stupid beyond words. The last time that Cuba ever presented any kind of threat was in October 1963, and Kennedy took care of that...and why we still have an embargo is beyond me. We have had open relations - and even strongly supported - dictatorships that were far worse than Castros ever were (like Pakistan, for example).

If we really want to bring Cuba out of communism, the solution's easy - open up our capitalist markets to them, just as we did for the Soviet Union. Bring capitalism to Cuba, and while it's possible the Castros may not fall, their communist system certainly will."
 
Quote the sentence or phrase where he defended communism in that post.

Originally Posted by Glen Contrarian
"What's amazing to me is that people are shocked by this. Have we not been doing (or at least attempting to do) the same to Cuba for over half a century? Ah, but I forget - if we do it, that's okay, but if they do it, that's a casus belli!

Our national stance towards Cuba is stupid beyond words. The last time that Cuba ever presented any kind of threat was in October 1963, and Kennedy took care of that...and why we still have an embargo is beyond me. We have had open relations - and even strongly supported - dictatorships that were far worse than Castros ever were (like Pakistan, for example).

If we really want to bring Cuba out of communism, the solution's easy - open up our capitalist markets to them, just as we did for the Soviet Union. Bring capitalism to Cuba, and while it's possible the Castros may not fall, their communist system certainly will."

You quoted him for me. The old, "but...but...we did it tooooo!", apologism.
 
Yeah, it must be a coincidence that the CIA station in Mexico City observed Oswald entering the Cuban embassy multiple times three months prior to Kennedy's assassination.

Conspiracy theoring apdst? Oswald tried to defect to Cuba. He was denied and told he could only go there on a temporary visa and then move on to Russia. This is all well known information. None of it says they worked with him to kill Kennedy. Now, stop digging your hole.
 
Conspiracy theoring apdst? Oswald tried to defect to Cuba. He was denied and told he could only go there on a temporary visa and then move on to Russia. This is all well known information. None of it says they worked with him to kill Kennedy. Now, stop digging your hole.

Not theory. Everything I posted is fact.

Everything else: the grassy knole shooters, the mob did it, the CIA did it, Oswald never even fired his weapon, the magic bullet, etc. are theories.

You need to stop learning history from Oliver Stone movies.
 
And as I said either here or in the other thread on this subject, does anyone think any substantial, even statistically significant portion of "the left" is spying for Cuba? Let's get serious.
There is no real need for the left to spy on Cuba, which makes this idea preposterous. These leftists in academia already hate America, have supported communism all their lives, and think Fidel Castro is a hero. What more could they want?
 
Why do you dismiss this? Are you in favor of such things?

In favor of what things?

The "Blah blah blah" was me dismissing APACHERAT's "Discover the Networks" crap for the hackish garbage that it is.
 
There is no real need for the left to spy on Cuba, which makes this idea preposterous.

Spy FOR Cuba, not ON Cuba. Like I wrote, yanno.

These leftists in academia already hate America, have supported communism all their lives, and think Fidel Castro is a hero. What more could they want?

More claptrap. For some of you "independents" (LOL), it's like the Red Scare never ended.

I don't doubt that there are some in academia who have communist sympathies, but I would say the percentage is absolutely infinitesimal.
 
Conspiracy theoring apdst? Oswald tried to defect to Cuba. He was denied and told he could only go there on a temporary visa and then move on to Russia. This is all well known information. None of it says they worked with him to kill Kennedy. Now, stop digging your hole.

I have to agree with you Hatuey, Oswald was a lone gunman who was a communist supporter. I notice no one ever talks about the Police officer he killed when he was fleeing? Doesn't fit the narrative I guess?
 
In favor of what things?

The "Blah blah blah" was me dismissing APACHERAT's "Discover the Networks" crap for the hackish garbage that it is.

You can dismiss the " Discover the Networks" site if you like, but there is alot of truth in that article, a little research would prove this. Just sayin, if that
matters to you.
 
I have to agree with you Hatuey, Oswald was a lone gunman who was a communist supporter. I notice no one ever talks about the Police officer he killed when he was fleeing? Doesn't fit the narrative I guess?

I don't think it's that it "doesn't fit the narrative" (whatever that's supposed to mean), it's that the historical significance of the president's assassination is slightly higher.
 
Spy FOR Cuba, not ON Cuba. Like I wrote, yanno.
Absolutely correct. My error and in fact I was following that point, despite my using 'for' for "on|. Glad you caught that.

More claptrap. For some of you "independents" (LOL), it's like the Red Scare never ended.
For many people it still has not ended. And of course any well read person would know that it was more than a 'scare'. Millions of people perished because of this left wing lunacy.

I don't doubt that there are some in academia who have communist sympathies, but I would say the percentage is absolutely infinitesimal.
Why not so some research?
 
For many people it still has not ended.

Understatement of the century, given the frequency of "liberals = communists" around these parts.

And of course any well read person would know that it was more than a 'scare'. Millions of people perished because of this left wing lunacy.

The "Red Scare" was the hunt for communists here in the U.S. How many people died because of communism here in the United States?

Why not so some research?

What research am I supposed to do.
 
I don't think it's that it "doesn't fit the narrative" (whatever that's supposed to mean), it's that the historical significance of the president's assassination is slightly higher.

Well I know some claim he was just setup and actually had nothing at all to do with the assassination. Sooo
 
Better dead than red!

Seriously, anyone who thinks that Cuban influence in academia is at any level above microscopic is an idiot. The Fox article just says, based on the report, that Cuba is trying to place moles in academia. It says nothing about how successful the Cubans have been.

Traditionally Cubans have punched way above their weight class with regards to espionage. :shrug: are they being successful? Depends on your definition of the term, I suppose.

But look, this stuff happens all the time. China does this on a mass scale
 
Not theory. Everything I posted is fact.

Except the part where you claim he worked with the Cubans to kill Kennedy. There is no evidence of that. Only assumption. Please stop digging your hole.
 
Except the part where you claim he worked with the Cubans to kill Kennedy. There is no evidence of that. Only assumption. Please stop digging your hole.

My personal judgment has been that it was the Cubans acting at the behest of the Vietnamese. It's just my speculation.
 
Except the part where you claim he worked with the Cubans to kill Kennedy. There is no evidence of that. Only assumption. Please stop digging your hole.

I've already posted the evidence. If you choose to ignore the facts and choose to go with the crack-pot fantasies, like a bullet that made two 180 degree turns in it's trajectory, that's your problem...not mine.
 
Actually, it is evidence. The strongest evidence that exists, so far.

No, it isn't evidence. It's supposition and conjecture. Nothing more.
 
My personal judgment has been that it was the Cubans acting at the behest of the Vietnamese. It's just my speculation.

For the benefit of Communism, as a whole.
 
For the benefit of Communism, as a whole.

Not really. In my speculation the Vietnamese feared Kennedy would lead a much more aggressive and effective intervention in their war than would Johnson.
 
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