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Fidel Castro, Longtime Dictator of Cuba, Has Died

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It is my pleasure to share the news that Fidel Castro has at last given up the ghost. May the thousands he murdered, and the many more who he imprisoned and tortured, haunt him.

Cuba's Fidel Castro, former president, dies aged 90 - BBC News

may the fireworms of hell feast on his eternal carcass

Come on now guys, say farewell but give the devil his due.

At least recognize that he successfully overthrew a corrupt dictatorship, repelled an American financed invasion, maintained his independent control over Cuba by some very effective international policy alignments, and outlasted the U.S. Trade Embargo before peacefully turning over the reigns to his chosen successor. The only other modern Western dictator to do something similar was Francisco Franco of Spain.

Okay...now he can rot in hell. ;)
 
Come on now, give the devil his due.

At least recognize that he successfully overthrew a corrupt dictatorship, repelled an American financed invasion, maintained his independent control over Cuba by some very effective international policy alignments, and outlasted the U.S. Embargo before peacefully turning over the reigns to his chosen successor. The only other modern dictator to do this was Francisco Franco of Spain.

Okay...now he can rot in hell. ;)

Stalin was an effective autocrat too. He still had his pile of corpses. The only reason Castro gets any plaudits is because masochists in the West derive a sick gratification from seeing his ability to 'defy' the US and it's 'capitalist' penetration.
 
Stalin was an effective autocrat too. He still had his pile of corpses. The only reason Castro gets any plaudits is because masochists in the West derive a sick gratification from seeing his ability to 'defy' the US and it's 'capitalist' penetration.

He was one tenacious SOB to be sure....
 
I had to improvise a bit, but you get my sentiment.

 
Anxious to see what Trump has to say and does about this..

I would like to see us take cuba under our wing if we can..
 
Anxious to see what Trump has to say and does about this..

I would like to see us take cuba under our wing if we can..

well the mafia wanted it to be their base of operations until Castro ended that. Maybe the clinton Crime family can use it for their new base. Little Rock is too close to Trump's DOJ
 
may the fireworms of hell feast on his eternal carcass

Always admired that guy. Two autographs I'd love to have, Fidel Castro and Muhammed Ali.
 
My spirits are with the Cubans in Florida lighting fireworks, cheering, and/or drinking, and the ones who are asleep not knowing what has happened.
 
To a Cuban refugee me, this is even better news than the death of Bin Laden.
 
He did many good things and many not so good things.

1st world levels of literacy and a longer life expectancy than Americans thanks to the education and health systems. Not so great on the economic front, not helped by a tough US embargo.
 
He did many good things and many not so good things.

1st world levels of literacy and a longer life expectancy than Americans thanks to the education and health systems. Not so great on the economic front, not helped by a tough US embargo.

Population so educated they export doctors to needy countries. They train them specifically for where they're going and what resources will be available to them. Pay them, too. Not much, but they don't have much.
 
It sure took long enough for the CIA's cigars to kill the old bastard. They should have let the mob whack him like Robert Kennedy wanted!

The story used to be that heads of state didn't deal in assassination because they were all vulnerable. I heard vague rumours about John Kennedy and attempts on Castro's life and discounted them. Then I remembered what happened to Kennedy...
 
A god time for him to leave us: having seen the utter humiliation of the US resulting from the election of Trump.
 
Population so educated they export doctors to needy countries. They train them specifically for where they're going and what resources will be available to them. Pay them, too. Not much, but they don't have much.

I have seen rather horrific documentary of the health services to the underprivileged in Cuba in relatively left leaning media. One on German television that showed the state of dental care was particularly revolting. There seem to be two narratives. But, if the question is, whether cuba does medicine better than other miserably poor dictatorships, that is probably yes. But the country could be rich and he kept it poor.
 
Hope the ****er lands in hell for eternity. Chalk him up there with Hitler, the Kims, Stalin, Mao, and the rest of the lot.

He deserves no sympathy and grief, when evil leaves this world it should be celebrated.
 
He did many good things and many not so good things.

Yeah, what a guy. So did Stalin and Hitler.

1st world levels of literacy and a longer life expectancy than Americans thanks to the education and health systems. Not so great on the economic front, not helped by a tough US embargo.
He was an example of the worst that humanity has to offer. He did crap for healthcare, declined during his murderous reign.
 
He did many good things and many not so good things.

1st world levels of literacy and a longer life expectancy than Americans thanks to the education and health systems. Not so great on the economic front, not helped by a tough US embargo.

His regime says he did good things.
 
Hope the ****er lands in hell for eternity. Chalk him up there with Hitler, the Kims, Stalin, Mao, and the rest of the lot.

He deserves no sympathy and grief, when evil leaves this world it should be celebrated.

Agreed. I'd add Pol Pot and Castro's fellow Stalinist Saddam Hussein to that list of bastards. A sad day for commie America-haters everywhere, but a good one for the rest of us.
 
I have seen rather horrific documentary of the health services to the underprivileged in Cuba in relatively left leaning media. One on German television that showed the state of dental care was particularly revolting. There seem to be two narratives. But, if the question is, whether cuba does medicine better than other miserably poor dictatorships, that is probably yes. But the country could be rich and he kept it poor.

I've been to Cuba. I've driven down a long back road through farm country and seen a farmhouse beside the road with a big red cross painted on the wall. A doctor lived there and anyone from around could just walk in to his clinic. I've talked to labourers with university degrees and school kids come from all over to a week-long basketball tournament. I've spent days in private houses with suites for tourists, 'casas particulaire', and eaten meals in private homes with tables for twelve paying guests, 'paladares'. I've been down streets and alleys all over Havana and never saw a beggar or hooker or drug dealer or shabby homeless person. here's hitch-hikers everywhere and it's against the law for someone with a government plate to pass them by.
Obviously it's not the ideal society, but obviously the average Cuban is far better off than the average Jamaican or Dominican. And a long way better off than before the revolution. If there had never been a US embargo Cuba wouldn't have had to turn to the Soviet Union to sell sugar and history would have been different.
 
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