Fidel Castro is dead
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Eric Mc said:
Just listened.
Apparently Ken doesn't mind dictators - as long as they are the right shade politically.
No surprises there then.
Well down Mishal Husain for putting him on the spot and make him sound the spluttering fool he is.
+1Apparently Ken doesn't mind dictators - as long as they are the right shade politically.
No surprises there then.
Well down Mishal Husain for putting him on the spot and make him sound the spluttering fool he is.
She played him well........, a fool and unwise words were easily extracted, had visions of his masters chocking on their breakfast listening to the car crash unfolding.
Smiler. said:
Red Ken on R4 now fawning over Castro.
The irony of replacing one dictator with another is totally lost on the likes of the bent newt fancier & his ilk - as is usually the case.
Fair play to Mishal Husain showing him up to be two-faced red lefty t
t that he is.
There really isn't that many different forms of government.The irony of replacing one dictator with another is totally lost on the likes of the bent newt fancier & his ilk - as is usually the case.
Fair play to Mishal Husain showing him up to be two-faced red lefty t
t that he is.In its two main forms on the one hand we have the Aristocratic forms of government and on the other hand democracy.
The longer that Communist regimes stay in power the more closely they resemble the former. Instead of their ancestors being ennobled by some ancient warlord for services rendered, they were on the "long march" with Mao or played some other leading role in the revolution. Any semblance of a different economic or social order fades away over time and all you have left is rule by the aristocratic elite.
People from outside that elite can join the ranks of the nobility of course and that helps the system renew itself. But that was also the case in the old days where the very rich could buy their way in or soldiers could distinguish themselves sufficiently to at least join the minor nobility.
The only amusing aspect of the whole thing is when the left seems to believe this is a shining example of rule by the people.
that's why I pay my union subs each month 
What kept Castro in power for so long was the USA's response. Decades of embargoes was unlikely to change the population's views enough to overthrow him. Not that that was what the USA wanted. The support for the various military dictators that went before, invasions, the attempts to kill him, all showed the dark side of democracy.
Like him or loathe him, he was a political giant of his time. I think history will be kind to him, especially in comparison to what went before.
I've not been to Cuba but a couple of mates went for a stag do for a second marriage, this around 10-15 years ago. They loved the place although they had to emphasise they were Irish and not Americans.
His brother will, he said, stand down in a year or so, presumably to allow elections.
Like him or loathe him, he was a political giant of his time. I think history will be kind to him, especially in comparison to what went before.
I've not been to Cuba but a couple of mates went for a stag do for a second marriage, this around 10-15 years ago. They loved the place although they had to emphasise they were Irish and not Americans.
His brother will, he said, stand down in a year or so, presumably to allow elections.
xjay1337 said:
Flat6er said:
Can't wait for Trump's first comment about it.
Something Racist and tasteless no doubt.If I repeat if, people are celebrating his death, his I repeat his people are cerebrating his death, then perhaps even if trump did say something 'tasteless' they'd probably agree with him.
HarryW said:
Eric Mc said:
Just listened.
Apparently Ken doesn't mind dictators - as long as they are the right shade politically.
No surprises there then.
Well down Mishal Husain for putting him on the spot and make him sound the spluttering fool he is.
+1Apparently Ken doesn't mind dictators - as long as they are the right shade politically.
No surprises there then.
Well down Mishal Husain for putting him on the spot and make him sound the spluttering fool he is.
She played him well........, a fool and unwise words were easily extracted, had visions of his masters chocking on their breakfast listening to the car crash unfolding.
Operation pico
This is interesting never heard of this before Cuba nearly went to war with D.R
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xor-7O8cHQ&time...
This is interesting never heard of this before Cuba nearly went to war with D.R
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xor-7O8cHQ&time...
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