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| Spain set to tear down its last statue of General Franco |
| 2009-03-16 |
| The last statue of General Franco in Spain is to be withdrawn almost 34 years after the death of the dictator. Spain never did have any national sense of humor. Tearing his statue down doesn't mean he wasn't there. Though I suppose he is still dead. He's stable! |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 No, Franco was not a good guy, but the left's real problem with him is that he defeated the Stalinists in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39. The law that requires this reminds me a little of the Ministry of Truth in Orwell's 1984, where history was re-written every day to suit the ever-shifting bureaucratic line. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2009-03-16 21:53 |
| #4 Complex issue. Franco guided Spain through a delicate neutrality in WW II. Arguably, he kept the nation from being a Stalinist fiefdom during the civil war. He will, however, always be a lightening rod for the left. p.s. Franco was not a National Socialist. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2009-03-16 14:46 |
| #3 That Spaniards are not eating bark and grass and (still) have a viable economy That had/has little to do with Frnco and his national socialist legacy. They're well damn shed of his ilk. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2009-03-16 14:03 |
| #2 That Spaniards are not eating bark and grass and (still) have a viable economy is the statute to Franco, in a comparative measure of some of the real alternatives Spain faced from the 30s to the 79s. Although it appears a lot of them are working to move Spain into that direction. Was he a 'good' man? Nope. Has it been far worse elsewhere when managed by the usual suspects, particularly those he fought? Certainly. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-03-16 08:22 |
| #1 |
| Posted by: gromky 2009-03-16 00:41 |