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2003-12-06 Latin America

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-12-06 00:01|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 President Fidel Castro insisted Friday that his socialist system will survive him

Yeah, by at least ten minutes.

Posted by mojo 2003-12-6 12:32:16 AM|| 2003-12-6 12:32:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I say that when Castro goes, we trade Puerto Rico for Cuba.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-12-6 1:11:20 AM|| 2003-12-6 1:11:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Castro declared in a speech of more than two hours ...

That's a short stem-winder for Fidel. Must be slowing down with age. He used to go six hours, easy.

Posted by Steve White 2003-12-6 1:21:37 AM|| 2003-12-6 1:21:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I propose a scientific experiment to see if Fido is right: he kills himself and we see if socialism lasts.

Posted by Spot 2003-12-6 9:17:44 AM|| 2003-12-6 9:17:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Anonymous;

Do you see the Cuban flag? Well, the flag was created not by a Cuban independence fighther, but by one of the very early Cuban-Americans, who organized an expedition to Cuba in 1850... To annex Cuba to the United States. (He was captured and killed by the Spanish authorities.)

Posted by Sorge 2003-12-6 10:51:51 AM|| [http://www.forgottenfronts.com/] 2003-12-6 10:51:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Cubans don't have "long memories", but Fidel's propaganda machine made sure we didn't forget. The downside of using a propaganda machine, however, is that the people distrust you even when you tell the truth. For example, in 1983, Fidel Castro was right when he said the invasion of Grenada was not motivated by the safety of the American medical students. But the Cuban people discounted that rare truth from Fidel as part of the usual propaganda. We concentrated instead on mocking the highest Cuban military officer in Grenada, Pedro Tortolo Comas, who was rumored to have cowed away when the invasion came. (He actually fought bravely, and risked his life when he ran away to the Soviet Embassy to avoid capture.) To this daym tough, when somebody runs away from a fight we say; "he ran like Tortolo."

Posted by Sorge 2003-12-6 2:17:54 PM|| [http://www.forgottenfronts.com/] 2003-12-6 2:17:54 PM|| Front Page Top

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