haha . . . sure I am not going to believe everything written by Fidel Castro; however, when he presents economic facts I will consider his interpertation.
Ah, so if Fidel orchestrates a viable economy then he is automatically a humane leader. Yep, you're a dumbass.
How many of those refugees were Haition, Dominican, or non-Cuban. Cuba has BY FAR the best living conditions out of all the former Caribbean colonies. If you for one second believe that the Cuban government is torturing people who attempt to illegally travel to America, then you're way off base. Fidel Castro's government is certainly not free of flaws, but it is better than any of the others in the region.
You're attempting to detract away from the issue. The issue isn't the living conditions of former Carribean colonies. I have this tendancy not to take people like you seriously, sorry. Keep on topic, or shut the hell up - it's that simple.
By the way, I have a very good friend whose parents feld Cuba during the revolution. The people who fled were the wealthy land owners who actually had something to lose in the revolution. The vast majority, 90%+, were extremely poor before the revolution and living in poverty.
And this is relevent how exactly? The economic standing of Cubans we both know is irrelevent to the issue, the treatment they received at the hands of Fidel's goons, is.
If you believe that Cuba is such a horrible place, then you are believing the lies of the American government. As was stated in the article from CNN, the US is transmitting anti-Castro radio programs towards the island. They would only do that if they were trying to turn the population against him. By admitting they are attempting to turn the population against him, they are also admitting that Fidel Castro does have the support of the VAST MAJORITY of Cubans.
So not only is staying on topic a problem for you, you have a propensity for attempting to put words in other poeple's mouths. Nice. I don't believe Cuba is a horrible place - I believe Castro is far from a humane leader - please note the distinction. The viewpoints of the US government are irrelevent to what I believe. Please, by all means, if you really think I'm some mindless supporter of US policy do a search on this forum for my posts. Your factoids are lame: the VAST MAJORITY of Iraqis supported Saddam Hussein before he was ousted. Neeeext......
So you can take your unconfirmed torture stories and cram them where the sun don't shine.
I take it that's supposed to put me in my place, right? 'Unconfirmed'? Seems someone needs to visit the Human Rights Watch webpage!
Yeah and if I wanted to know if Iraq had WMDs I would have read a book by Wolfowitz. No wait, maybe I would have researched the fact that they used falsified documents to present to the UN. Maybe I would have actually read something instead of observing people of Latin descent floating to shore and assuming they are Cuban.
You're so dense; you missed it didn't you? So now in addition to me never reading a single book on Cuba, all of my Cuban friends back home are of questionable nationalities and/or full of sh1t. Wow. Just do us all a favor and go back to smoking Castro's hog, ok?
Reading is the only true way to understand the dynamics of an issue. Try it sometime, you might find it interesting to learn about the multitude of interconnectiong causes of an event or situation.
Now I'm convinced you are just a prepubescent moron content to regurgitate all spit and no polish. Your lack of understanding on that which you proclaim to comprehend is sad, but not surprising. I now feel robbed I've devoted this much text/time to this thread, thanks a lot.
...but I'll give it one last try, and since I'm a nice guy I'll make it easy for you: how does Castro's economic policy make him and his government humane? Please enlighten us O learned one...