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Fidel Castro Dies at 90: Obama, World Leaders React to Death of Cuban Dictator
NBC News ^
| 26 November 2016
| ELIZABETH CHUCK
Posted on 11/26/2016 7:57:33 AM PST by COBOL2Java
The death of Fidel Castro, one of this era's most polarizing global figures, prompted an outpouring of responses from around the world, ranging from sympathy to celebration.
President Barack Obama, who has made restoring diplomatic ties with Cuba a hallmark of his administration, offered America's hand in friendship to the Cuban people following the death of longtime dictator Castro on Friday.
"We know that this moment fills Cubans in Cuba and in the United States with powerful emotions, recalling the countless ways in which Fidel Castro altered the course of individual lives, families, and of the Cuban nation," Obama said in a statement. "History will record and judge the enormous impact of this singular figure on the people and world around him."
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TOPICS: Cuba; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dictators; fidelcastro
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To: COBOL2Java
“History will record and judge the enormous impact of this singular figure on the people and world around him.”
Or their survivors.
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posted on
11/26/2016 7:59:25 AM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: COBOL2Java
Why, why, why......he was as awesome as nellie mandelli.
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posted on
11/26/2016 7:59:34 AM PST
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: COBOL2Java
Will Traitorobama order U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff?!?
To: COBOL2Java
As usual, Barky rambles on and on and says nothing.
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posted on
11/26/2016 7:59:49 AM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: COBOL2Java
“...altered the course of individual lives...”
You could say that!
If by altered you mean ended.
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posted on
11/26/2016 8:00:04 AM PST
by
americas.best.days...
( I think we can now say that they are behind us.)
To: tet68
History will record, indeed!
To: COBOL2Java
“”History will record and judge the enormous impact of this singular figure on the people and world around him.””
Wow! I wished Castro had kicked off before the election, because this statement would have been worth another two points in Trump’s favor in Florida.
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posted on
11/26/2016 8:00:38 AM PST
by
vette6387
To: COBOL2Java
"Fidel Castro is dead!"
-President elect Donald Trump
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posted on
11/26/2016 8:01:42 AM PST
by
BigEdLB
(To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
To: COBOL2Java
Last night, ESPN had a poignant segment of Castro's love of baseball, and how Cuba's sports programs thrived under his leadership.
I couldn't believe it, ESPN has no shame.
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posted on
11/26/2016 8:02:20 AM PST
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
To: COBOL2Java
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posted on
11/26/2016 8:03:05 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(1 Tim 2:1-3)
To: COBOL2Java
Will Obama use Castro's death as his excuse to finally give Guantanamo Bay back to Cuba, as a "gesture of goodwill" to the "people?"
It's the one thing he's wanted to do for eight years.
I can see Obama saying it's for the Cuban people to "turn over a new leaf," or "turn the corner of history," or "reset the relationship," or some such cliché.
-PJ
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posted on
11/26/2016 8:03:13 AM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: COBOL2Java
Satan wanted to make sure his room was spectacular is the reason he lived so long.
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posted on
11/26/2016 8:03:35 AM PST
by
SkyDancer
(Ambtion Without Talent Is Sad - Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
To: COBOL2Java
Not going to click on the link. Is that the entirety of his statement?
He lumps together the "emotions" of those who have lived a lavish lifestyle within his inner circle with dissidents who are languishing in prison?
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posted on
11/26/2016 8:03:37 AM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: tet68
Substitute Hitler or Stalin for the name Castro and see what a ridiculous statement Obama made along with the hypocrital leaders from some other countries.
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posted on
11/26/2016 8:05:57 AM PST
by
kabar
To: COBOL2Java
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posted on
11/26/2016 8:06:36 AM PST
by
bigbob
(We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
To: Texas Eagle
Not going to click on the link. Is that the entirety of his statement? Check post #11.
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posted on
11/26/2016 8:06:49 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(1 Tim 2:1-3)
To: COBOL2Java
In the immortal words of John Wilkes Boothe, “ Sic semper tyrannis”. They (Barky, Boothe and Fidel) will all meet in Hell someday, thank G-d.
To: quantumman
I'm guessing this was not his expression when he appeared before the Judgement Seat
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posted on
11/26/2016 8:08:04 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(1 Tim 2:1-3)
To: vette6387
like killed um or pushed um to America
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posted on
11/26/2016 8:08:58 AM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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