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Obama says 'history will judge the enormous impact' of Fidel Castro
Daily Mail UK ^ | November 26, 2016 | Dave Burke

Posted on 11/26/2016 8:05:44 AM PST by COUNTrecount

Obama says 'history will judge the enormous impact' of Fidel Castro as he extends the 'hand of friendship' to Cubans

The news was met with surprise on the streets of Cuba, where businesses closed as citizens reflected on his legacy

U.S. President Barack Obama offered his condolences and said 'history will record and judge the enormous impact of this singular figure on the people and world around him'

Russian President Vladimir Putin branded Castro 'the symbol of an era' and a distinguished statesman'

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was 'one of the most iconic personalities of the 20th century'

French President Francois Hollande branded him a 'towering figure', but voiced concerns about human rights abuses in Cuba

Within half an hour of the announcement, the streets of Miami's Little Havana teemed with Cuban exiles celebrating

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Cuban-American Republican Congress representative from Miami, branded Castro a 'tyrant'

U.S. President Barack Obama has spoken out on the passing of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, saying that history will record and judge the 'enormous' impact that Castro had on 'the people and the world around him.'

The White House released Obama's statement on Saturday morning in which he noted the relationship between the U.S. and Cuba has been marked by 'discord and profound political disagreements' for nearly six decades.

Obama offered his condolences to Castro's family and said his thoughts and prayers are with the Cuban people.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: ah; castrodead; castroobit; communist; obamacastro
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
This Just In...

Che is worm food x10. Fidel is still Dead. Raoul is warming up in the bull pen.

Party on.

21 posted on 11/26/2016 8:23:13 AM PST by TADSLOS (God Bless President-Elect Trump! God Bless the United States of America!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

“Impact” as in the plague was an “impact?”

My late dad was in the Navy and they were stationed in Cuba in the late 1950’s. He often told us what a beautiful place Cuba was, how wonderful and educated her people were. But he was also able to watch the slow and steady rise of Castro, along with his n’er do well, jealous losers ... as all commies are.

It’s why my dad so disliked Obama; he’d already heard all about Hope & Change - verbatim - from Castro, decades ago.

I wish my dad were around this morning, he’d be banging his pans with a wooden spoon, too!


22 posted on 11/26/2016 8:24:33 AM PST by Dana1960
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Not in the kindest way.


23 posted on 11/26/2016 8:27:24 AM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: TADSLOS

He’s dead Jim.


24 posted on 11/26/2016 8:28:23 AM PST by refermech
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

25 posted on 11/26/2016 8:29:52 AM PST by Emergencyawesome
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To: Swede Girl

26 posted on 11/26/2016 8:29:59 AM PST by COUNTrecount
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To: fruser1

If communism worked so great he would not have dumped all those refugees on us in the 80s.

The great cuban society would’ve been able to take care of them, as communism promises to all the saps that fall for that line.


I’ve never ever understood the reasoning, that our trade embargo hurt Cuba so much over the years. If communism is such a superior system, and if capitalism is so evil, why would the success or stability of a communist government, depend on the goodwill and trade with an evil capitalist country such as ours??? The argument makes no sense, but I’ve heard that argument many times. Somehow we strangled Cuba and caused hardship to a communist worker’s paradise, by not dealing with their allegedly superior system.


27 posted on 11/26/2016 8:31:50 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Well, we know who TIMES “Man of the Year” will be now. Trump? Assange? Noooooooooo.....


28 posted on 11/26/2016 8:33:21 AM PST by A_perfect_lady
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To: kabar

You left out Barack Obama.


29 posted on 11/26/2016 8:35:25 AM PST by Right Brother
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To: Emergencyawesome

Wow. Just wow. Go Trump.

Now, compare and contrast Trump’s statement with Obama’s condolences, and see which world leader has a grasp of the legacy of Fidel Castro.


30 posted on 11/26/2016 8:35:28 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: All

BOOM!


31 posted on 11/26/2016 8:38:32 AM PST by McGruff (Mitt Romney - The Vicious Snake)
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To: TheTimeOfMan; All

Cuba Libres for everyone!

Fidel Castro is dead - body immediately cremated and ashes to be paraded in 4-day journey
http://us.blastingnews.com/news/2016/11/fidel-castro-is-dead-body-immediately-cremated-and-ashes-to-be-paraded-in-4-day-journey-001286451.html


32 posted on 11/26/2016 8:39:38 AM PST by GOYAKLA ( "Suck it up Buttercup"; Pick-up the pace, I'm eighty-one!)
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To: COUNTrecount

Well said, Mr. Trump!


33 posted on 11/26/2016 8:42:00 AM PST by plain talk
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How many innocent people died because of this evil sub-human? Rot in hell, Castro.


34 posted on 11/26/2016 8:42:33 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

History smishstory, God will judge. He judges.


35 posted on 11/26/2016 8:43:21 AM PST by Theophilus (The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom)
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To: kabar

History will judge the enormous impact of Bronco Bama.


36 posted on 11/26/2016 8:57:32 AM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Already been judged. Man was evil and is on his way too hell.


37 posted on 11/26/2016 9:08:07 AM PST by mulligan (I)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Obama and all those journalists who want to praise him should keep in mind that he actually pushed Khrushchev to use nukes against us. He hurt a lot of people. Also, he wanted to keep tactical nukes in Cuba AFTER the Bay of Pigs was diplomatically resolved. The US didn't even know about these at the time.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19930260

“F. Castro: So you have a law that prohibits transfer of tactical nuclear weapons [along with other nuclear weapons] to other countries? It’s a pity. And when are you going to repeal that law?”

“F. Castro: We could have built fake buildings or fake storage structures. For example, the kind of buildings that we use for birdhouses [on poultry farms], in my view, would be very suitable for hiding the missiles in the horizontal position. It could also have been done so that the buildings, which housed the missiles, would have removable roofs. Those roofs would slide back only for the time when the use of the missiles was probable. The rest of time they would have stayed closed.” “It was also possible to use light tents, which we use for covering the tobacco plantations, and to camouflage the missiles.”

These are some of the comments Castro made, AFTER the Bay of Pigs issue was publicly resolved.

http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB393/docs/Mikoyan%20Castro%20memcon%2011%2022%2062.pdf

38 posted on 11/26/2016 9:17:25 AM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Obama has someone he can compare his legacy to.


39 posted on 11/26/2016 9:29:37 AM PST by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

“History” doesn’t have to judge anything.

We know him to be a murderous enemy of freedom. Those who excuse him count themselves with him. Take note.


40 posted on 11/26/2016 9:35:16 AM PST by nonsporting
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