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Posted on 02/25/2008 2:20:33 PM PST by buccaneer81
Castro a hero of our times
Published Monday February 25th, 2008 Appeared on page C7
In the Second World War, we soon learned our world was against the kill-to-win policy of the enemies we challenged.
I was part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, a major player in winning the air war.
In 1945, that world spirit against the killing policy created the United Nations with its goal to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.
Perhaps that is why I see Castro as a hero of our times. Here is a leader of a UN nation who has an enviable record of public service.
It makes one wonder why President George W. Bush has decided to continue U.S. sanctions against Cuba. Perhaps he is afraid his people will be exposed to the results of a people-friendly public policy.
Few leaders since 1945 have successfully defended their nation against a superpower for 50 years. Cuba did.
Few nations have given its people free health and education at all levels. Cuba did.
Few nations operate without food banks and homeless people shelters. Cuba did.
To me, Castro led Cuba for 48 years with a public commitment seen in Canada when Tommy Douglas gave us Medicare and Louis Robichaud gave New Brunswick people equal opportunity.
I think Castro should be given a retirement party by we, the people, of the United Nations.
For 48 years he served his people and won their loyalty.
As a United Nations person and Canadian citizen in 2008, I say thank you Castro for giving succeeding generations hope.
I suggest we choose governments, non-violently by vote, which put people first -- as Castor did so effectively for almost half a century.
As members of the UN, we are human beings first. That was the gift of those who served in the Second World War, and that is why UN peacekeepers were so successful -- they served the people of this world.
R.H. Young
Fredericton
The chief leftist cheerleader of your fair province opines...
The only regret Mr. Young no doubt has is that he can’t like his hero Castro put a gun barrel in your mouth to make you agree with his highly fantasized version of reality.
Ah, they ignore Castro’s execution of gays so that they can still pretend to be politically correct.
Lowbrow. Typical, but lowbrow.
Alzheimers is a terrible disease.
But this guy obviously doesn't have it so I'm not sure what his ignorance and stupidity stem from.
One party, one vote, one choice.... and $15 a month to live on plus Cuban class medical care, WOW!
And they probably bought those sorry looking beds from the US before the revolution.
At one time, Cuba (pre-Revolution) had the best doctors (most US trained) and medical care in Latin America, but if you don’t replace equipment for 50 years and your doctors only get 2 years of training, you end up with what’s in the picture. Oh, you do setup one or two hospitals for tourists and reporters that look decent, but the average Cuban sees the real thing.
Liberalism is a mental disease.
from PBS:
——[The revolutions’s] enemies, “the saboteurs, the worms, the parasites,” the revolution would be “harsh, implacable and inflexible.” People defined as anti-social — homosexuals, hippies, artists — are rounded up. The armed forces magazine Verde Olivo launches a campaign to “cleanse” Cuba’s arts and literature of all pernicious foreign influence.——
Yeah, it's so people-friendly there that people are trying to sneak into Cuba all the time.
In Cuba there has been no food to bank. People live in homes that look like homeless shelters.
I’m originally from Canada yet I;ve never heard of a commie rag called The Gleaner.
Sounds like a window wiper spray.
"Don't wait for you ship to come in. Swim out to it!"
George Orwell, give this guy a job at the Ministry of Truth!
Here is a letter to the editor from the 02/24/08 Dallas Morning News from another Castro admirer (Marxist). There are a lot of nuts drinking this Koolade.
I did not agree with all of Fidel Castro’s policies, but I do admire the man greatly. What he did for Cuba was amazing. The universal health care that he promised for all his citizens should remain an example for the U.S. There is no excuse that we Americans should have to worry about getting proper medical care.
I also admire the Cuban revolutionary for making his country have one of the best literacy rates in the Western Hemisphere.
It is sad that there is still a U.S. embargo on Cuba. People need to realize that people suffered in Cuba, not because of Mr. Castro’s actions, but because of U.S. actions.
Mr. Castro did a good job in defending his country and people against U.S. aggression. He will remain one of history’s interesting political figures.
Joseph Cabrera, Dallas
I wonder if this guy got 1 of Castro’s free rice cookers? Would he like to live in a country so dirt-poor that free rice cookers are a big deal? ‘Course that’s our fault, somehow...
Wow, great article. Thanks!
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