Posted on 11/26/2016 11:04:16 AM PST by Ennis85
As of the year 2006, Fidel Castro, Cuba's revolutionary leader, who has died aged 90, had reportedly been the subject of no fewer than 638 assassination plots by the CIA.
The Guardian newspaper notes that these had ranged from mundane bombing and shoot-'em-up schemes to more ludicrous proposals, such as one involving "a diving-suit to be prepared for him that would be infected with a fungus that would cause a chronic and debilitating skin disease".
At first glance, of course, it may seem odd and overreactive that a global superpower would engage in neurotic efforts for over half of a century to take out the leadership of an island nation smaller than the US state of Pennsylvania.
But, has it really just been a simple case of neurosis-for-the-sake-of-neurosis?
Following the triumph of the Cuban revolution in 1959, the US political establishment laboured to portray the country as not merely an ideological disaster, but also a bastion of malevolence and a downright existential threat.
In 1960, then-senator John F Kennedy spoke of Cuba as a "Communist menace" imperilling "the security of the whole Western Hemisphere" and raising the question of "how the Iron Curtain could have advanced almost to our front yard".
As late as 2002, more than a decade after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the US selected Cuba as one of three new additions to the "axis of evil" based on its alleged (read: US-hallucinated) pursuit of weapons of mass destruction.
The campaign to demonise Castro by associating him with apocalyptic scenarios, however, fails to account for the fact that the US undoubtedly takes the cake when it comes to existential threats - i.e. threats to existence as we know it.
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A horrible human being, lionized by a bunch of horrible human beings.
Communists stick together.
Not context. Compost.
THIS IS fake news BY THE alt-WAHHABI!!
No less than 638? I must have missed a few.
Mini me is jumpin the shark
What else can you expect from a bunch of seventh century morons who want to establish a worldwide dictatorship based on oppressive principles?
The second of two people I’ve waited a long time to die for. The first was arafat.
If true (and I doubt it) all this shows is the CIA’s ineptitude. They should have gotten the job done decades ago.
The Twilight Zone had Castro down pat: https://youtu.be/iuLUZj179Fw
Communists and terrorists stick together.
“far verified the names of 9,240 victims of the Castro regime and the circumstances of their deaths.”
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113590852154334404
These goat humping muslims are just pissed that their terrorism is going to be put in check by Trump.
There might have been 600 different ideas to kill him,but it is a lie to
say that there were 600 attempts. Right now it would be a great idea to drone his brother. Wouldn’t bother me in the least. Hope he sleeps in a different place each night and awakens with nightmares.
im waiting for news he is being thought of for the next Nobel Peace Prize...
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