[sgtbono2002]

The Cubans rose up in a revolution and placed Castro in charge. Where has that courage for revolution gone? At one time I would have said we should help, that was before we lifted the yoke of Saddam Hussein off the shoulders of Iraq and get kicked in the teeth for it every day. If these people dont like Castro, let them remove Castro. Why should the US go there get soldiers killed and then have the citizens turn on us?

[Texas_Dawg]

Why should the US go there get soldiers killed and then have the citizens turn on us?

You obviously don't know very much about Cuba.

[Tribune7]

that was before we lifted the yoke of Saddam Hussein off the shoulders of Iraq and get kicked in the teeth for it every day.

I've been reading lots of articles saying we are very much appreciated in Iraq by the average citizens and their leaders.

[MattinNJ]

Was the standard of living under Batista as bad as it is under Castro? I submit it wasnt

No. My in-laws escaped from there in '62 when they were in their young 20's. Havana was beautiful. They called it "Paris on the Carribean." Today, Cuba is much different. For example, Havana is crawling with prostitutes. In the 50's girls were not allowed to go on dates unless their father or brother came along as a chaperone.

The Cubans did rise up. They were promised air cover by Kennedy who supplied a carrier. Che and Fidel were pissing in their pants and would not commit their troops against the uprising until it became quite clear that Kennedy had backstabbed the insurgents. They were slaughtered. There was a very poignant thread a while ago about how the Admiral on the carrier literally cried and begged for "Just one plane Mr. President".

The only one who has been able to kick out the communists in street to street fighting has been Franco. His reward-constant bashing by the liberals and those who are ignorant of the hell Stalin unleashed in Spain.

There was a Franco in Cuba-he was shot somewhere in the swamps.