Fidel Castro died at the age of 90
11-25-2016, 08:56 PM
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Fidel Castro died at the age of 90
Fidel Castro, Cuba's leader, died at the age of 90. Another page in the history of the work has turned.
RIP
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/wo...T.nav=top-news
Fidel Castro dead - Cuban television
http://www.dw.com/en/fidel-castro-de...-tv/a-36532411
RIP
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/wo...T.nav=top-news
Fidel Castro dead - Cuban television
http://www.dw.com/en/fidel-castro-de...-tv/a-36532411
Last edited by ralper; 11-26-2016 at 11:37 AM.
11-25-2016, 09:06 PM
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I won't lose any sleep over this one!
11-26-2016, 07:34 AM
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11-26-2016, 08:48 AM
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Fidel’s departure has to help our relationship with Cuba. Fidel was fanatically resentful and bitter towards the U.S. until the very end. Even though he had turned over control to Raul he was always a major influence within their government.
Had it not been for John F. Kennedy's third proclamation in his 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis speech, which stated: “It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western hemisphere as an attack on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union.” I believe a nuclear attack may have been possible. As it was, it set the Soviet Union back upon its heels and they agreed upon a complete missile withdrawal with a few save face concessions. I remember the crisis as though it was yesterday.
I say... good riddance to Fidel.
Gary
Had it not been for John F. Kennedy's third proclamation in his 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis speech, which stated: “It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western hemisphere as an attack on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union.” I believe a nuclear attack may have been possible. As it was, it set the Soviet Union back upon its heels and they agreed upon a complete missile withdrawal with a few save face concessions. I remember the crisis as though it was yesterday.
I say... good riddance to Fidel.
Gary
11-26-2016, 09:18 AM
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11-26-2016, 11:23 AM
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One of the friends we had dinner with last weekend has been to Cuba on a business trip. He said the poverty there is overwhelming. It will take a long, long time for that country to recover whether Fidel is alive or dead.
11-26-2016, 11:35 AM
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I think a lot of it depends on how Trump relates to Cuba. I think he's going to recognize the business opportunities there and be open to relations with the nation now that Fidel is gone.
There was an interesting article in today's NY Times talking about how while the older people are mourning Fidel's death, the younger people are more or less ambivalent. I think Cuba is probably ready to open up.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/us...=top-news&_r=0
11-27-2016, 06:34 AM
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Raul needs to step down. He claims he will in 2018.
As for relations, who really knows what the majority of the people of Cuba think, believe or want? I feel like we have been misled over and over again by politicians who claim to know that the "people" of some of our enemy countries would happily reject their leadership and welcome us with open arms. Those notions usually come from dissidents who want to see the enemy government overturned. In fact, the "people" of those countries often have other ideas. If we learned anything from Iraq is should be that we really don't know anything about what people from other countries want. Hell, many of us had no idea what our fellow Americans wanted three weeks ago.
As for relations, who really knows what the majority of the people of Cuba think, believe or want? I feel like we have been misled over and over again by politicians who claim to know that the "people" of some of our enemy countries would happily reject their leadership and welcome us with open arms. Those notions usually come from dissidents who want to see the enemy government overturned. In fact, the "people" of those countries often have other ideas. If we learned anything from Iraq is should be that we really don't know anything about what people from other countries want. Hell, many of us had no idea what our fellow Americans wanted three weeks ago.