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Originally Posted by Brian Swartz
I think the big thing with Castro was his proximity. Hosni Mubarak was halfway around the world. Fidel's Cuba is just slightly over 100 miles away at closest approach from Florida.
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Well we supported Batista who was 100 miles away. Montt, Branco, Somosa, Pinochet, Baby and Papa Doc were all close too. I'm leaving out a bunch too.
Then the Contras, Atlacatl Battalion, and so on in Central America. Heck, the Wikileaks cables pointed out that we were funding a death squad in Honduras still.
Lets face it. Castro took out a US-friendly regime that provided slave labor for American corporations. That is why he is considered bad. Those other brutal dictators and death squads don't matter they benefited us in some way.
This is a country that gave Henry Kissinger the Medal of Freedom and we're upset a candidate mentioned that Castro's literacy program was good.