Why does Fidel Castro scare America so much?
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:59 pm
I am just watching a show on National geographic Channel about Fidel and how he came to power.
I know he is no saint but he is not as bad as many other countries/leaders the US associates with. China is the largest communist country in the world and yet they basically 'own' the US, not to mention their less than stellar human rights record as well, Saudi Arabia has far worse human rights violations than Cuba yet they are buddies or even a US puppet state. Saddam was a US buddy until he invaded Kuwait. Nazi Scientists were the ones that built the US Rocket programme, yet Castro is looked upon as bad as Bin Laden? Fidel did not even make the top 15 dictator list that came out last week.
Yet we all know what the US does at Gitmo....torture people, like they do at Diego Garcia and do not forget Abu Gharib, the rapes of Iraqi civilians etc and I am sure other locales. Yet they have the nerve to criticize other countries. Sure Cuba has political prisoners but so does the US and China (The US largest trading partner as of last year)
Sure Cuba has poverty but have you been on a First Nation Reserve in Canada? Downtown east side of Vancouver and in areas of many other big US and Canadian cities.
Cuba has a 99.7% literacy rate according to the US CIA world fact book, he brought in medical, education for the people which they never had before. Hell Cuba even has a lower infant mortality rate than the US and seem to be ahead of Canada and the US in using Green Technology. Not to mention he sends his very well trained doctors to poor areas of the world to help.
When my grandma who is 86 fell out of bed at a resort outside of Havana, other than the wild ambulance ride to a hospital in Havana, she and my Aunt both said she got better care than she would of received here. The doctors were top notch, compassionate and the one doctor who was the one looking after her, even came to see her everyday until it was time to go home. When was the last time a doctor in Canada or even the US did a 'home' visit? The doctor would not even take money. She had an MRI on her brain. The Nurses and staff were excellent and the hospital would not even take a dime. The Ambulance even took her and my aunt back at no charge to the hotel they were at.
I remember in 2001 his plane stopped at Vancouver Airport and the local tv stations went live and he got a room at the hotel for 6 hours or so and there were mobs of people there to meet him. He is like a folk hero with a huge cult following. There were a few token protesters but they were few and far between.
They seem to make a big deal in the US about Evil Fidel and the 2 million that have come to the US since he took over. Yet there is 10 million or more people from Mexico coming into the US illegally and Mexico is not communist. The US media makes huge stink about this but yet treat refugees from Cuba like they are hero's...
Are they mad because Fidel booted out Batista the US puppet Dictator? Batista is the one that got rid of the democratic government in the first place. The corporations that stole at the time Cuba's largest industry Sugar? (Tourism is the largest industry now thanks mainly to Canadians) The Bay of Pigs failure? The nuclear crisis? The fact they have tried to kill him over 700 times and failed?
I am not saying Castro is not a dictator or I guess was as his brother is El Presidente as of today , but why is the US so scared of him? Are they scared of what he represents? Why is the US the only country with an embargo? The same can be said of Chavez except for the lack of embargo. Is it because the US can not 'control them'? Is it the fear of socialism? I know they like to equate socialism and communism as if they were one of the same.
Canada has always had a good relationship with Fidel , we used to send aid to Cuba, not sure if we still do. Trudeau and Fidel were great friends back in the day and Fidel was a honourary pallbearer at Trudeau's funeral. Hell people in the crowd were Chanting Viva Fidel! I had goose bumps. We can buy Cuban Cigars, Rhum and other products here.
I think he will be remembered as the one that kept US Imperialism out of Cuba no matter what his detractors say.
I am not saying Cuba is utopia or Fidel is the greatest leader but westernized countries have many of the same social issues and problems.
I honestly do not get this fear of Fidel and why Cuba is singled out and picked on by the US? It makes no sense to me since the US deals with worse people than Fidel on a regular basis.
I know the Cubans in Miami do not like Castro but these are descendants of people who benefited from corruption in the Batista regime.
I know he is no saint but he is not as bad as many other countries/leaders the US associates with. China is the largest communist country in the world and yet they basically 'own' the US, not to mention their less than stellar human rights record as well, Saudi Arabia has far worse human rights violations than Cuba yet they are buddies or even a US puppet state. Saddam was a US buddy until he invaded Kuwait. Nazi Scientists were the ones that built the US Rocket programme, yet Castro is looked upon as bad as Bin Laden? Fidel did not even make the top 15 dictator list that came out last week.
Yet we all know what the US does at Gitmo....torture people, like they do at Diego Garcia and do not forget Abu Gharib, the rapes of Iraqi civilians etc and I am sure other locales. Yet they have the nerve to criticize other countries. Sure Cuba has political prisoners but so does the US and China (The US largest trading partner as of last year)
Sure Cuba has poverty but have you been on a First Nation Reserve in Canada? Downtown east side of Vancouver and in areas of many other big US and Canadian cities.
Cuba has a 99.7% literacy rate according to the US CIA world fact book, he brought in medical, education for the people which they never had before. Hell Cuba even has a lower infant mortality rate than the US and seem to be ahead of Canada and the US in using Green Technology. Not to mention he sends his very well trained doctors to poor areas of the world to help.
When my grandma who is 86 fell out of bed at a resort outside of Havana, other than the wild ambulance ride to a hospital in Havana, she and my Aunt both said she got better care than she would of received here. The doctors were top notch, compassionate and the one doctor who was the one looking after her, even came to see her everyday until it was time to go home. When was the last time a doctor in Canada or even the US did a 'home' visit? The doctor would not even take money. She had an MRI on her brain. The Nurses and staff were excellent and the hospital would not even take a dime. The Ambulance even took her and my aunt back at no charge to the hotel they were at.
I remember in 2001 his plane stopped at Vancouver Airport and the local tv stations went live and he got a room at the hotel for 6 hours or so and there were mobs of people there to meet him. He is like a folk hero with a huge cult following. There were a few token protesters but they were few and far between.
They seem to make a big deal in the US about Evil Fidel and the 2 million that have come to the US since he took over. Yet there is 10 million or more people from Mexico coming into the US illegally and Mexico is not communist. The US media makes huge stink about this but yet treat refugees from Cuba like they are hero's...
Are they mad because Fidel booted out Batista the US puppet Dictator? Batista is the one that got rid of the democratic government in the first place. The corporations that stole at the time Cuba's largest industry Sugar? (Tourism is the largest industry now thanks mainly to Canadians) The Bay of Pigs failure? The nuclear crisis? The fact they have tried to kill him over 700 times and failed?
I am not saying Castro is not a dictator or I guess was as his brother is El Presidente as of today , but why is the US so scared of him? Are they scared of what he represents? Why is the US the only country with an embargo? The same can be said of Chavez except for the lack of embargo. Is it because the US can not 'control them'? Is it the fear of socialism? I know they like to equate socialism and communism as if they were one of the same.
Canada has always had a good relationship with Fidel , we used to send aid to Cuba, not sure if we still do. Trudeau and Fidel were great friends back in the day and Fidel was a honourary pallbearer at Trudeau's funeral. Hell people in the crowd were Chanting Viva Fidel! I had goose bumps. We can buy Cuban Cigars, Rhum and other products here.
I think he will be remembered as the one that kept US Imperialism out of Cuba no matter what his detractors say.
I am not saying Cuba is utopia or Fidel is the greatest leader but westernized countries have many of the same social issues and problems.
I honestly do not get this fear of Fidel and why Cuba is singled out and picked on by the US? It makes no sense to me since the US deals with worse people than Fidel on a regular basis.
I know the Cubans in Miami do not like Castro but these are descendants of people who benefited from corruption in the Batista regime.
