http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/2008/02/19/whats-the-matter-with-cuba/ Hey, What's That Over There? Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:21:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/2008/02/19/whats-the-matter-with-cuba/#comment-71410 Drak Pope Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:49:08 +0000 http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/2008/02/19/whats-the-matter-with-cuba/#comment-71410 I don't know, mate. While I agree with you that Guantanamo needs to be shut down, the embargo needs to go, and torture needs to be repudiated as a tool of the US government, I have to object to your characterization of Castro as being "not that bad". Cuba underneath the Communist party-state has remained a horribly oppressive atmosphere, with dissent being quashed and lots of people being jailed or exiled for things that we are free to do in places like the US or Western Europe. One thing that I want to advise is that while we can and must criticize our leaders here, there is no need to excuse dictators elsewhere. You can hate both Bush and Castro. I don’t know, mate. While I agree with you that Guantanamo needs to be shut down, the embargo needs to go, and torture needs to be repudiated as a tool of the US government, I have to object to your characterization of Castro as being “not that bad”. Cuba underneath the Communist party-state has remained a horribly oppressive atmosphere, with dissent being quashed and lots of people being jailed or exiled for things that we are free to do in places like the US or Western Europe. One thing that I want to advise is that while we can and must criticize our leaders here, there is no need to excuse dictators elsewhere. You can hate both Bush and Castro.

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