Posted by Jay_Bravest_Face on August 14, 2008, at 19:26:56
In reply to Re: 'Lucy....'splain dis one.'...Sig..Dinah » Jay_Bravest_Face, posted by Dinah on August 13, 2008, at 17:46:32
Dinah, I really pretty much agree with everything you have said. But I haven't seen any olive branches extended to Cuba, as the old regime I think would eventually be open to dialog. Instead, they get Helms-Burton. Cubans are going to eventually demand and get full democracy, but the dissenting opinions have not been very loud because, well, Cuba does a not-to-bad job of looking after ALL of their people. Imagine, in such an 'evil' country, they have one of the highest literacy rates in the world. Even though their healthcare system is a bit old and such, much thanks to Western intrusion, every single person in Cuba has free healthcare and free medicine. Even Canada doesn't have the medicine part.
So I sound like I am defending Fidel and Raul. No, not exactly, but Fidel was not all the evil he is/was portrayed to be.
Jay
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