Originally Posted By: aardwolfe
Originally Posted By: norad45
Some places combine the power of a President with the longevity of a Queen, and you end up with a swine like Castro. Ugh.....


Yeah - Fidel is so much worse than that nice Senor Baptista who preceded him...



If you mean Batista then yes. Both are/were repugnant jackasses, but Batista never pretended to be anything but the scummy thug that he was. Castro on the other hand adds the stench of hypocrisy. I predict that after the old despot and his brother have been dead awhile the real human cost of their rule will come out, and they will share Stalin's fate: worshipped during their lifetimes--at home and abroad--and reviled after their deaths.