On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:07:51 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

>blake murphy wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:30:54 -0700, Blinky the Shark
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:52:57 -0500, George Shirley
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Go here and read all about it. We rent GITMO and have since 1903.
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...tanamo-bay.htm
>>>>
>>>> OK, I stand corrected. It's the only US military base located in a
>>>> communist country - which tells you Castro isn't everything they
>>>> wanted us to believe about him.
>>>
>>>Re Castro: huh?
>>>
>>
>> i think the idea here is that if he were in control of gitmo, castro
>> would not only free the detainees, but cook them a nice dinner.
>
>Uh...so "they wanted us to believe" that he was in control of Guantanamo?

Not at all!

>
>I don't remember "them" trying to get us to believe that. And I'm old
>enough to remember when Castro *took over* Cuba, so I've not missed any of
>his rule and "their" statements.

I'm saying that they wanted us to think (Harvard school of Law
graduate) Fidel Castro was the devil reincarnate, but he was really
the model of "Keep your friends close and keep your enemies closer"
when it came to Guantanamo.

Of course, his rhetoric of the golden age was aimed at being friendly
with the Soviet Union. OK, he buttered his bread on both sides. 90
miles from the US was a very safe place when two super powers rattle
swords, but didn't really want to fight. Sure he had to endure a
little invasion, but he "beat" us off. Something smells really fishy
about the Bay of Pigs. You don't make a big blunder like that and the
county you lost to just ignores the base you've established on its
homeland.


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