Cuban dictator Fidel Castro was always a figure who embodied the political ideology of uber-liberals. For the American left – whether young or old – it was always supremely cool and non-conformist to espouse solidarity with Castro’s revolution. He was a hero to the counter-culture enthusiasts of the 1960s and a best-selling lefty author like Norman Mailer much as he is to the counter-reality Millennials who now populate our colleges and universities – perhaps only Chinese butcher Mao Zedong attracted more visceral adoration from American leftists – but of course he killed more people.
As his weekend death so well illustrated, Castro continues to cast a long political shadow over the ideological landscape.
President-elect Donald Trump clearly wants Cuba to emerge from that shadow into the broad sunlight of political and economic freedom. There was nothing disingenuous about Trump’s reaction to Castro’s demise; after emphatically Tweeting “Fidel Castro is dead!”, Trump provided a more elaborate – but thankfully not more nuanced – appraisal of the tyrant’s legacy: “Fidel Castro’s legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights.”
We can only exult “wonderful.” This is what Americans should expect from their leaders.
Norks are taking three days to mourn, but not in the streets. Pledge pin from KJU’s grandfather.
http://nkleadershipwatch.wordpress.com/2016/11/28/dprk-enters-mourning-period-for-fidel/
There was weeping and gnashing of teeth with the deaths of Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Mussolini, Hitler, Wilson, and every other socialist maggot.
Why should Castro be any different?
izlamo delenda est …
And now their hero is a dead carcass!
All these nice things being said……. Cubans will think that they are at the wrong funeral