Craig, I looked up Sander's comments about Castro. No wonder I didn't recall them since he made them 35 years ago. I'll address them nonetheless. He's absolutely right; Castro did increase literacy and health care. Sanders may not have noted it, but Castro also helped produce a lot more doctors. Yes, those are not bad things even granted that they were achieved by a dedicated Communist.
You missed the part about the mass murder,and Fidel himself machine gunning Cubans that were trying to swim away?
You can vote socialism in, but, you have to shoot your way out, Bill.
A neighbor in my Wife's home town of Bogota escaped as a child when Castro's henchmen came looking for anyone who had spoken to the police. He ended up on a fishing boat to the Dominican Republic, put there by a friend of the family. Castro killed his entire family, and the entire family of the friend who assisted his escape, at 12 years of age. He made his way to Colombia, and weeps to this day about it.
Anyone who can lay any praise at Fidel Castro and his regime is a dolt, dumb as a hammer.
Best,
Ted
