He was a wicked tyrant, who ran the most repressive totalitarian regime in the Western Hemisphere; denied basic human rights, murdered thousands, forced millions into exile, imprisoned tens of thousands of political prisoners (while giving sanctuary to killers and criminals from the USA and other places), expropriated wealth, fomented revolution and destabilized governments. Of course, one wouldn’t know any of that if one relied on the statements from President Obama, former President Jimmy Carter, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Secretary of State John Kerry, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau, and almost everyone in the main stream media – all of whom ignored the truth and slavered the chuminess and puffery on thick. The world’s progressive left has been whitewashing Communism for just about the last one hundred years, and they keep doing it.
Don’t think that everyone shares the insipid, blind-to-the-truth sentiments quoted above. Here’s what President-elect Donald Trump said: “Fidel Castro is dead!” Later, after reflection, Mr. Trump said this: “Fidel Castro’s legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty, and the denial of fundamental human rights.”
We should be very glad that we will have a President who knows the truth about Communism and – of even greater importance – is not afraid to say it.