Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[Tom K]

"Castro has made a lot of mistakes"

- That's the understatement of the week!

"He should have (IMO)followed George Washington's lead, and retired after a some limited period of time, establishing a stronger and wider leadership."

- Dictators don't relinquish power. That's why their dictators.

"Contrary to impressions that some newspapers and the US give, there is NOT widespread oppression in Cuba."

-Haven't you been reading the newspapers this week? Have you ever talked to a Cuban exile? You're either completely misinformed or in total denial.

"to call the rounding up of 74 opponents of the govt the "most egregious act of political oppression" in the past 10 years is not so bad when you consider that the US has over the past 2 years rounded up several thousand people and detained without a trial, without access to attorneys, without charging them with anything. "

-Your comparison completely lacks intellectual honestly. Even the most left-wing members of congress would laugh at your comparison.