Why do hysterical lefties whine about the US aligning with dictators and then suck up to tyrants like Castro?

Question

I don't get it... "The US does business with dictators, waa waa!" "Fidel Castro is a wonderful man, he has done much for the Cuban people!!" Yeah right, like torture, kill and imprison anyone who doesn't like to live in squalor and live, eat and breathe his bankrupt "revolucion".

Here's the bottom line. Countries enter into alliances, always temporary, to protect the country and the country's interest. Sometimes that involves dealing with significantly less than perfect people / regimes. Can't have it both ways, lefties: Whining about dictator allies and then blowing kisses at dictator enemies.

Answer 1

It's different when they do it. Don't ask me why - I can't understand it myself - but it's different, somehow.

And don't forget Chavez - lots of the looney left adores him, too, yet whine about Bush being a dictator. I've offered several people tickets to Venezuela and challenged them to post smack about their buddy Hugo, but gee.....they never take me up on it...

LMAO Bolt - Clinton sucked up to Kim Jong Il - and what a *fine* job he did!

Answer 2

Not sure what your question is, but I think you really need to study the history of American foreign policy, as well as Cuban history. While you claim that Castro tortures, kills and imprisons anyone who doesn't like his regime, may I remind you that the USA is also ETREMELY guilty on that front. Not only in the obvious cases (ie. Gitmo) but throughout history: not only did the USA 'enter into alliances' with dictators, they also threw in some good ol' American troops, arms and education in torture techniques to help slaughter masses of people. Look at the history of Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Grenada, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Cambodia, Laos, oh, I could go on and on and on. Compared to what the USA has done in the world, Castro is practically a saint (and the result is a higher life expectancy for all Cubans, as well as better health care and education than most Americans could ever hope to get, and a way lower crime rate. Go there and see for yourself! Oh, forgot. Your government won't let you!

Answer 3

Anyone who does that is a hypocrite. What you have to do when making such colossal generalisations as this is to take each person as a case study. If one 'hysterical leftie' likes Castro and 99 of said hystericals don't like him at all and think all dictators are evil does that mean that ALL these people both like Castro and hate dictators? Your logic makes little sense.

Yes, countries enter into alliances to defend their interests. It doesn't mean that they SHOULD benefit from the exploitations of a group of people by a belligerent madman - it just means that it happens. Do people not have the right to criticise it when it does?

Answer 4

You sound quite hysterical yourself.

I don't recall ever hearing anybody say Castro was a wonderful man. You must be delusional.

However, I will say in his defense that the US helped finance several coup attempts against him, financing & training Cuban exiles & calling them "freedom fighters" (not terrorists, of course). And if you know any basic Cuban history, when Castro came into power, it was by a coup against the previous dictator, Mr. Batista (a general), a right-wing dictator who we financed & supported, and even graduated from our infamous "School of Americas".

As for your foreign policy theory that it is acceptable for countries to enter into temporary alliances with undemocratic, repressive right-wing regimes to protect their interests.... then it's all about "interests", and not democracy or right-wing dictatorships. You can't be consistent & maintain credibility with, "Well, sometimes I'm going to fight for democracy, and other times I'm going to fight against democracy by supporting right-wing dictatorships." Double standards.

If you're just going to act out of convenience & interests, then it's not democracy. This is how the US generally acts in its foreign policy. Which is why any semi-intelligent person knows that Iraq is NOT an exercise in democracy, but an exercise in American interests, as usual.

You should know that, from the fact that you admitted that the bottom line was about "interests". But hypocrites like you are always spouting propaganda about "democracy" & "freedom".

And as for the US supporting current dictatorships, 2 big examples are Pakistan's Musharraf (no elections) & Egypt's Mubarak (rigged elections since 1981). Egypt, by the way, is the 2nd largest single receipient of US foreign aid. Those two are generals, as well. What a coincidence that the US loves to support military generals....

Others include Nyazov of Turkmenistan (#8 on Parade's Annual List of World's Top Ten Worst Dictators), Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (#7), & Nguema of Equatorial Guinea (#10). The US gets military base or oil rights from all the above. (Google at your own leisure.)

Or, do you prefer to cut & run and ignore the true reality, because you're afraid that it might destroy your illusions of a "good", democracy loving America??????

Anybody who thinks the US doesn't finance & support undemocratic, repressive dictators anymore is living in an utterly naive fantasy world, and has been exposed to excessive amounts of propaganda.

So please, no more of this "the US wants to promote democracy in Iraq" crap. The US doesn't give a damn what kind of government is in Iraq (or anywhere else, for that matter) as long as its pro-US.

Answer 5

Ever see the movie Mo' Money.. that was a pretty funny movie.

You align with who you need to at the time, don't see us telling the British to leave do ya. What is Cuba going to do or Castro for that matter, kill all the good baseball players so we can't have them? Does anyone else think he is mechanical, like a robot so the people in power there don't lose their status? I think he is dead for real, he looks dead at least.

GO see the movie.

Answer 6

The lefties like people they have so much in common with.

I am a tad bit puzzled by a couple of the posts here. WHAT right wing dictators are we cozy with at this time? The Dictator of France is a leftie, the Dictators of most of the other EU states are lefties, the dictators of the South American Banana republics are mostly leftist lunatics. Come to think of it, "leftist lunatic" is a redundant phrase.

Answer 7

excuse me???

Communist China is getting ready to call in our U.S. debts to them? - please read the next item TWICE;
Not to cozy that George borrowed about a trillion from our communist China friends for his Iraq war

United Arab Emerites now runs our U.S. Ports hey! Gosh that's right - Bin Lauden is an ARAB! So were the the supposed 911 airplane hijackers! Hey! thats also where Haliburton is moving the corporate head offices - how cozy is that?
Castro? you worry about a squirt like that? OoooO Cuba! Scary!! (I don't think he's "wonderful" the people there all want him done and gone - i don't know where you hard that lone voice...???)
Plus why are YOU really the pro communist? - America made a big deal about defeating that system (cold war -Russia- China nuclear race) now they are a great big piggy bank we can borrow from - What the ____ are you talking about -get real!
P.S. China wants the money back- have you heard how the dollar is dropping? their bonds will become worthless when the U.S. falls into collapse caused by piggish righties on the wing (pigs on the wing - hello?) your fault not the lefties

time to cut the oinking!

Answer 8

Feel free to chime in with any proof that "lefties" are even half as fond of Castro as you're suggesting. This is just another weak ad hominem attack, frankly. Being an apologist for ANY dictator, regardless of political ideology, is unacceptable.

Answer 9

Hmm - Like when Reagan sold weapons to Iran illegally? Or Rummy did the same for Saddam? You're argument ignores the fact that these alliances never turn out well in the long run.

Last but not least show me some proof we align ourselves with castro? You can't because it isn't true. Therefore your entire argument is bogus.

Answer 10

It is the typical double standard of the left. Do as I say, not as I do.

The US has relations with most of the countries on the planet at some level, whether they be economic and trade relations or as political allies. These relations change with each presidency and the global political climate. Those who were our allies yesterday may not be tomorrow due to a change in our political climate or theirs. The far left only wants what will benefit them today, they do not look at history or the future of these relations.

Answer 11

You got it all wrong.That's clod war logic.This is a new age.Even Bush said"For too long, many nations, including my own, tolerated, even excused, oppression in the Middle East in the name of stability. Oppression became common, but stability never arrived. We must take a different approach. We must help the reformers of the Middle East as they work for freedom, and strive to build a community of peaceful, democratic nations".
And on Castro you don't have a clue what you are talking about