November 29, 2008
Russian Soldiers Dying in Cuba?!
From the AP story on Medveded's visit to Cuba:
"Earlier Friday, Medvedev and Raul Castro laid a wreath at a monument to Soviet soldiers who died while serving in Cuba in the early 1960s,"
But....but that's IMPOSSIBLE?! But...but...but Castro's was a purely nationalist rebellion against foreign (Yankee) domination! But the use of Soviet occupation troops was....simply...simply unthinkable!.... But...but...but the Castro regime, the Russians, The Best and Brightest and every single "scholar and historian," from Jorge Dominguez to Marifeli and from Hugh Thomas to Jon Lee Anderson to Jorge Castaneda has insisted that no Russian troops took part in any anti-insurgency fighting in Cuba, in the Escambray rebellion and elsewhere?!
In contrast, writers who value the opinions (and valor and sacrifice) of Cuba's freedom-fighter heroes, and source them extensively in their books (if I do so say so myself) often use their accounts to highlight the Russian role in the slaughter of Cuba's freedom-fighters. This raised eyebrows and provoked snorts from all "scholarly" quarters regarding my books--shame on me for not relying on a Stalinist regime as the primary source for my research!
Well...? Then who were these "Soviet soldiers who died while serving in Cuba in the early 1960's?" Hunnnh?
And what exactly was their "service"?
Posted by Humberto at November 29, 2008 09:14 AM
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They were probably just heroic Russian tourists who happened to take up arms for the Revolution.
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at November 29, 2008 10:48 AM
I'm guessing at least a few of them died of alcohol poisoning.
Posted by: Lazaro at November 29, 2008 01:30 PM
i love how scholars and many other "experts" claim that after Cuba got its independence from Spain it just became an inderect colony of the U.S throught the Platt amendment. well in that case Cuba later became a colony of the Soviet Union. Same shit
Posted by: Andyrc at November 29, 2008 05:34 PM
No, no! Much worse Sh*T! If being an "exploited colony of the Yankee Imperialists!" meant you achieved a higher standard of living than half of Europe in a mere 50 years as a sovereign nation, with 80 % literacy and the 13th lowest infant mortality IN THE WORLD (Cuba,1958) and with Europeans (not to mention Caribbeans and other Latin Americans) CLAMORING(!!) to immigrate to your nation--if this is "Yankee Exploitation and Imperialism!"--then hell, all nations should be HALF so LUCKY as Cuba in 1958!!
Posted by: Humberto at November 29, 2008 05:50 PM
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