Fidel Castro hero of the EU

[DodgyAgent]

https://euobserver.com/foreign/136063

There are a good number of useful idiots on here that would suck up to Castro just as they do to the EU

In a statement on Saturday, roundly criticised on social media, Juncker said that Castro was "one of the historic figures of the past century" and that "the world has lost a man who was a hero for many."
"He changed the course of his country and his influence reached far beyond. Fidel Castro remains one of the revolutionary figures of the 20th century. His legacy will be judged by history," he added.

[shaunbhoy]

Fought against Capitalism all of his life.......and died on Black Friday. Oh the Irony!!

[vetran]

how dare we contemplate leaving this fabulous organisation?

[DodgyAgent]

Here is another so called popular virtue signalling leftie now showing his true colours What Trudeau's Castro comments reveal (Opinion) - CNN.com

[OwlHoot]

https://euobserver.com/foreign/136063

There are a good number of useful idiots on here that would suck up to Castro just as they do to the EU

In a statement on Saturday, roundly criticised on social media, Juncker said that Castro was "one of the historic figures of the past century" and that "the world has lost a man who was a hero for many."
"He changed the course of his country and his influence reached far beyond. Fidel Castro remains one of the revolutionary figures of the 20th century. His legacy will be judged by history," he added.

In fairness, nothing in Juncker's statement expresses any approval for Castro.

They're just statements of facts, although that in itself is pretty mealy mouthed and cowardly in the circs.

[DodgyAgent]

To be fair to dear old Fidel, he did come closer, with a bit of assistance from his mates JFK & Mr Khrushchev, to sterilizing the planet for a megayear or two than any one else last century.

That would have made dear old Chairman Mao look like an amateur.

Fair point

[shaunbhoy]

I'm given to understand that he passed that particular baton to the nutjob with a funny haircut in North Korea.

[vetran]

In fairness, nothing in Juncker's statement expresses any approval for Castro.

They're just statements of facts, although that in itself is pretty mealy mouthed and cowardly in the circs.

Adolph Hitler was one of the historic figures of the past century and the embodiment of the German resurgence. With the death of Adolph Hitler, the world has lost a man who was a hero for many. He changed the course of his country and his influence reached far beyond. Adolph Hitler, remains one of the revolutionary figures of the 20th century. His legacy will be judged by history.

Josef Stalin was one of the historic figures of the past century and the embodiment of the Russian Revolution. With the death of Josef Stalin, the world has lost a man who was a hero for many. He changed the course of his country and his influence reached far beyond. Josef Stalin, remains one of the revolutionary figures of the 20th century. His legacy will be judged by history.

yeah seems to work for anyone.

[OwlHoot]

yeah seems to work for anyone.

Exactly, that was my point. It was just three lines of self-evident waffle.

[vetran]

Exactly, that was my point. It was just three lines of self-evident waffle.

I'm with you brother!

I suppose he can't really say Fidel was a nutter who fought capitalism at the expense of his people, I mean Castro's brother is still at the helm. But it does seem like he doesn't have the balls to show any dislike for a very unpleasant person.