But I think that Canada is great too, Guest! Even greater, in fact. That's why I stay in Canada. ;-) Regarding Cuba, I only say that it has been much better off under Castro than it would have been had it remained under Batista! And that's bloody obvious if you know what it was like under Batista. The USA would never have rescued the Cubans from Batista in a million years, because he played ball with all the rich American Mafiosos and industrialists, and that was the problem in a nutshell. Castro didn't play ball with the rich Americans. That's always the problem in Latin America...the most corrupt people in all those countries are hand in glove with the richest and most corrupt people in the USA, and one hand washes the other...while ordinary people suffer.

That is not the fault of ordinary Americans. They didn't ask for it, and they didn't make it happen. It does not represent their dreams or their aspirations, and it is against their ideals of liberty and freedom. It's a betrayal of American ideals.

Did you know that Castro greatly admired George Washington? Not surprising, really. They stood for essentially the same values. They both took on a great empire and won.