Castro Quits

[kissingmybbgoodbye]

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2273302,00.html

 

[w1z4rd]

... and that closes an interesting chapter in the worlds history.

 

[semiautomatix]

As Borat would say: woo woo woo woo wa.

 

[Ou grote]

Hope Bob was watching.

 

[theratman]

The guy is old and dying,about time he quit.I just hope the country doesnt fall into the hands of someone worse..

 

[vespax]

I am on my way to Cuba!!!!!

 

[Tux]

It's the end of an interesting era.

 

[Ady]

Isn't his brother taking over from him?

 

[Piepalook]

Isn't his brother taking over from him?

How old is his brother?

 

[bwana]

I am on my way to Cuba!!!!!

Ditto!

 

[bodhi]

End of an era - Castro had guts [got to admit that ]

ps- i'm no Castro admirer

 

[CyraxHB]

Its about damn time!!

 

[Alan]

Good riddance

 

[Fudzy]

We can all thank him for helping end apartheid.

 

[nauseous_monkey]

We can all thank him for helping end apartheid.

Cuba: Anti-Apartheid
US and UK: Funded Apartheid

I know where my loyalties lay

 

[Piepalook]

We can all thank him for helping end apartheid.

You are wrong.
Cuba never helped to end apartheid.
Cuba was used by the Russians to help in Angola.
The Russians couldn't get involved directly in the war as the Americans wouldn't have liked that.

 

[StrongTurd]

The SADF gave the Cubans the biggest hiding in Angola that any army had received since WWII.

 

[Piepalook]

The SADF gave the Cubans the biggest hiding in Angola that any army had received since WWII.

Well spoken old toothless one!LOL!

 

[Alan]

How many casualties did Cuba suffer in Angola?

 

[Wino]

The combined losses of Cuban troops and FAPLA troops numbered somewhere over 7000.
The SADF lost 31 troops.