>> We desperately need to learn how to make a just society -- they can probably help us greatly in that.
Oh, man! While we're at it, let's resurrect Torquemada to monitor Gitmo for abuses and appoint Lucretia Borgia to head the FDA.
>> Except for the matter of political liberty -- a very important matter, mind you -- he built a good, just and equitable society in Cuba.
Except for the matter of aerodynamics and flight, Leonardo built a very good helicopter. Except for the problems of mass and weight, gravity is no big deal either.
The brother's a real winner, too. Beria replaces Stalin:"Particularly in the early years, Raúl acted as his brother’s hard-line enforcer, eliminating opponents and earning himself the nickname “The Prussian” for his cold, efficient style.
"Photographs from the late-1950s show him as a slight young man, directing summary executions of scores of Batista’s fighters. Throughout the years, he has sent even close friends to the firing squad, men like General Arnaldo Ochoa, a highly-decorated veteran of Cuba’s campaigns in Africa."
[from: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3396201]
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