I meant Kim Jong Un. I can't keep those names straight. Originally Posted by CuteOldGuyI am not sure they can keep it straight themselves. But each one gets a little wackier than the one before. Un is a truly sick bastard in every meaning of the phrases.
I am not sure they can keep it straight themselves. But each one gets a little wackier than the one before. Un is a truly sick bastard in every meaning of the phrases.Maybe he is a puppet, and all this other shit is an act?
What I truly don't understand is why China puts up with having a nut with nukes on their boarder. I would have expected them to make sure he had an accident. It wouldn't be that hard, at 5'6 or so and 300 lbs of flab--and with a serious drinking habit--he is a walking heart attack waiting for the slightest push. Then put a saner dictator in power. It certainly wouldn't be the first puppet government China put in place there. Han and Tang both did. If I remember correctly, so did the Ming. So long as they control their own nukes they are not a docile puppet. Originally Posted by Old-T
The reference was primarily to Kim Jong-Un. And yes, Castro was more sane that KJU, and yes, in the world of evil dictators KJU is likely in a lower level of hell. Originally Posted by Old-Twhich makes Fidel worse .. because he knew better, yeah?? the difference between dictators is marginal, sparky. you make a lame comparison
Where did our Cuban expert Big Louie go? Originally Posted by bambinoto smoke a cuban stogie .. bahhaa
It makes me wonder, since Raul is also an old fuck, how much of a power vacuum will present itself. Originally Posted by pyramiderthere will be a division. at best Raul might throw a few economic reforms to put a few more pesos in the pockets of the proletariat and hope that tides the regime over once he dies. of course the old turd could live to be 99.
It makes me wonder, since Raul is also an old fuck, how much of a power vacuum will present itself. Originally Posted by pyramiderThat will indeed be the interesting question. There will almost certainly be a contentious "fight" for the new leader to emerge. Will it be violent? Will it result in subsequent purges? We shall see. Cuba is not the USSR nor China. They will figure it out themselves--hopefully themselves without a lot of foreign "help".
Maybe he is a puppet, and all this other shit is an act?Every indication is that he is not a very pliable puppet. He has country on the verge of total starvation, and when 25M people eventually decide that they are truly being systematically starved to death while Fat Boy gorges himself and spends $1M on cognac it can easily result in a total deterioration of any semblance of law. At that point, who gets their hands on the nukes? Who do they see as the appropriate target of their anger? Gives a new potential meaning to "car bomb".
Additionally, maybe all the nuke tests are really Chinese weapons, with the little dictator and that NBA guy (Dennis Rodman?) as useful idiots? Originally Posted by DSK
Every indication is that he is not a very pliable puppet. He has country on the verge of total starvation, and when 25M people eventually decide that they are truly being systematically starved to death while Fat Boy gorges himself and spends $1M on cognac it can easily result in a total deterioration of any semblance of law. At that point, who gets their hands on the nukes? Who do they see as the appropriate target of their anger? Gives a new potential meaning to "car bomb".Iran will nuke us long before any need to debate the little fat dude and his band of idiot scientists.
As to "maybe they are really Chinese weapons", it doesn't work that way. More so than other explosions, a nuke has a very informative signature that tells a lot about its manufacture. Nuclear forensics is a very interesting topic. Originally Posted by Old-T
I sincerely hope that after the demise of little brother, Cuba does NOT become a political and economic clone of the US. Originally Posted by Old-T
I said I hoped they would not try to clone the US form of government/economy/living. There are many things in between--or just different ways to instantiate a free society.
Cuba is not the US, the Cuban history and situation is not the US. To copy something because it works one place different from your circumstances is not always the best approach. Originally Posted by Old-T
Why would the introduction of long-overdue freedoms and market capitalism be a threat to Cuba's history or uniqueness?Look how difficult it is to get the Clinton Klan out of U.S. politics, and someone believes the Castro Klan is taking a walk?
Your point eludes me. Originally Posted by lustylad