103. Castro overthrew Batista because the Cuban people supported him.
His tiny invasion force was almost wiped out just after landing. They only succeeded with the support of urban intellectuals & students--& the country people. After Batista's overthrow, the US didn't know what to do with the new Cuban government--so Castro took support offered by the USSR.
We've got diplomatic relations with far worse rulers than Castro.
The spurious quotations at the top of the thread did NOT come from DU. And the demand that (even slightly) pro-Castro posts be forbidden seems odd from someone claiming to support free expression.
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