Considering, in return for hosting and aiming the nukes, Fidel received economic aid and weapons technology, he plays more than the role of a pawn. If he didn't really want to do such a thing, why didn't he refuse the aid and tell the Soviets he didn't want to play ball?
Ok, so if he would've declined any aid from the Soviets, Cuba wouldn't have been anything. The US was already planning on assasinating him, so it was the US who turned their backs on Castro just because he was a socialist. I would've done the same damn thing if I was Castro and you would've too, and you know it!
Granted, yes, they were Soviet missiles. But it's a little like suing Derringer because some guy shot you. The missiles were coming from the country of Cuba. If he wished, Castro could've either refused to place the missiles or deactivated them on his own.
Yeh, because the Soviets wouldn't have cared. The Soviets would've beat the hell out of Cuba if Castro took those missles down.
Statistics wise, Stalin actually killed more people than Hitler, I believe. This would encompass the mass starvations in Poland, the Ukraine, etc., as well as domestically.
So you would prefer Stalin, who was an equal murderer? Seems rather silly to me.
I'm also going to go with Stalin.
No, it's not. The numbers are Stalin's from deaths in Poland, Ukraine, and the other areas of East Germany as well as inside the Soviet Union.
Yes, it is. Hitler started a World War. If you ask me, he was responsible for every life lost because there would've been no loss of life had the Germans not started invading countries and killing everyone. Hitler, alone, is responsible for the deaths of 6 million Jews. His army (which took orders from him) are responsible for the millions of other deaths.
So Stalin gets a free pass, even though he was as brutal, if not more brutal, than Hitler?
Please show me who said Stalin gets a free pass.
