Originally Posted By: Dwalin2011
It's a pity Castro didn't treat the mobsters he captured according the law of war. I read somewhere that Santo Trafficante complained about being held for just "about a month" in a prisoner camp. Why not just put them away for life? What kind of "communist dictatorship" is that?


Actually compared with most of the communist dictators in history Castro is relatively benign.

I'm not saying he's a good guy or anything, but he's no Stalin or Mao.