[HombreSecreto]

Is he still dead?

[Migraine]

Is his condition still “grave”?

[yarddog]

He saved Spain more than once.

He saved them from the brutality of Communism and also from the meat grinder of WWII.

The fact that he is so relentlessly attacked in the media is pretty good proof just how strong Communism really is in the media and most of Europe.

[Fiji Hill]

Franco's Spain was also our covert ally during the Cold War and provided bases for our B-45 and B-47 bombers. Our bases had to fly the Spanish flag and were kept discreet. The huge US base at Torrejón de Ardoz , outside Madrid, was marked by a sign reading simply Base Aerea (air base) that pointed down a two-lane road.

[Slyfox]

Thank you for posting.

[Sam Gamgee]

This is and has been an issue of interest of me for some time. Read some balanced Spanish written accounts of Franco and you get a much more even balanced view of him. Not perfect but better than the alternative.

I am passionate enough to say that Americans Canadians and British that went to kill his soldiers don’t deserve any honors. They willfully chose to fight essentially on the behalf of the Soviets against the legitimate government of Spain, and thus, were terrorists in my mind.

His sin was being on the right. Same goes for Pinochet. Another maligned political figure of old is Oliver Cromwell, maligned by royalists.

[humblegunner]

Franco’s death was celebrated with vulgar, vindictive glee

He must've been a dick then.