[kabumpo]

How odd that anyone could ever, ever imagine that someone who allied himself with Fidel Castro could be thought of as a communist.
And please explain - without resorting to wikipedia - exactly what “fighting against Batista” means. Was there a war?

[xzins]

Here is an article dealing with President Kennedy's initial support of Fidel Castro. It would explain why Rafael Cruz Sr, a teenager at the time, would want to support Castro. This has been posted before. Do I expect you to hear it this time? I doubt it. Again, you can't say you don't know why.

Dr. Néstor García Iturbe (*) in his article "Cuba – Estados Unidos - Kennedy," written 49 years ago and published October 19, 2012, presents a long excerpt from the French journalist’s interview with Kennedy, in which the President acknowledges U.S. responsibility for the Batista dictatorship and the humiliating economic colonization of Cuba in the 1950’s.

"I believe that there is no country in the world including any and all the countries under colonial domination, where economic colonization, humiliation and exploitation were worse than in Cuba, in part owing to my country’s policies during the Batista regime.

"I approved of the proclamation which Fidel Castro made in the Sierra Maestra, when he justifiably called for justice and especially yearned to rid Cuba of corruption. I will even go further: to some extent it is as though Batista was the incarnation of a number of sins on the part of the United States. Now we shall have to pay for those sins.

"In the matter of the Batista regime, I am in agreement with the first Cuban revolutionaries. That is perfectly clear." http://www.granma.cu/ingles/international-i/30may-Kennedy.html

[Jim Robinson]

We are going to support Ted Cruz to the hilt here on FR if he runs. Those who wish to work us against us and or troll us on this will probably find themselves sitting it out for the duration. FR will not be an anti-Cruz site.

Go, Ted, GO!!