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2011-04-12 Caribbean-Latin America

Cuban Ex-CIA Agent Acquitted in Texas Perjury Case, Left Enraged

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Posted by Anonymoose 2011-04-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Anyone so hated by Fidel and Oogo (and, apparently, teh Zero) can't be all bad...

Posted by PBMcL 2011-04-12 01:27|| 2011-04-12 01:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh. I thought Left Enraged referred to Luis' state of mind when he departed the courtroom.

Had the headline said Left Unhinged, I would've been less likely to be confused.

But unhinged or enraged - it's all good.

Posted by Bobby 2011-04-12 06:05|| 2011-04-12 06:05|| Front Page Top

#3 This guy truly needs an rah-rah biography about how he spent his life fighting commies, and why, going into detail about how evil they were, and how some Americans supported them.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-04-12 10:18|| 2011-04-12 10:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh sure, so he bombed a hotel and brought down an airliner killing dozens of civilians. And then there's all those crazy rumors of sabotage and assasinations. But think about it. Say you and your buds blast a couple of Stingers off the back of your pleasure craft and what...all of sudden people are calling you a terrorist. Is that fair? That's such an ugly lable. Just remember, those were confusing times way back then. Big Red was knockin' on the back door. And don't forget, he was (and prolly still is) on the Agency's dole. So really...if you think about it...he's more like ah...ummm...a Freedom Fighter. Yeah...that's the ticket. Also, try to keep all that escaping from a US prison then sneaking back across the border only to lie immigration stuff in perspective. After all, he's a "Cold War Hero". International espionage is his craft. And, dammit, if it wasn't for his pesky illegal alien citizenship status he might even be considerd a national treasure. Hey...Libya has their al-Megrahi so why can't the US have their Posada? So yeah...what's "The Left" all jazzed up about anyway?

Posted by DepotGuy 2011-04-12 10:53|| 2011-04-12 10:53|| Front Page Top

#5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Posada_Carriles

He's a complex guy. And what you call terrorism today was fair game on both sides during the Cold War. For every bit of real evidence of his activities, there is more and greater efforts to fabricate evidence and stop him by the left, both internationally, and in the US.

You mentioned his prison escape? How about imprisoning a man for eight years while Democrat prosecutors delay and appeal acquittals? How about Cuban spies working hand-in-hand with US Democrats to try and take him out?

Face it, as much as Cuba tried to be a pest in this hemisphere, and wherever else Castro sent his spies, assassins and mercenaries, people like Posada kept trying to stop them, and usually with US government help. Except when Democrats tried to stop him for their commie buddies.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-04-12 13:17|| 2011-04-12 13:17|| Front Page Top

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