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2009-03-16 Europe

Spain set to tear down its last statue of General Franco

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Posted by Fred 2009-03-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

Posted by gromky 2009-03-16 00:41|| 2009-03-16 00:41|| Front Page Top

#2 That Spaniards are not eating bark and grass and (still) have a viable economy is the statute to Franco, in a comparative measure of some of the real alternatives Spain faced from the 30s to the 79s. Although it appears a lot of them are working to move Spain into that direction. Was he a 'good' man? Nope. Has it been far worse elsewhere when managed by the usual suspects, particularly those he fought? Certainly.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-03-16 08:22|| 2009-03-16 08:22|| Front Page Top

#3 That Spaniards are not eating bark and grass and (still) have a viable economy

That had/has little to do with Frnco and his national socialist legacy. They're well damn shed of his ilk.

Posted by Shipman 2009-03-16 14:03|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2009-03-16 14:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Complex issue.
Franco guided Spain through a delicate neutrality in WW II. Arguably, he kept the nation from being a Stalinist fiefdom during the civil war. He will, however, always be a lightening rod for the left.

p.s. Franco was not a National Socialist.

Posted by borgboy 2009-03-16 14:46|| 2009-03-16 14:46|| Front Page Top

#5 No, Franco was not a good guy, but the left's real problem with him is that he defeated the Stalinists in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39.

The law that requires this reminds me a little of the Ministry of Truth in Orwell's 1984, where history was re-written every day to suit the ever-shifting bureaucratic line.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2009-03-16 21:53|| 2009-03-16 21:53|| Front Page Top

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