COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY RUPERT CORNWELL IN THE
INDEPENDENT
"A hero or a
tyrant? Fidel Castro's legacy will echo long beyond his death"
Would the silly author of this silly piece please name one
great historical figure who was not complicated, complex, and viewed quite
differently by different groups?
Winston Churchill? My God, the man used machine guns on
third-world people, regarded the British Empire as sacred, called opponents
names, thought nothing of giving one group's property to another group, made
insider deals with hugely influential men, expressed contempt for ordinary
voters on many occasions, admired Stalin in secret, plus many other delightful
behaviors.
I do not say these things lightly, having read a number of
biographies and a great deal of Churchill's own writing.
