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Burnishing Castro's myths.(Between The Lines)(Brief Article)
ITEM: "The sun is bright, the sky blue, the mountains purple and the children frolic happily under the bullet holes," at Moncada Barracks in Cuba, begins a piece by Stephen Hunter in the Washington Post for July 26th, celebrating the attack against Cuban authorities a half-century earlier. The events of July 26, 1953, are "commemorated in today's Cuba as a moment of heroic glow reflecting the bold strategic mind and endless courage of el jefe." The attack "may have been the smallest battle ever fought that changed the world."
BETWEEN THE LINES: Hunter, writing a feature for the Post's "style" section, did point out that the attack 50 years ago utterly failed. Fidel Castro quickly skedaddled when his absurd scheme blew up in 1953. Yet, despite observing that the painted-on bullet holes on the barracks are phony, the tone of the article ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Burnishing Castro's myths.(Between The Lines)(Brief Article)