File talk:Dictator Raul Castro Fire Squad.jpg

Imperialist Propaganda here
The United States is more a de facto dictatorship than Cuba. Elected leader Raúl Castro is part of a political system that is more democratic than the one which Wall St. stooge Barack Obama fronts. So I object to the blatant propaganda in the naming of this picture. The man to be shot committed a crime during wartime -- be certain of that. How many have the yanqui imperialists shot just this past year, in Iraq or Afghanistan. Or elsewhere..? Some perspective, please!! Pazouzou (talk) 00:41, 9 July 2009 (UTC)


 * The image is very cutesy indeed, it almost yells "look, evil!!", yet as you say, it is true, the picture was taken in a time of war, making it extremely naive by all accounts. The fact that its called "Dictator Raul Castro Fire Squad" makes it even worst, as it has all the markings of sloppy anti-castrist propaganda (which strictly states that all the Castro brothers do is to apease their satanic god Baal). All in all, we should probably question if this picture is noteworthy or not (so far it looks like a feeble attempt at propaganda).--99.192.58.55 (talk) 14:15, 16 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Re: Pazouzou & ip 99, what I would contend is indisputable, is that the file should be renamed and the word "dictator" removed. Setting aside what one may think of his rule in Cuba since 2006, Raul was not a "dictator" at the time of this photo, nor was he in any sort of executive role for another 50 or so years after this image was taken. An additional problem with the image is that it originally incorrectly named Che Guevara as the one tying the hands of the man, however that is not Che Guevara, who does not appear in the image altogether. This has been corrected in the caption of the photo, but unfortunately can't be removed from the original comment on the images page - from when The Independent originally uploaded the file. To the above comments, I would not classify the image as "imperialist propaganda" as the authenticity of the image is legit, however one could argue its inclusion on the basis of WP:Undue or WP:NPOV. I personally can see the merits of both sides of the argument in terms of having the photo included on the whole. On one end, it would probably be more relevant to an article on the Cuban Revolution or to firing squads in general - than to a biography of Raul Castro himself --- however, I am also weary of the appearance of "censorship" in terms of a historically authentic image.   Red thoreau  (talk)RT 00:12, 17 July 2009 (UTC)