Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007, 18:32
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Southern Charm,
Western Passion
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Regne de València
Posts: 16,667
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Re: Who is your favorite dictator?
I don't think that it is right to judge all dictators the same. That's very simplistic.
E.g., General Franco was a Social Patriot, not a Nationalist stricto sensu. So, why recriminate him that he did not act like a Nationalist leader would have done?
He had an interest in Northern Africa? So what? Queen Isabella of Castille had an interest in Northern Africa too. It was the immediate border of Christendom in its SW frontiers in those times, and it is the immediate border of Europe in its SW frontiers in modern times.
When General ben Mizziam returned to Morocco to organize its army, General Franco realized that he could not expect any loyalty from Muslims and he dismissed his personal Moorish Guard. Times were changing.
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