Mandela
Daniel Ortega
Yitzhak Shamir
Tomiichi Murayama
Can't really come up with a fifth (if we count living pols)
Daniel Ortega
Yitzhak Shamir
Tomiichi Murayama
Can't really come up with a fifth (if we count living pols)
xD Team America flashbackMacca wrote:
Erm...
Hans Blix.
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Kmarion wrote:
The respect for Fidel is amazing. Admiring a violent policy of intolerance and repressiveness truly boggles me.
It's the nature of the human kind. The exception proves the rule.TeamZephyr wrote:
...
Amazingly I couldn't think of any more after those 3. Why is it that so many politicians are totally devoid of morality? Why does power corrupt like it does?
I think it's admiration based on:Fancy_Pollux wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
The respect for Fidel is amazing. Admiring a violent policy of intolerance and repressiveness truly boggles me.
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Fuck me - you must be a IRA man released from prisonCameronPoe wrote:
Nelson Mandela, South Africa
John Hume, Ireland
Gerry Adams, Ireland
David Ervine, Ireland (Northern)
Brian Cowan, Ireland (known affectionately in the media as BIFFO -> Big Ignorant Fucker From Offaly)
Fidel Castro, Cuba
Mikhail Gorbachev, Russia
John McCain, USA
William Jefferson Clinton, USA
Ken Livingstone, UK
Saeb Erekat, Palestine
Ehud Barak, Israel
Aung Sang Su Kyi, Myanmar
Mohammed Khatami, Iran
And least respect?
Michael McDowell, Ireland
Ian Paisley, Ireland (Northern)
Peter Robinson, Ireland (Northern)
Sammy Wilson, Ireland (Northern)
Nigel Dodds, Ireland (Northern)
Silvio Berlusconi, Italy
José Maria Aznar, Spain
Margaret Thatcher, UK
Tony Blair, UK
George W. Bush, USA
Donald Rumsfeld, USA
Paul Wolfowitz, USA
Richard Perle, USA
Richard Ashcroft, USA
Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Iran
Ishmael Haniya, Palestine
Ariel Sharon, Israel
Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel
Kim Jong Il, North Korea
John Howard, Australia
Fuck me - ? churchills still alive?Polux wrote:
Winston Churchill
Helmut Kohl
Nelson Mandela
Jean-Claude Junker
I agree his revolution may not be accommodating of everyone's lifestyle or beliefs but I do admire the man for being one of the only figures to stand up to the US' attempts to have a controlling interest in every country in the world. I don't think you have to agree with absolutely every aspect of a politicians ideology to have respect for them, i have a grudging respect for Ian Paisley (for the love of God that man can sure stick to his guns no matter how much writing is on the wall) but i agree with about zero percent of his political beliefs.Kmarion wrote:
The respect for Fidel is amazing. Admiring a violent policy of intolerance and repressiveness truly boggles me.
Yep anyone who can completely wreck a healthy ecconomy and that of the next 30 years (he'd borrowed HUGE amounts in the form of Uk Gilts) and has the guts to take a salary has to get some kind of respect....Bertster7 wrote:
Gordon Brown (I don't like him, but you've got to admire what he's done for the economy)
Did the alzheimer's kick in?deeznutz1245 wrote:
1) Ronald Reagan
2)___________
3)___________
4)___________
5)___________
and dont forget..... 6)____________.
That's the dumbest set of criteria I've ever seen. Just because you keep oppressing people for some ass-backwards cause doesn't make you a good man. Fidel Castro is just a stubborn old jackass who refuses to accept that Communism has failed. So many people criticize Bush for being stubborn, yet you praise Castro for basically being stubborn.CameronPoe wrote:
I think it's admiration based on:Fancy_Pollux wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
The respect for Fidel is amazing. Admiring a violent policy of intolerance and repressiveness truly boggles me.
a) His resilience and commitment to his cause;
b) The fact his 'heart' is in the right place even if the means of achieving his goals were less than salubrious in the immediate aftermath of the revolution;
c) His dogged bravery in the face of overwhelming adversity, where external powers continue to try and impose their will and force Cuba to conform to their norms.
You're missing the point. He's committed to being stubborn!UGADawgs wrote:
That's the dumbest set of criteria I've ever seen. Just because you keep oppressing people for some ass-backwards cause doesn't make you a good man. Fidel Castro is just a stubborn old jackass who refuses to accept that Communism has failed. So many people criticize Bush for being stubborn, yet you praise Castro for basically being stubborn.CameronPoe wrote:
I think it's admiration based on:Fancy_Pollux wrote:
a) His resilience and commitment to his cause;
b) The fact his 'heart' is in the right place even if the means of achieving his goals were less than salubrious in the immediate aftermath of the revolution;
c) His dogged bravery in the face of overwhelming adversity, where external powers continue to try and impose their will and force Cuba to conform to their norms.
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