COUNTRIES TO COME TO THE UNITED 
STATES.
I THINK CUBA SHOULD BE TREATED 
SIMILARLY. 
>> I WANT TO FOLLOW UP TO A 
QUESTION YOU WERE ASKED IN MIAMI
RECENTLY.
THE MODERATORS PLAYED A VIDEO OF
YOU BACK IN 1985 IN WHICH YOU 
PRA
PRAISED FIDEL CASTRO.
DO YOU THINK THE CUBAN 
REVOLUTION WAS GOOD FOR THE 
PEOPLE OF CUBA?
>> LOOK, YOU KNOW, THE CUBAN 
REVOLUTION TOOK PLACE -- WHEN 
WAS IT?
1959?
IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.
WHAT I SAID, THE MAIN POINT THAT
I MADE, ANDERSON, IS THAT I 
DON'T THINK THAT THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA SHOULD GO 
AROUND OVERTHROWING GOVERNMENTS.
I THINK THE BAY OF PIGS WAS A 
DISASTER.
I THINK THE OVERTHROW OF THE 
DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT
IN GUATEMALA WAS A DISASTER.
I THINK THE OVERTHROW OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC ELECTED PRIME 
MINISTER IN IRAN WAS A DISASTER.
SO I DON'T THINK THE UNITED 
STATES HAS THE LEGAL OR MORAL 
RIGHT TO GO AROUND OVERTHROWING 
GOVERNMENTS AND I THINK VERY 
OFTEN THOSE EFFORTS HAVE 
BACKFIRED BRINGING ABOUT A WHOLE
LOT OF INSTABILITY IN REGIONS 
THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY.
>> BUT AS YOU KNOW, EVEN AT THAT
DEBATE, HILLARY CLINTON WENT 
AFTER YOU FOR, IN HER WORDS, 
ESSENTIALLY PRAISING THE REGIME 
OF FIDEL CASTRO WHICH IN A 
GENERAL ELECTION WOULD NO DOUBT 
BE USED AGAINST YOU. 
>> ANDERSON, LET'S NOT GET 
INTO -- LET'S NOT GET INTO RED 
BAITING HERE.
HERE IS THE TRUTH.
EVERYBODY KNOWS IT.
CUBA IS A VERY POOR COUNTRY.
ITS ECONOMY IS IN VERY BAD 
SHAPE.
IT IS AN AUTHORITARIAN COUNTRY.
DO I SUPPORT THEIR POLITICAL 
POLICIES?
OF COURSE I DON'T.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE?
CUBA PRODUCES A LOT OF 
PHYSICIANS IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND YOU KNOW WHERE THEY GO?
THEY GO TO POOR COUNTRIES AROUND
THE WORLD DOING A LOT OF GOOD.
I WISH WE HAD PHYSICIANS IN THIS
COUNTRY, THE NUMBER OF 
PHYSICIANS THAT WE NEED TO GO TO
POOR COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.
BY AND LARGE, CUBA'S EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEM FOR A POOR COUNTRY IS 
PRETTY GOOD.
WHEN CASTRO CAME TO POWER, THEY 
DID A LOT TO ELIMINATE 
ILLITERACY IN THAT COUNTRY.
SO, YES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO 
PRAISE EVERYTHING ABOUT FIDEL 
CASTRO.
IT'S A DICTATORSHIP.
IT'S A POOR ECONOMY.
WE WANT CHANGES.
BUT HAVE SOME GOOD THINGS BEEN 
DONE
