Obama won the election.

[BuildistGuard]

The reason that communism hasn't worked because it has never existed. In order to make communism, you would have to abolish all countries borders. So far, the countries called "Communist" are actually State Capitalist, well at least most of them. State Capitalism works in Cuba because:

They have a higher life expectancy than even the United States. (Source: http://bit.ly/1atJf7T)
Cuba has universal healthcare, compared to the United states.

A list of American backed dictators (Hell, even Saddam Hussein is on the list):
http://tinfoilpalace.emp.yuku.com/topic/...nR21vmsh8E
http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Ar...2550.shtml
http://morallowground.com/2013/01/20/us-...e-nations/
Some evidence that Saddam Hussein was backed by the United States:
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/20...assed_iran
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...eagan.html
http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/