I think that Cuba is so detached from all of our day to day lives…and that this ""situation" has been discussed so long...I don't think that even we can escalate this discussion to the point of getting pissed at each other.
But who knows.
But from my perspective, it's not that we couldn't "bully" him into submission. From day one, he ranted and raved against the U.S., and sided with the Russians--who WERE our real enemy.
And there's just no getting past the point that he's a DICTATOR, one who blames all of his problems on the U.S., no less.
And gee, doesn't THAT sound familiar!
I hope Castro doesn't die--tonight.
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by GeorgeTelford » Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:26 am
Hi
In the chicken and egg race, I think USA started on Castro first
A few Quotes
A timeline released by the National Security Archives shows the US began planning to overthrow the government of Cuba in October, 1959.[47] On April 17, 1961, approximately 1,400 members of a CIA-trained Cuban exile force landed at the Bay of Pigs, while the United States denied any involvement.
In February 1960 Cuba signed an agreement to buy oil from the USSR. When the US-owned refineries in Cuba refused to process the oil, they were expropriated, and the United States broke off diplomatic relations with the Castro government soon afterward.
In June 1960, Eisenhower reduced Cuba's sugar import quota by 7,000,000 tons, and in response, Cuba nationalized some $850 million worth of US property and businesses. The revolutionary government grabbed control of the nation by nationalizing industry, expropriating property owned by Cubans and non-Cubans alike, collectivizing agriculture, and enacting policies which it claimed would benefit the population. While popular among the poor, these policies alienated many former supporters of the revolution among the Cuban middle and upper-classes.
Documents released by the National Security Archive show that the CIA expected the Cuban people to welcome a U.S.-sponsored invasion, spontaneously rising up against the Castro regime. It expected Cuban military and police forces to refuse to fight against the CIA's 1400-man mercenary invasion force.
In the chicken and egg race, I think USA started on Castro first
A few Quotes
A timeline released by the National Security Archives shows the US began planning to overthrow the government of Cuba in October, 1959.[47] On April 17, 1961, approximately 1,400 members of a CIA-trained Cuban exile force landed at the Bay of Pigs, while the United States denied any involvement.
In February 1960 Cuba signed an agreement to buy oil from the USSR. When the US-owned refineries in Cuba refused to process the oil, they were expropriated, and the United States broke off diplomatic relations with the Castro government soon afterward.
In June 1960, Eisenhower reduced Cuba's sugar import quota by 7,000,000 tons, and in response, Cuba nationalized some $850 million worth of US property and businesses. The revolutionary government grabbed control of the nation by nationalizing industry, expropriating property owned by Cubans and non-Cubans alike, collectivizing agriculture, and enacting policies which it claimed would benefit the population. While popular among the poor, these policies alienated many former supporters of the revolution among the Cuban middle and upper-classes.
Documents released by the National Security Archive show that the CIA expected the Cuban people to welcome a U.S.-sponsored invasion, spontaneously rising up against the Castro regime. It expected Cuban military and police forces to refuse to fight against the CIA's 1400-man mercenary invasion force.
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