Cuba in the cross-hairs: chomsky

[dudeness]

The Batista dictatorship was overthrown in January 1959 by Castro's guerrilla forces. In March, the National Security Council (NSC) considered means to institute regime change. In May, the CIA began to arm guerrillas inside Cuba. "During the Winter of 1959-1960, there was a significant increase in CIA-supervised bombing and incendiary raids piloted by exiled Cubans" based in the US. We need not tarry on what the US or its clients would do under such circumstances. Cuba, however, did not respond with violent actions within the United States for revenge or deterrence. Rather, it followed the procedure required by international law. In July 1960, Cuba called on the UN for help, providing the Security Council with records of some twenty bombings, including names of pilots, plane registration numbers, unexploded bombs, and other specific details, alleging considerable damage and casualties and calling for resolution of the conflict through diplomatic channels. US Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge responded by giving his "assurance the United States has no aggressive purpose against Cuba." Four months before, in March 1960, his government had made a formal decision in secret to overthrow the Castro government, and preparations for the Bay of Pigs invasion were well advanced. ....more


http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=11&ItemID=4394

[bemildred]

1. Duh, you think?

They seem to have been right, in a way.
This defiance stuff seems to be spreading down in Latin America.

Of course the sheer incompetent fecklessness of the policies we have
inflicted on them down there might have something to do with it too.

And the fact that the same incompetent fecklessness at home has
degraded Uncle Sugar's ablity to throw his weight around like he
used to.

And the fact that all the rubes down South are finally wise to the
scam, and no longer believe any bullshit about Democracy and Freedom
and Self-Determination emanating from El Norte.