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Latin America

Socialistlemur

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4. Incorrect version of the story

Reply to vinny9698 (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 15, 2013, 02:37 AM

Jul 2013

The Cuban government was taken by surprise. The invasion force was bottled up because they landed where bottling them up was easily accomplished. The key failure was the USA government's change of plans to suspend air cover. In modern warfare a group left in the open without air cover can't win if its outnumbered.

The idea that they could get to "mountains" when the site is surrounded by a huge swamp sure sounds silly. And of course going into mountains where Castro had hard core support was a dumb idea. Your acquaintance was fed a politically correct answer by his CIA bosses...the whole idea was stupid and the USA failed to execute the air cover plan. A book I read said Kennedy himself stopped it.

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WSJ: New Battle Over the Bay of Pigs Invasion [View all] Mika Jul 2013 OP

FFS, everybody's dead, EXCEPT Castro Demeter Jul 2013 #1

Ignorance is bliss. Mika Jul 2013 #2

I talked to an individual that was part of the invasion. vinny9698 Jul 2013 #3

Incorrect version of the story Socialistlemur Jul 2013 #4

JFK FIRED CIA Director Allen Dulles over the 'Bay of Pigs.' Don't know where you get your info... Peace Patriot Jul 2013 #5

We need to regain that faith we all had when protesters dared to speak out in the 1960's. Judi Lynn Jul 2013 #6

Kennedy had to be a real idiot if he thought an uprising would take place Socialistlemur Jul 2013 #8

You've never been there ... Mika Jul 2013 #9

Do you have to visit the nazi concentration camps to believe they were there? Socialistlemur Jul 2013 #11

"why should I disbelieve the UN human rights reports, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch ..." Mika Jul 2013 #12

So you think amnesty internacional cant check what goes on? Socialistlemur Jul 2013 #15

You can do your own search of DU. It's been covered many times. Mika Jul 2013 #16

Here Mika Jul 2013 #17

Why would he have been an idiot? He relied on the CIA for accurate intelligence and they LIED... Peace Patriot Jul 2013 #18

No air support was promised... MinM Jul 2013 #10

Thanks for your post. n/t Judi Lynn Jul 2013 #14

Recording of JFK telling Sargent Shriver not to let CIA infiltrate the Peace Corps MinM Jul 2013 #19

Glad to have learned that using the Peace Corps for ulterior purposes was NOT Judi Lynn Jul 2013 #20

JFK did not cancel any airstrikes at all MinM Jan 2014 #21

YUP, the bay of pigs and the cuban military crises were the two things that turned JFK naaman fletcher Jul 2013 #13

The rest of this needs to be revealed NOW. Hope it can happen. Thanks, Mika. n/t Judi Lynn Jul 2013 #7