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Socialistlemur

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8. Kennedy had to be a real idiot if he thought an uprising would take place

Reply to Peace Patriot (Reply #5)

Mon Jul 15, 2013, 07:20 PM

Jul 2013

The key event according to what I read was the denial by Kennedy to allow air support. I think even with air support they would have been defeated unless it was massive. Your writer wasn't there. Neither was I, but I don't think he really knew what he claimed. We will see when we read the CIA material.

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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