Cuda wrote:NATO never saw the wall as a good thing you fucking moron, NATO saw the wall as overt soviet aggression that they had absolutely no way of dealing with other than to hide under Uncls Sam's nuclear umbrella.
Leave it to Cooter to confuse rhetoric with policy.
It is a WALL. How is a WALL an act of agression? That is like calling the Maginot Line an act of agression.
Alphabetically, or chronologically? By size, or by geographic location? A short list: Angola, Argentina, Columbia, Chile, Peru, Guatemala, Nickyrawaha, Venezuela, El Salvador, Haiti, Grenada, Panama... believe me, I can keep going but you do NOT want me to.
And "Lasting influence" is a cheap smokescreen, btw. Whether or not Castro's influence had staying power is irrelevant to the fact that 1) he had influence, and 2) that influence was not a good thing either for the people who lived there, or for American national interests.
1. In none of those countries is Castro's influence still felt. His attempts to meddle only gained traction because of the repressive nature of the juntas running said countries. As those countries became less oppressive, Castro's influence declined. As for Angola, that was a joke before it started and signaled the beginning of the end for Castro.
2. In all of those countries, the influence of US based multinational corporations has and continues to be felt. Alomost always to the detriment of the native peoples.
It only became obvious that it would fail AFTER Kennedy withheld air support. And far from "coming correct" it was just about the worst fucking thing he could have done, strategically, as well as morally. Nothing like sending the message to every other anti-communist insurgent group on the planet that no matter how much encouragement we give you to overthrow your commuinist oppressors, you can depend on the good old USA to buttfuck you in the mouth the minute you do so.
Kinda like how the US sent signals to Shiites in Iraq after GWI that they should rise up against Saddam only to turn our backs on them?
Let that be a lesson to anyone planning a revolution or even a counter revolution. You better not depend on the generosity of superpowers. What Kennedy did was cold. Then again, Batista was a murdering son of a bitch. So fuck those "freedom fighters" who were looking for their spot at the trough. They should have been better prepared or taken the chance to make the most of a life in America.
"Once upon a time, dinosaurs didn't have families. They lived in the woods and ate their children. It was a golden age."
—Earl Sinclair
"I do have respect for authority even though I throw jelly dicks at them.
- Antonio Brown
Get ready for 'fake bullshit war' part II.
