IN 1492, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS DISCOVERED THE ISLAND OF CUBA. HE CLAIMED HER FOR QUEEN ISABELLA OF SPAIN. IN 1502, THE SPANISH CONQUISTADORS BROUGHT THE 1st AFRICAN SLAVES TO THE "NEW WORLD". (INCLUDING CUBA)
IN 1811, SPAIN ABOLISHED SLAVERY IN ITS COLONIES BUT CUBA DID NOT ABOLISH SLAVERY UNTIL THE 1820's. IN 1860, THE CUBAN PEOPLE ROSE UP AGAINST SPANISH RULE...THE INSURRECTION WAS SUPRESSED....OTHER UPRISINGS OCCURRED BUT THEY FAILED....THE LAST ONE OCCURRED IN 1898, AND WAS SO BRUTALLY SUPRESSED THAT IT GOT THE ATTENTION OF U.S. PRESIDENT WILLIAM McKINLEY.
HE SENT THE USS MAINE TO CUBA....THE SHIP BLEW UP IN HAVANA HARBOR, KILLING ALL 260 SAILORS....IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE SABOTAGE, SO THE U.S. CONGRESS DECLARED WAR ON SPAIN (SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR). THE WAR LASTED FOUR MONTHS, WHERIN THE U.S. NAVY ALSO LIBERATED THE PHILLIPINES, PUERTO RICO AND JAMAICA, ALL OF THEM SPANISH COLONIES....
FROM 1902-1953, CUBA WAS GOVERNED BY A SERIES OF CORRUPT LEADERS, THE LAST ONE, A DICTATOR NAMED BATISTA....HE WAS OVERTHROWN BY THE INFAMOUS BROTHERS CASTRO. (1953-1959), WHO GOVERNED CUBA AS A SOCIALIST STATE BY THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION....AT THAT TIME, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WAS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT CASTRO'S POLITICAL "AFFILIATION",
BUT WHEN SEVERAL FOREIGN OIL COMPANIES (INCLUDING A U.S. CO.) BASED IN CUBA REFUSED TO REFINE SOVIET OIL, CASTRO SEIZED THEM....HE ALSO SEIZED SEVERAL TELEGRAGH AND TELEPHONE COMPANIES, INCLUDING AT& T....CASTRO SEIZED LAND OWNED BY FOREIGNERS IN CUBA, "FOR REDISTRIBUTION TO THE PEOPLE"....
THESE ACTIONS BEGAN THE 50 YEAR FUED BETWEEN AMERICA AND CUBA.
IN 1961, JFK LAUNCHED A FAILED OPERATION TO OUST CASTRO, AND IN 1962, CASTRO AGREED TO ALLOW THE SOVIETS TO PLACE NUCLEAR MISSILES AND BOMBERS ON CUBAN SOIL....THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS...THE MISSILES WERE DISCOVERED BY THE U.S., BUT THE U.S. AND SOVIETS MADE A DEAL TO REMOVE THE NUKES IF THE U.S. PROMISED NOT TO INVADE CUBA (AMONG OTHER CONCESSIONS)....
FOR DECADES (1960-1991), CUBA WAS THE PET DOG OF THE SOVIET UNION, A THORN IN AMERICAS SIDE UNTIL PRESIDENT REAGANS ACTIONS FORCED THE DISSOLUTION OF THE SOVIET EMPIRE....IN 2015, OBAMA REVERSED AMERICAN POLICY TOWARD THE DICTATOR CASTRO.....OBAMA RAISED THE WHITE FLAG....ESSENTIALLY, CASTRO HAS WON.......................
WHAT WAS THE ROOT OF THE FUED BETWEEN AMERICA AND CASTRO???
CASTRO FORGOT THAT IT WAS AMERICAN POWER THAT HAD LIBERATED "HIS"
COUNTRY FROM 410 YEARS OF SPANISH RULE.....CASTRO OVERTHROWS A FELLOW DICTATOR WITH THE HELP OF AMERICAS # 1 ENEMY, THE NUCLEAR ARMED SOVIET UNION.....HE THEN LETS THE SOVIETS USE HIM TO THREATEN AMERICAN SECURITY.
THE SOVIETS ENJOYED THE RIVALRY BETWEEN AMERICA AND CASTRO AND SUPPORTED HIM FINANCIALLY AND MILITARILY EVEN THOUGH THEY OPERATED AT CROSS PURPOSES...YOU SEE, THE SOVIETS WERE IN THE BUSINESS OF ENSLAVING COUNTRIES (FOR THE EMPIRE), AND CASTRO WAS IN THE BUSINESS OF LIBERATING THE COLONIES OF THE EUROPEAN POWERS (BRITAIN, SPAIN, PORTUGAL, FRANCE AND DENMARK) ....CASTRO SENT HIS SOVIET TRAINED TROOPS TO AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA TO END THEIR COLONIAL GRIP ON THE PEOPLES OF THOSE COUNTRIES.....TRUTHFULLY SPEAKING, WHAT CASTRO DID WAS RIGHTEOUS, BUT HE MADE AN ENEMY OF THE LIBERATOR OF HIS OWN LAND....IN U.S. TERMS, HE WAS AN UNGRATEFUL DOG.....
THE U.S. AND CASTRO COULD HAVE BEEN GREAT ALLIES...........
RONALD J LAMB
IN 1811, SPAIN ABOLISHED SLAVERY IN ITS COLONIES BUT CUBA DID NOT ABOLISH SLAVERY UNTIL THE 1820's. IN 1860, THE CUBAN PEOPLE ROSE UP AGAINST SPANISH RULE...THE INSURRECTION WAS SUPRESSED....OTHER UPRISINGS OCCURRED BUT THEY FAILED....THE LAST ONE OCCURRED IN 1898, AND WAS SO BRUTALLY SUPRESSED THAT IT GOT THE ATTENTION OF U.S. PRESIDENT WILLIAM McKINLEY.
HE SENT THE USS MAINE TO CUBA....THE SHIP BLEW UP IN HAVANA HARBOR, KILLING ALL 260 SAILORS....IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE SABOTAGE, SO THE U.S. CONGRESS DECLARED WAR ON SPAIN (SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR). THE WAR LASTED FOUR MONTHS, WHERIN THE U.S. NAVY ALSO LIBERATED THE PHILLIPINES, PUERTO RICO AND JAMAICA, ALL OF THEM SPANISH COLONIES....
FROM 1902-1953, CUBA WAS GOVERNED BY A SERIES OF CORRUPT LEADERS, THE LAST ONE, A DICTATOR NAMED BATISTA....HE WAS OVERTHROWN BY THE INFAMOUS BROTHERS CASTRO. (1953-1959), WHO GOVERNED CUBA AS A SOCIALIST STATE BY THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION....AT THAT TIME, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WAS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT CASTRO'S POLITICAL "AFFILIATION",
BUT WHEN SEVERAL FOREIGN OIL COMPANIES (INCLUDING A U.S. CO.) BASED IN CUBA REFUSED TO REFINE SOVIET OIL, CASTRO SEIZED THEM....HE ALSO SEIZED SEVERAL TELEGRAGH AND TELEPHONE COMPANIES, INCLUDING AT& T....CASTRO SEIZED LAND OWNED BY FOREIGNERS IN CUBA, "FOR REDISTRIBUTION TO THE PEOPLE"....
THESE ACTIONS BEGAN THE 50 YEAR FUED BETWEEN AMERICA AND CUBA.
IN 1961, JFK LAUNCHED A FAILED OPERATION TO OUST CASTRO, AND IN 1962, CASTRO AGREED TO ALLOW THE SOVIETS TO PLACE NUCLEAR MISSILES AND BOMBERS ON CUBAN SOIL....THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS...THE MISSILES WERE DISCOVERED BY THE U.S., BUT THE U.S. AND SOVIETS MADE A DEAL TO REMOVE THE NUKES IF THE U.S. PROMISED NOT TO INVADE CUBA (AMONG OTHER CONCESSIONS)....
FOR DECADES (1960-1991), CUBA WAS THE PET DOG OF THE SOVIET UNION, A THORN IN AMERICAS SIDE UNTIL PRESIDENT REAGANS ACTIONS FORCED THE DISSOLUTION OF THE SOVIET EMPIRE....IN 2015, OBAMA REVERSED AMERICAN POLICY TOWARD THE DICTATOR CASTRO.....OBAMA RAISED THE WHITE FLAG....ESSENTIALLY, CASTRO HAS WON.......................
WHAT WAS THE ROOT OF THE FUED BETWEEN AMERICA AND CASTRO???
CASTRO FORGOT THAT IT WAS AMERICAN POWER THAT HAD LIBERATED "HIS"
COUNTRY FROM 410 YEARS OF SPANISH RULE.....CASTRO OVERTHROWS A FELLOW DICTATOR WITH THE HELP OF AMERICAS # 1 ENEMY, THE NUCLEAR ARMED SOVIET UNION.....HE THEN LETS THE SOVIETS USE HIM TO THREATEN AMERICAN SECURITY.
THE SOVIETS ENJOYED THE RIVALRY BETWEEN AMERICA AND CASTRO AND SUPPORTED HIM FINANCIALLY AND MILITARILY EVEN THOUGH THEY OPERATED AT CROSS PURPOSES...YOU SEE, THE SOVIETS WERE IN THE BUSINESS OF ENSLAVING COUNTRIES (FOR THE EMPIRE), AND CASTRO WAS IN THE BUSINESS OF LIBERATING THE COLONIES OF THE EUROPEAN POWERS (BRITAIN, SPAIN, PORTUGAL, FRANCE AND DENMARK) ....CASTRO SENT HIS SOVIET TRAINED TROOPS TO AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA TO END THEIR COLONIAL GRIP ON THE PEOPLES OF THOSE COUNTRIES.....TRUTHFULLY SPEAKING, WHAT CASTRO DID WAS RIGHTEOUS, BUT HE MADE AN ENEMY OF THE LIBERATOR OF HIS OWN LAND....IN U.S. TERMS, HE WAS AN UNGRATEFUL DOG.....
THE U.S. AND CASTRO COULD HAVE BEEN GREAT ALLIES...........
RONALD J LAMB
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