29-08-2016, 12:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 29-08-2016, 12:30 AM by Scott Kaiser.)
I've come to realize that whatever it is one has written about, that author will defend his or hers material tooth and nail, even if they're wrong. Jim, you seem like someone who wants to tell the truth, but at times has a hard time at distinction. You first say, "On page 318, Kornbluh describes an impromptu meeting on 4/19 at the White House, just after midnight during a formal affair. At this meeting Burke asked JFK for permission to send in American jet fighter planes with American pilots to aid the invasion. Kennedy said that he would not allow that in light of his pledge made a week or so previous on national TV." Yet, it's okay to approve air-cover, even if it means getting shot-down so long as they do not engage, right?
This is exactly what I've been saying all along, then you say, "But he did authorize planes from the Essex to fly air cover--in military terms its called a CAP--in order for the flotilla to come in and rescue the survivors on the beach before they were killed or captured. Kennedy's direct orders were that the cover planes were not to hit any Cuban air force planes, nor were they to attack targets on the ground. (ibid)"
This my friend is the worst possible excuse one could conjure up, why? For starters, what were the A4's suppose to do, penetrate Cuban airspace, provoke a war, take on indiscriminate gun fire from Castro's air-force and not fire back? Gee Jim! Luckily, they showed up an hour late eh? You mean to tell me that the A4's which were doing fly byes over Cuba [prior] to the landing were suppose to be doing search and rescue missions [before] the landing ever took place? Well shit batman, that oughta tell you the invasion was doomed from the start eh?
This is exactly what I've been saying all along, then you say, "But he did authorize planes from the Essex to fly air cover--in military terms its called a CAP--in order for the flotilla to come in and rescue the survivors on the beach before they were killed or captured. Kennedy's direct orders were that the cover planes were not to hit any Cuban air force planes, nor were they to attack targets on the ground. (ibid)"
This my friend is the worst possible excuse one could conjure up, why? For starters, what were the A4's suppose to do, penetrate Cuban airspace, provoke a war, take on indiscriminate gun fire from Castro's air-force and not fire back? Gee Jim! Luckily, they showed up an hour late eh? You mean to tell me that the A4's which were doing fly byes over Cuba [prior] to the landing were suppose to be doing search and rescue missions [before] the landing ever took place? Well shit batman, that oughta tell you the invasion was doomed from the start eh?