02-03-2013, 05:09 AM
Jim DiEugenio Wrote:Johnson was much more interested in Southeast Asia, since he disagreed with Kennedy's withdrawal plan.
Once Mongoose was dismantled, even the CIA was sick of the boom and bang stuff over Cuba. They wanted an invasion. When LBJ and Hoover put the brakes on that, it was three strikes and your out. How many times you going to go to the trough and not drink? LBJ now decided to shift the focus to Vietnam.
And it was that disaster which really allowed Castro to entrench himself and probably saved Nicaragua also.
ANd, by the way, Ruth Paine was in the middle of Nicaragua also. What a coincidence eh?
Uh hmmm ...
Johnson and Hoover called the shots.
The CIA struck out.
LBJ decided.
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