The truth and bare facts about the Bay of Pigs

[Lauren Johnson]

I have been willing to keep an open mind in this thread, it's just that I am not sure what it is that I am trying to keep an open mind about. It's all so strangely vague. Documents. Facts. Stories. They might mean some of this; they might mean a little of that. Or not.

But this is the underlying narrative. Or at least, I think this is what it is all about.

Castro was evil; even worse than Batista. He needed to be taken out. The true Cold Warriors in the USG, and in particular Dulles and the CIA, knew this, and knew the Cuban people would rise up and fight. The BOP invasion would have worked and was fully intended to work had it not been for the half hearted Cold Warriors who were basically chicken. Sure, JFK wanted Castro gone. But he was not up to what was required. And now we have still have Castro, when we could have quickly dispatched him. The Cuban people would have been free. Did Castro have JFK killed like some Cubans think? More likely, the CIA did it. The man was a coward and betrayed his country.

EDIT: Scott, if I am wrong, go ahead and tell me. But please, no more rope-a-dope. It won't work here.