The truth and bare facts about the Bay of Pigs

[Lauren Johnson]

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.

Lauren: are you saying that Dulles was a coward, or Kennedy was? And who was chicken, Dulles and Co. or the military? Sorry, I'm not following you.

Hi Drew, I was trying to summarize Scott's POV about the BOP and the death of JFK. From his POV, not mine, JFK, a cold warrior, did not have the heart for the fight that was necessary, whereas Dulles did. JFK paid the ultimate price for his cowardice. He deserved what he got from the POV of Dulles et. al. Whether Scott is personally glad, I don't know. What this has to do with his father's death, I also don't know.

I am personally the student of Douglass and DiEugenio.

Does that help?