[dfwgator]

The scandal is that the CIA couldn’t finish the job against Castro.

[Hegemony Cricket]

Amen to that. Can anyone realistically argue that the world would not be a better place if we had been successful in knocking off castro?

[MattinNJ]

The Bay of Pigs would have worked but JFK refused to provide aircover from the carriers waiting off shore. Castro, a known coward, held his forces back until it was quite obvious the Americans weren't coming. Cuba always needed a Pinochet or a Franco to liberate them. He died on the beach due to JFK's treachery.

We just saw a repeat with Chavez. He up and left the country for a few days. When it was obvious we weren't going to help the people who overthrew him, he came back...and the rest is history.