Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Eric5273
Bombing enough to kill 4,000 Cubans sounds like pretty good air cover to me. The reality is that it wouldn't have mattered. The exiles claimed they would seen as liberators, and of course they were not (doesn't this sound familiar?). If they had bombed more, the result would have been a lot more dead Cubans. It would not have changed the final picture any.
|
I'd agree that they thought they would be accepted differently.
However, proper air cover can save anything especially back in the 60's.
__________________
An unwavering defender of those I see worth protecting.
"promote the general welfare, not provide the general welfare"
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
|