Reply #39: Not quite correct

[Show_Me _The_Truth]

Any attempt to subvert the Cuban government by the US would be viewed very, very gravely.

The last time the US tried this was as close to all out nuclear conflict that we've ever been.

The reason we came close to conflict with the Soviets was b/c of the Soviets placing nuclear tipped missles in Cuba which was a DIRECT threat to US Soil. The Kennedy Administration could not accept the Soviets to have nuclear weapons in the Western Hemisphere.

This was completely separate from the Bay of Pigs, but could be viewed as a response to rhetoric from the US and Cuban exiles by Cuba and the Soviets using the discord to set up a forward nuclear base.

Nowadays, I doubt Russia would rush to Cuba's aid with nuclear attack. This would be the only opion they had as Russia would have a tough time projecting power this far from home. Their navy is not (and never really was) what it use to be.

By the way, it is tough to argue that confronting the Soviets over this placement was a bad thing. At that time, the Soviets were an expansionist power and could not be allowed to get a nuclear foothold in the Western Hemisphere. There was nothing else the US cold do but resist the placement of missles in Cuba. Of course, the Soviets also got the US to take missles out of Turkey in kind. Of course, this is all IMHO.