Lessons of the Bay of Pigs

"Military planning for a possible Pentagon-led operation in Cuba is quietly ramping up, in case President Donald Trump gives an order to intervene."

"Cuba is going to be next, Trump declared just two weeks ago about his regime change intentions."

"The CIA-organized paramilitary effort to roll back the Castro revolution remains a cautionary history of the high costs of US intervention in Cuba—and elsewhere."

"The original 'Program of Covert Action Against the Castro Regime' focused on creating CIA-backed teams of exile guerrillas who would be infiltrated into the mountains of Cuba to organize a counterrevolution."

The Trump administration is increasing military threats against Cuba, echoing the failed Bay of Pigs invasion from 1961. Military planning for potential intervention is underway, with directives issued to the Pentagon. Trump has expressed intentions to assert US control over Cuba, viewing it as a continuation of US imperialism in Latin America. The anniversary of the Bay of Pigs serves as a reminder of the consequences of US intervention, highlighting the historical failures of such actions against the Cuban government.

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