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Aren’t those abysmal numbers to attempt an invasion? Were they banking on overwhelming local support?
Indeed they were. They overestimated it.
Didnt Che try the same bullshit in Colombia or something to similar effect?
And they were right to try. Trujillo was a monster.
Edit: and also the invasion catalyzed the assassination of Trujillo
Yeah, that’s a nasty military failure, but the Cuban communists were not the bad guys in that period, relative to the other powers in Latin America. I don’t actually know anything about Trujillo, but I bet I can make good guesses about what kind of leader he was.
He was said to have the best fed sharks in the Caribbean. Political dissidents had a tendency to disappear during his reign.
I was told by Lemmy comrades that Cuba has never done any wrong!
The only thing wrong in this case was they failed.
Invading neighbors isn’t cool, no matter who does it
But what if a country is invading another country so they will stop invading a country, blocking the attempt by the invaded and invading country to build a revive machine that takes up exactly the same space as it and the invaded country combined to revive hitler?
Try again, make it sexy
There is a case for it, if it is to stop a genocide. But obviously not there.
Sure. I won’t move the goalposts too much here, and will accept that I was overly specific,… but I legitimately would describe that as separate from an invasion, and instead call that peacekeeping or something else.
Invasion to me seems like imperialist action to further political or territorial goals.
You should probably look up what Trujillo got up to, since you admit some actions justify intervention.
Like, for example, a CIA sponsored coup and assassination. But obviously they’re the good guys, right?
i don’t know if this is a hot take but assassinations are better than invasions
Unless the assassination, for random example, starts a civil war, because the people the imperial power wanted in charge ended up not having enough support to stay in charge.
Or if it starts WW1.
No, the CIA are not the “good guys”, why would you say that?
Naked sarcasm
fucking trujillo???
The other dude being a douche doesn’t make invasion correct.
Peacekeeping and diplomatic pressure are different.
dude was launching assassination attempts on other heads of state, in addition to thousands of states murders
Let’s just ask the fascists to stop nicely.
Right, with peacekeeping and diplomatic efforts.
Wasn’t Trujillo housing Batista and supporting his return to power?
Land a plane with 56 soldiers to start invasion
56 soldiers dead
The VDV would be proud
I think that’s where they got their inspiration
