• wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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    18 hours ago

    You’re forgetting that the singular person responsible for the decision not to do it was assassinated shortly after…

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      16 hours ago

      And? What happened next? Did they do an operation Northwoods? Did we go to war with Cuba? Was Johnson more aggressive on Cuba than Kennedy, or was he actually more engaged on diplomatic fronts?

      I’m not forgetting anything. It just doesn’t fit with any narrative that makes a lick of goddamned sense. Like, Kennedy rejected Northwoods because he was worried the troops might be needed in Europe, so starting a war in Cuba would be a bad move.
      He was strongly in favor of every other operation they proposed as part of the larger plan.

      Why would a massive conspiracy exist to kill Kennedy for rejecting a plan and then… Not do the plan?