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Originally Posted by Oberon
But the US did spend the next decade or two doing its best to off Castro and overthrow the Cuban government through some very creative methods (including but not limited to the exploding cigar)
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Ah, I would hardly say their best, in fact it's more like pretty much confined to an embargo.
Even the exploding cigar proposal (not a plot) is just an unproven allegation. In any case that one and the others were never put into action and even the allegations of their existence ended in 1963 (along with the president who was accused of promoting them). So, assuming you believe them you have at most 3 years of it, not the "decade or two" as you claim. In fact congress passed legislation outlawing the assassination of foreign heads of state around 1970 which is only a single decade after Castro took power.
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furthermore, the Cuban rebels were supplied weapons and training by the US, but yes, admittedly they didn't get the full support that the Ukrainian rebels are receiving from Russia.
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Full support? More like "hardly any support at all". We never game them anything more than small arms, no heavy weapons, no electronic warfare equipment, no support troops.
As an aside I served under a guy that was standing in the door during Bay of Pigs ready to jump when the abort signal came for all US forces. He used to rag about how shoestring the whole operation was. Reminded him of Carters aborted Hostage Rescue mission in it's near lack of planning and support.
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Nevertheless though, the US saw a Soviet Cuba as a clear threat and took steps to undermine, isolate and deteriorate it.
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That is true but they were minor steps that were soon aborted (except for the embargo and tipping off the Bolivians about Che Guevaras whereabouts). They are hardly comparable to Russias actions in Ukraine any more than a smack on the hand is comparable to a hammer blow to the back of the head.