Galveston mayor visits Cuba

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Max2147

It's hard to say that X led to Y led to Z.

The chronology, for what it's worth, was:

April 1961: Bay of Pigs
February 1962: Economic embargo
October 1962: Cuban Missile Crisis
February 1963: Travel restrictions, Cuban assets in US frozen

Again, it's hard to say that one event led directly to another. I think the bigger issue is that the Cuban American population in Florida was making a lot of noise around that time. One of the biggest changes today is that there's a new generation of Cuban Americans that have never been to Cuba and don't have the memory of fleeing Castro.

Good point! I have to agree with Beowolf also, what, if any, is Cuba a threat to the US? Not much. We will see happens. Again, I see nothing wrong with lightening up a bit. It kinds of feels like they have been in the 'time out chair' long enough. Most of this is not really fresh in my mind. I was born in 1965. I just grew up with the understanding Cuba is run by a dictator who is chummy with the Russians. There was some nukes parked off our shores and Cuba is going to get what is coming to them. Time moves on though.