So, the rightwing supporters of Batista was someone like John F. Kennedy? Kennedy was famous for his speech in 1960 criticizing Eisenhower (R) for not doing more to prevent from coming to power.
http://www.fsmitha.com/h2/ch24t63.html --------------------------- John Kennedy was a liberal Democrat concerned about vulnerability to attacks on being soft on communism. In his campaign for president, in the fall of 1960, he was unaware of Eisenhower and the CIA organizing an invasion of Cuba, and he criticized the Eisenhower administration for failing to support anti-Castro Cubans in their "fight for freedom." Kennedy replied that he had "never suggested that Cuba was lost except for the present." And he criticized Nixon for describing the Batista dictatorship as competent and stable in a press conference in Havana in 1955, a dictatorship, Kennedy added, that "killed over twenty thousand Cubans in seven years" - an apparent reference to the years 1952 to 1959. During the campaign, John Kennedy attempted to link Nixon to another purported Eisenhower administration Cold War complacency: a missile gap that favored the Soviet Union. Kennedy said he would close that gap and that he would be firm with the Soviet Union. Benefiting from intelligent reports, Eisenhower knew there was no missile gap, but to protect U.S. intelligence he kept silent. --------------------------- The fact of the matter is this: in the 1940s, Truman became increasingly concerned with the rise of gangsterism and other problems within Cuba after Ramon Grau San Martin lost the election in 1944. Batista was exiled. And then, in 1951, Harry Truman (D) learns of the potential rise of Fidel Castro, a previous candidate and seen as a sympathizer with communism. Truman himself visits Batista in Florida, and Batista, armed with US Funds, returns to Cuba, overthrows the government and installs himself in 1952. The US Recognizes him within 24 hours. Eisenhower, elected next, did not care for Batista. He also didn't like Castro. But as far as he was concerned, there would be no more money to go to support Batista. Batista's stature weakened, and Batista allowed all sorts of corruption, cheating, gambling, and other cronyism to harm their country; the promises of Truman for US Support didn't follow through. When Batista falls, Kennedy is the first person to hit the floor and blame Eisenhower for not doing enough to prop up Batista. He delivers a scorching speech, and follows it up in the election with two major blasts at Nixon during the debate regarding the failure to keep Castro out of power. Are most of the Cuban Americans (R) right now? Yes. But let's remember our history: Truman proposed Batista to go to Cuba, and provided him Funds. Kennedy openly assailed the Eisenhower administration for not preventing Castro from rising to power; LBJ and Carter put two of the most significant restrictions and changes in policy toward Cuba since then. I mean, if this is some vast right-wing plot against Cuba, they've sure done a good job of enlisting powerful democrats - from Truman, Kennedy, LBJ, Carter and Clinton to carry the water for them. CW ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- FIGHT BACK AGAINST SPAM! Download Spam Inspector, the Award Winning Anti-Spam Filter http://mail.giantcompany.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Analyst Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 8:17 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: RE: [H] -OT- Cuba Hayes, > Let me remind you that the American "jihad" against Castro was not > spawned from the right wing. That would be news to the American supporters of the RightWing dictator Batista. Vince
