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Pastimes : The Truth about Waco
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To: TigerPaw who wrote (241)8/31/1999 2:19:00 PM
From: Merritt  Read Replies (1) of 1449
 
TP:

<<Her role is much like J.Kennedy at the Bay of Pigs, suddenly confronted with a secret mission and a quick decision.>>

In the Fall of 1960 I attended a rally at my college whose sponsors put forth the thought, which seemed absurd to me at the time, that the U.S. government, through the auspices of the CIA, was arming Cuban refugees (ex-Batista supporters) so that they might invade a small island off the Cuban shore, the Islas del los Pinos. They would then set up a provisional government, and radio for U.S. assistance. That was almost a full year before the Bay of Pigs fiasco on the Isle of Pines.

If the Fair Play For Cuba committee knew about it so far in advance, I really don't think JFK could plead ignorance - neither do I feel ignorance is any excuse (or even a viable reason) for Janet Reno's handling of the Waco affair.
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