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True. But it's also possible that this a deliberate attack carried out by an actor other than the Cuban government.

cuckcuckspruce 9y ago
Or ginning up something to beat the drums of war like the USS Madox[1] or USS Maine[2]. I think it would be hasty to rule out something like Operation Northwoods[3] given the current president's position on Cuba. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_(ACR-1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_(ACR-1) [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods
staplers 9y ago
Like some other government that has historically carried out anti-US operations in Cuba..
- linsomniac 9y ago
  Do you mean America? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods
  - wybiral 9y ago
    That was a rejected proposal. (There are probably all kinds of crazy military proposals that get rejected)
    - ethbro 9y ago
      Going to war with Spain over the USS Maine's magazine detonation of unknown cause. Though that outcome falls more on Hearst and Pulitzer. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_(ACR-1) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_(ACR-1)
      - wybiral 9y ago
        That's one possible theory about an event that happened in the 1890's.
    - linsomniac 9y ago
      My memory of reading Bamford's book was that it was an APPROVED proposal, which was made obsolete by the Cuban Missile Crisis. The DOJ approved that plan, and many of the people involved in that are still on the scene today. But, I read that book a decade or more ago so maybe I'm misremembering.
      - philwelch 9y ago
        Exactly how many people involved in a scheme during the early 1960’s would still be “on the scene today”? If one of the coauthors of the plan was a 20 year old intern who had a long government career, that person would be 75 today. “Many of the people” involved seems unlikely.

Or ginning up something to beat the drums of war like the USS Madox[1] or USS Maine[2]. I think it would be hasty to rule out something like Operation Northwoods[3] given the current president's position on Cuba. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_(ACR-1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_(ACR-1) [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods

staplers 9y ago

Like some other government that has historically carried out anti-US operations in Cuba..

linsomniac 9y ago
Do you mean America? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods
- wybiral 9y ago
  That was a rejected proposal. (There are probably all kinds of crazy military proposals that get rejected)
  - ethbro 9y ago
    Going to war with Spain over the USS Maine's magazine detonation of unknown cause. Though that outcome falls more on Hearst and Pulitzer. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_(ACR-1) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_(ACR-1)
    - wybiral 9y ago
      That's one possible theory about an event that happened in the 1890's.
  - linsomniac 9y ago
    My memory of reading Bamford's book was that it was an APPROVED proposal, which was made obsolete by the Cuban Missile Crisis. The DOJ approved that plan, and many of the people involved in that are still on the scene today. But, I read that book a decade or more ago so maybe I'm misremembering.
    - philwelch 9y ago
      Exactly how many people involved in a scheme during the early 1960’s would still be “on the scene today”? If one of the coauthors of the plan was a 20 year old intern who had a long government career, that person would be 75 today. “Many of the people” involved seems unlikely.