Now do Cuba. The American Mafia was running Cuba by 1959 because, casinos and American tourism. Fidel Castro's revolution was genuine and did reflect the desi

Now do Cuba. The American Mafia was running Cuba by 1959 because, casinos and American tourism. Fidel Castro's revolution was genuine and did reflect the desire of most Cubans when it kicked the US Mafia out. The mafia expressed interest in ousting Castro and getting their casinos back. Bay of Pigs was a failed CIA+private mission whose motive was america:demorcacy:'communism' to which I add :mob. Las Vegas was their backup cope. Then in 1962 suddenly another motive was added :USSR-missiles. The US blockade of Russian warships probably loaded with ballistic missiles on their way to construction sites in Cuba, was the closest brink of war yet. My Dad (ARMY) was on alert and packed to go. With that resolved and no USSR missiles in Cuba the working motive for opposition fell back on (because Castro, Communism) and its economy was hobbled for years until neutral worldwide investors besides the USSR established ties. To this day Cuba is still on the edge with the lines shifting back and forth. As has Iran since the Shah dynasty ended and American hostages were taken. So Cuba and Iran have lines stretching back into the distance. Probably you and I are young and it all seems so ancient. But Iran is a wealthy country now and (like us and the CIA) and it is now 'on our watch' to make sure money is not being funneled into the wrong places. This nuclear thing annoys me but I'm a 'radical'. Aside from sweetheart deals and that 'other' country the US gave The Bomb by supplying their initial fissile material... since the USSR split anyone with MONEY has been able to acquire 1,2,3,+ bombs if they want them. "So and so is two weeks from having a Bomb" is generic Boomer slop to stoke fear and justify anything. And by all means if you have uranium, centrifuge uranium. And build out nuclear power. Don't reply with an answer and place yourself in the crosshairs. But think on or find out for yourself, what number between 3% and 99% was Iran aiming for? If the number is on the higher side don't think in terms of [stupid] nuclear war, think in terms of money being wasted and having to deal with the most sordid people in the world to sell it. A bad direction. Things like this are both funny and sad, and hint at a world that might have turned out differently, better ( https://web.archive.org/web/20150518180531/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shah_of_Iran_building_two_nuclear_plants.jpg https://web.archive.org/web/20150518180531/http://en.wikiped... ). Time to revisit roads we had not taken.