“This weekend marked the 61st Anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion. We honor the memory of the freedom-fighters who bravely faced the communist Cuban regime. Their legacy lives on
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Outnumbered over ten to one by Soviet led forces and betrayed by their sponsor, these mostly civilian volunteers fought till the last bullet. In three days of relentless close-quarter fighting they made monkeys of the Soviet commanders at the scene and their Cuban lackeys and cannon-fodder, inflicting losses of 20 to one.
Castro and Che were jittery there for awhile, urging caution in the counterattack. From the lethal fury of the attack and the horrendous casualties their troops and militia were taking, the two Soviets satraps assumed they faced at least 20,000 invading mercenaries, as they called them.
Yet it was a band of mostly civilian volunteers they outnumbered laughably. But to hear Castro s echo chamber (the Beltway media and leftist academics), Fidel was the plucky David and the invaders the bumbling Goliath!
Cyr column: Cuba re-demonized
The outgoing Trump administration returned Cuba to the State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism.
That is a strategic mistake. The move may help Republican Party domestic support, but limits our options in foreign policy.
In May 2015, the United States removed Cuba from the list of states sponsoring terrorism. This greatly facilitated interchange between the two sides. Removal of banking restrictions proved to be especially significant.
President Barack Obama followed up by visiting Cuba. Calvin Coolidge had been the last U.S. president to visit the island nation, in early 1928.
Over time, the Communist dictatorship controlling Cuba has faced the growing reality of economic failure. Fidel Castro began the transition of power to younger brother Raul Castro in 2006. Four years later, Fidel suddenly reemerged in the media spotlight and proceeded dramatically to lament the shambles of the nation’s economy.