Re: Three Space What-ifs, a common theme


"Fevric J Glandules" <fevric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:04:50 -0500, Scott Hedrick wrote:

3) That still doesn't explain why the US would willing give up territory
it
didn't have to- see the list above. I'll bet Castro doesn't ensure the
Cuban
school curriculum reflects the *fact* that Cuba was US territory and was

And why was it US territory? Because the US invaded!

As a response to an act of war by the controlling authority. You forgot to
mention that.


freely given independence,

"Under the new Cuban constitution, however, the U.S. retained the right
to intervene in Cuban affairs and to supervise its finances and foreign
relations" is not independence.

Except that, *clearly*, the US has done very little intervention in Cuba in
the last several decades.

We've encouraged the locals to act, and then hosed them, but that's a
different matter.


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