NorthOfNorth
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NorthOfNorth wrote on Apr 9 th, 2021 at 7:09pm: NorthOfNorth wrote on Apr 9 th, 2021 at 12:34pm: Brian Ross wrote on Apr 8 th, 2021 at 1:59pm: NorthOfNorth wrote on Apr 8 th, 2021 at 12:49pm: Brian Ross wrote on Apr 8 th, 2021 at 12:39pm: NorthOfNorth wrote on Apr 8 th, 2021 at 4:17am: Brian Ross wrote on Apr 7 th, 2021 at 11:18pm: NorthOfNorth wrote on Apr 7 th, 2021 at 9:19pm: Brian Ross wrote on Apr 7 th, 2021 at 2:37pm: Batista [] left the island of his own accord. Could the same euphemism for fleeing be said of Idi Amin's, the Shah of Iran's (et al) exits from their respective countries? Not quite. Many dictators are chased from their regimes. Batista was not forced to leave at that point. He just chose to. Not quite, but within pissing distance of it? Its analogy seems closer to Batista leaving the family Christmas dinner just in time to avoid speaking with a resented brother-in-law than it does his fleeing before he was captured then likely publicly executed. Was there any covert agreement at the time between the US and Castro to delay his entry into Havana, allowing time for Batista to escape? Doubtful. While there was some contact between the Fidelistas as the US Government I doubt it ever reached the point of any "agreement". Batista wasn't that popular with the US, just as he obviously wasn't that popular with the Cubans. He may have been their "son-of-a-bitch" but he was still a "son-of-a-bitch". Greene's "Our Man in Havana" wasn't that far from the truth... Did the US warn Batista that the US would no longer support him and his government? Not as far as I know. Nor were there explicit messages of support either. Poor ol' Fulgencio Batista was left hanging out there, on a limb, so to speak... Did the US impose an arms embargo on the Batista government in 1958? Also, late in that same year, did the US Ambassador, Earl Smith, advise Batista that the US would no longer support him or his government? Did Batista then request from the Ambassador permission to leave Cuba for Daytona Beach. Florida, which was denied; and did Ambassador Smith suggest Batista seek asylum in Spain? Also, late in 1958, did General Cantillo secretly meet with Castro, to agree to a ceasefire under the condition that Batista was to be arrested and face a tribunal after being charged with war crimes? And, upon the ceasefire, did Cantillo then double-cross Castro by warning Batista of his arrest and charges if he remained in Cuba? I'd have to say, with all the guns pointing at your head, calling it 'leaving of your own accord' is like walking the gangplank to get off the ship 'of your own accord'.
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