Is the President attempting to indoctrinate children?

[pomtzu]

But I believe it was the Soviet Union that was feared - and that was the threat!

Cuba~Soviet Union - back then it was the same equation. Remember the song "Sixteen Tons"? - if the right one don't getcha then the left one will

[Edwina's Secretary]

and...the Bay of Pigs was the US trying to invade Cuba - not Cuba trying to invade the US.

[pomtzu]

and...the Bay of Pigs was the US trying to invade Cuba - not Cuba trying to invade the US.

Yes - I know......

[RICHARD]

Here we go again with people not knowing history.

It was not the U.S. that was trying to invade Cuba.

The U.S. helped the Cube Ex-pats try to invade the island.

They 'helped', then wussed out of the whole deal leaving the ex-p's to go at it alone.

Don't forget to blame the U.S. for the Tunguska incident on 1908.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Here we go again with people not knowing history.

It was not the U.S. that was trying to invade Cuba.

You are right on the first point.

CIA....helping Cuban exiles ...Are you suggesting the CIA is not a part of the US?

Give it a rest. My point was...still is...I do not believe the Anti-Obamans are not driven by a lingering fear of an invasion of the US or Russia.

[Edwina's Secretary]

On March 16, 1960, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to use their elite Special Activities Division to equip, train and lead Cuban exiles in an amphibious invasion of Cuba, to overthrow the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro. Eisenhower stated it was the policy of the U.S. government to aid anti-Castro guerrilla forces.The CIA was initially confident it was capable of overthrowing the Cuban government, having experience in actions such as the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état. The plan (code-named Operation Pluto) was organized by Richard Mervin Bissell, Jr., CIA Deputy Director for Plans, under CIA Director Allen Dulles.

The original CIA plan called for a ship-borne invasion at the old colonial city of Trinidad, Cuba, about 270 km (170mi) south-east of Havana, at the foothills of the Escambray Mountains in Sancti Spiritus province. Trinidad had good port facilities, and arguably was close to much existing counter-revolutionary activities. The CIA later proposed alternative plans, and on 11 March 1961 President Kennedy and his cabinet selected the Bay of Pigs option (also known as Operation Zapata), because it had an airfield suitable for B-26 bomber operations and it was less militarily "noisy", so potentially more plausible deniability of US direct involvement. The invasion landing area was changed to beaches bordering the Bay of Pigs in Las Villas Province, 150 km south-east of Havana, and east of the Zapata peninsula. The landings were to take place at Playa Girón (code-named Blue Beach), Playa Larga (code-named Red Beach), and Caleta Buena Inlet (code-named Green Beach).

In March 1961, the CIA helped Cuban exiles in Miami to create the Cuban Revolutionary Council (CRC), chaired by José Miró Cardona, former (Jan 1959) Prime Minister of Cuba. Cardona became the de facto leader-in-waiting of the intended post-invasion Cuban government.

[Cataholic]

I have a near school aged child, and I do not remember 1961, 1962 nor any of the 60's for that matter.

And, I don't care if Obama himself came into my son's classroom to give a lesson. I would prolly call off work that day myself, to attend J's school!

[blue]

On March 16, 1960, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to use their elite Special Activities Division to equip, train and lead......

If you're going to cut and paste you should at least link your source.