This silver coin commemorating an anticipated (but never realized) Bay of Pigs victory features an outline of Cuba with a rebel invader advancing past a fallen member of Castro's military in the foreground.#HISTINT #Museum
— CIA (@CIA) May 25, 2021
A heavily astroturfed insurrection attempt by reactionaries. Who failed spectacularly in no small part because promised/inferred military aid never materialized. Now rapidly becoming martyrs whose only crime in the eyes of John Birch-types was not having brought enough guns.
— Zd (@Zeddary) May 25, 2021
There’s always high-ranking military planners who design flattering uniforms and strike off medals for themselves before thinking about how the troops will be moved and supplied. Such men are more dangerous than the enemy — especially when they’re canonized in the memories of their survivors’ descendants…
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