• nuke@sh.itjust.worksM
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    3 months ago

    Land a plane with 56 soldiers to start invasion

    56 soldiers dead

    The VDV would be proud

  • dwindling7373@feddit.it
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    3 months ago

    Aren’t those abysmal numbers to attempt an invasion? Were they banking on overwhelming local support?

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    3 months ago

    I was told by Lemmy comrades that Cuba has never done any wrong!

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            3 months ago

            Sure. I won’t move the goalposts too much here, and will accept that I was overly specific,… but I legitimately would describe that as separate from an invasion, and instead call that peacekeeping or something else.

            Invasion to me seems like imperialist action to further political or territorial goals.

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              3 months ago

              You should probably look up what Trujillo got up to, since you admit some actions justify intervention.

              Like, for example, a CIA sponsored coup and assassination. But obviously they’re the good guys, right?

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            3 months ago

            The other dude being a douche doesn’t make invasion correct.

            Peacekeeping and diplomatic pressure are different.

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    3 months ago

    And they were right to try. Trujillo was a monster.

    Edit: and also the invasion catalyzed the assassination of Trujillo