What Miami Cubans Don't Want You To Know.
Q: As per the earlier suggestion, you need to study a bit of history. The Cubans fought on our side in that conflict. It was very easy to identify people dressed in the uniform of the Spanish Monarchy and those people who were dressed in local costume. And as for TR, he was the XO of a single regiment and not the commander of the forces in Cuba. We fought in Cuba and the Carribean becuase that is where the issue was, in upholding the Monroe Doctrine. We did expand the war to include th ePacific as well, hitting them in the Philipines and sinking their fleet in Manila. It was a pretty brief war, but one that happened while the US was still a third world country, for all of our pretensions otherwise. We did not become a world power for another 20 years. Does this bother some of you?Let's discuss
A: -There is a substantial difference between friendly fire loses in a beachhead area from naval battery fire and taking pot shots at your allies. The cuban resistance was easy enough to distinguish and once the people were on the ground and fighting, fought right along side of the US troops. I would point out to you that many times US troops have been fired on by US Naval fire or by misdirected artilery. I myself ahve had the joy of being under our own incoming, when a somewhat befuddled Lt of arty called fire on our cantonment area. It is not real fun, but it does happen. -Is there something about due process of law that bothers you? The fact that the two people found in the national waters of the United States with the child have been granted residency should be some indication that this has nothing to do with what legally is the case, but what is politcally the case. The kid should by all rights have the same rights as those granted to the people who he was found with. We are not shipping them back to Cuba, but