Two early-'60s anti-Castro plots bandied about the Pentagon and other citadels of US geopolitical sport, courtesy of newly released government documents and the Associated Press: Put out faked photos of the Bearded One at a lavish buffet and "with two beauties" at his side, in the hopes of infuriating hungry Cubans; invade the island nation after simulating the downing of a US plane or the sinking of a ship, a scheme dubbed "Remember the Maine."
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Two early-'60s anti-Castro plots bandied about the Pentagon and other citadels of US geopolitical sport, courtesy of newly released government documents and the Associated Press: Put out faked photos of the Bearded One at a lavish buffet and "with two beauties" at his side, in the hopes of infuriating hungry Cubans; invade the island nation after simulating the downing of a US plane or the sinking of a ship, a scheme dubbed "Remember the Maine."
