638 Ways to Kill Castro

If you click on the title of this post, it will take you to the article that explains some of the various ways the CIA hatched a plot to kill this elusive Cuban.

My favorite was using the old lover. I don't know if the amusing part of the stories are the types of ways the people have proposed to kill him, or the ways that the attempts went wrong (My favorite had both).

I still don't truly understand the threat Castro is on the United States other than being incited to become a threat. Honestly, communism was pretty dangerous for the U.S. back in the 1950's when the Soviet Union could use Cuba to launch missiles, but the concept of hating communism to the point of starting a worldwide brawl is a bit unfathomable for me.

I see how Cuba can be dangerous (I mean, after you attempt to assassinate its leader 638 something odd times I doubt they ever would consider reconciling their differences and becoming buddies).

Maybe with all our worldly disputes that are problematic for us right now, they can only begin with this country's paranoia. If we allowed communism to be, if it was only okay and fair with us, if we truly believed that democracy was the best way to go, then we should have allowed history to run its course and prove it right. Why start wars and pick fights unless there is some ulterior motive for us to destroy peoples lives? Now don't tell me that it's true ;)