S.2 Ep.5 - Bay of Pigs and Operation Northwoods

Ah, the 1960’s. Peace. Love. Threats of nuclear war. What a time to be alive, and of course the ever creeping threat of Communism. This week we are talking a little about the Cuban Revolution where Castro took over, then we’re going to talk about how this was almost IMMEDIATELY a problem for Washington. And when Washington DC has a problem like this the most common solution is to… Remove the cause… After months of planning and practice they sent men into the Bay of Pigs to have it go wrong from the get go. Then there’s the whole Cuban Missile thing, and a President getting shot after he decided against something called Operation Northwoods. That was a series of plans that the US GOVERNMENT put ON PAPER about how to commit FALSE FLAG ATTACKS to get into a war with Cuba. But hey, none of that is true. None of that would ever happen. Right? Keep that Reynolds Wrap handy, we're going down a rabbithole...