The Mists Of Time
March 30th, 2006, 06:21 PM
I know it might have been dificult to do and certainly to justify to the American people at the height of the cold war.
But what if The United States had established and maintained full diplomatic and trade relations with the Castro government in Cuba in 1959 or the early 60's?
Instead of trying to get rid of Castro, what if the Eisenhower administration had established full diplomatic and trade relations with him?
JFK enjoyed Havana cigars, he certainly imported enough of them before imposing the embargo. Suppose there had never been a Bay Of Pigs invasion? Suppose instead Kennedy and Castro had sat down together over some cigars, talked, gotten to know each other, established or maitained or strengthed relations between the two countries?
Richard Nixon was far more pragmatic in dealing with the Communists and Communism. Might Nixon have been more likely to do that or establish normal relations with the Castro regime in Cuba had he been elected in 1960?
If The United States had established and maitained full diplomatic and trade relations with the Castro government in Cuba, how would it have effected U.S. Cuban relations over the years? How would that have effected U.S. Soviet relations over the years? In this ATL, how would the downfall of The Soviet Union and of Communism have effected U.S. Cuban relations and what would those relations be like today?
But what if The United States had established and maintained full diplomatic and trade relations with the Castro government in Cuba in 1959 or the early 60's?
Instead of trying to get rid of Castro, what if the Eisenhower administration had established full diplomatic and trade relations with him?
JFK enjoyed Havana cigars, he certainly imported enough of them before imposing the embargo. Suppose there had never been a Bay Of Pigs invasion? Suppose instead Kennedy and Castro had sat down together over some cigars, talked, gotten to know each other, established or maitained or strengthed relations between the two countries?
Richard Nixon was far more pragmatic in dealing with the Communists and Communism. Might Nixon have been more likely to do that or establish normal relations with the Castro regime in Cuba had he been elected in 1960?
If The United States had established and maitained full diplomatic and trade relations with the Castro government in Cuba, how would it have effected U.S. Cuban relations over the years? How would that have effected U.S. Soviet relations over the years? In this ATL, how would the downfall of The Soviet Union and of Communism have effected U.S. Cuban relations and what would those relations be like today?