<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 07/09/2002 9:06:49 PM Mountain Daylight Time, JCWisc@aol.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">> what exactly has restrained the US government all this
<BR>> time and to this day from literally invading Cuba?
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<BR>> It occurs to me that it would be bloody to go in
<BR>> and actually take the island, and the probable US casualties could be
<BR>> unacceptable to the public here; would that be sufficient to hold the govt.
<BR>> at bay?
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<BR>Yup. My guess is, you have most of your answer right there.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>The Cuban people are badass.
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<BR>stannard</FONT></HTML>