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  • r_ness
    19 May 2020, 06:21
    [A] boat, some guns, and 62 men of dubious military skill.
    I don't think your examples are particularly *worse*, but just examples of other parties using them for their own purposes.

    Also, it seems pretty clear Goudreau didn't have any money of his own. He…
  • achinhibitor
    19 May 2020, 01:59
    [A] boat, some guns, and 62 men of dubious military skill.
    Worse than that, I think. The CIA supposedly warned them off more than once. It's believable that the US warned the Venezuelan government to buy some credibility. It leaves the question of who…
  • r_ness
    17 May 2020, 05:14
    [A] boat, some guns, and 62 men of dubious military skill.
    No one thought these clowns were going to succeed, but everyone was willing to use them for their own purposes if that could be arranged.

    It's like the old saying about being able to see who the…
  • achinhibitor
    17 May 2020, 01:35
    [A] boat, some guns, and 62 men of dubious military skill.
    As Cracked noted, it made the Bay of Pigs look like an act of military genius.
  • r_ness
    10 May 2019, 23:31
    And now, Jet Airways.
    Apparently Softbank gets much of its money from the Saudis.

    From https://www.ft.com/content/5bf2948a-de1a-11e8-8f50-cbae5495d92b:

    "Saudi Arabia is the biggest investor in the $100bn Vision Fund,…

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