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[edit] Deletion of segment "land action" on "Bay of Pigs Invasion" page
John, one could not help but note that you erase the whole "land action" section in the Bay of Pigs Invasion page. Since you offered no explanation, one wonders if you knew that Carlos Franqui is a newspaper reporter and author of several books on these and related matters. At the time of the Bay of Pigs Invasion he was an inconditional of Castro (he later defected), and a first hand witness of these events. Could you be so kind as to offer a rational for your actions in this regard. The section you deleted was:
"The land action was very bloody. Carlos Franqui writes: “We lost a lot of men. This frontal attack of men against machines (the enemy tanks) had nothing to do with guerrilla war; in fact it was a Russian tactic, probably the idea of the two Soviet generals, both of Spanish origin (they fought for the Republic in the Spanish Civil War and fled to the Soviet Union to later fight in World War II. One of them was a veteran, a fox named Ciutah. He (Ciutah) was sent by the Red Army and the Party as an advisor and was the father of the new Cuban army. He was the only person who could have taken charge of the Girón campaign. The other Hispano-Russian general was an expert in antiguerrilla war who ran the Escambray cleanup. But the real factor in our favor at Girón was the militias: Almejeira’s column embarked on a suicide mission, they were massacred but they reached the beach.”"
El Jigue208.65.188.149 18:32, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
When someone talks about an unknown "fox" general of hispanic/russian origin who was in the red army, I tend to be skeptical. and it seems to be slanted to the Cuban side. JohnHistory 22:32, 25 April 2007 (UTC)JohnHistory
[edit] How are you?
Hi John, just a quick note to see how your getting along? Had any problems on wikipedia? Do you need any help? Let me know. Ryan Postlethwaite 23:45, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] why thanks!
You do like the new name better, I knew it. —AldeBaer 16:07, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Herb Parsons
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[edit] Speedy deletion of Herb Parsons
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