>Ha ha ha funny :o) I'm sure you are well aware that at the time Cuba was armed with Soviet military equipment and used Russia for training, et al and the U.S. was worried that Russia would use Cuba to launch an attack against the U.S.

Well, that was the customs of the time. U.S. did have its army deployed all over the world, and in some cases quite close to Soviet borders; it was also propping regimes to the left and right (except the left) and training their officers and providing weaponry etc etc. That was called "balance of power", IIRC. I'm sure the Soviet HQ were equally worried.

>So while the goal of the Bay of Pigs was to overthrow Castro, it was really to remove a Russian base of attack. Well, that was the official version but we all know that Kennedy just didn't like Castro and was looking for a plausible excuse :o) Hmmmm, history repeats itself once again...

From what I read, Kennedy didn't want to do it, but had his hand forced by the CIA and a few other forces (mafia? Florida exiles?). I didn't really create an archive on the subject, though, I just remember reading some quite lengthy recaps of the story, with a lot of behind-the-scenes points of view.