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Cos Castro is ill and likely to play no role in running the country for some months whilst he regains his health (if at all).

So he's handed power over to his brother, of whom it is said "he is no Fidel". Meanwhile Washington has been letting it be known they have plans in place to take advantage of uncertainty during a post-Castro handover.

So I'm left to assume that the WaPo is just doing a positioning statement to let everyone know why the invasion takes place.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Aug 1st, 2006 at 11:28:07 AM EST
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<Peter O'Toole>Will noone rid me of these meddlesome US of A?</Peter O'Toole>

Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Aug 1st, 2006 at 11:30:38 AM EST
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