Letters: May 5, 1961

The Cuban Disaster

Sir:

Another anti-Communist force has been beaten by Communists—by Communist Cubans supplied with fighters flown by Communist pilots, by Soviet tanks manned by crews trained by Communists.

The U.S. has become the greatest third-rate country in the world, a world not dominated by democracies, but being chewed up piecemeal by Communist aggressors. Communists took over in Cuba, are taking over in Laos while we worry about world opinion. It is time to stop stewing and fretting about world opinion.

Americans have become so gutless and cowardly that if Florida were invaded...

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