Foreign Powers Quotes
Cuba was not Communist under Castro in the Russian style of Communism. However, Castro operated Cuba with many of the key Marxist & Leninist Communist Principles {636672} (some of which the Russians were hypocritical about). Cuba was very much a Marxist, Socialistic State with few of the democratic reforms that characterized European Socialism. Until the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian Communist aid propped up the Cuban economy, and that was another motivation for Castro not to criticize Russian Communism so he often appeared to be in agreement with Russian Communism even when he wasn't.
The convention turned down the constitution and would not ratify it until the Bill of Rights was passed later. By modern standards, Presidents in modern times have withheld much information from the Congress and in some cases such as the George W. Bush administrations, the President and his cabinet frequently lied to the Senate, the House, and the American people with no effort made to impeach. Based on the original intent of the Americans ratifying the Constitution, the Executive Branch may not keep anything material to the security of the country secret from Congress. But the center of both parties reject this regardless of what the original intent was.
This was the major source of revenue for the early United States Federal Government. The duty had to be paid each time the ship came into a U. S. port except for fishing vessels which paid only once a year. Note that favorable rates were charged for ships owned by U. S. Citizens or built within the United States.
Borah in this quotation reflects a deeply held view of a minority of Americans who are opposed to any foreign force—“legal or moral”—influencing affairs in America. The concern is rarely stated with such eloquence. By Borah’s standards our participation in the United Nations is wrong and unwise.
The coup which deposed and then murdered Patrice Lumumba had the help of the American CIA and French Army. Lumumba was a Marxist and Mobutu appeared to be an anti-Communist. The corruption under Lumumba was typical of most African counties but Lumumba himself was an ideologue and but not personally dishonest. Under Mobuto, the Congo—renamed Zaire—became the most corrupt nation on earth, and Mobuto, one of the richest men in the world. Everything he complained of to justify is coup, he himself was guilty of when he consolidated power—moreso than any other 20th century world leader.
to send troops to Cuba The problem in Cuba was not even a crisis for America. But the precedent became the beginning of a huge change in the balance of power between the President and Congress. Together with his huge popularity, Roosevelt could do almost anything and have public support, but the war powers—the authority to send American troops into harm’s way—started their profound shift from requiring the President to ask Congress to declare war and the President acting unilaterally which had become common by the 21st century.
In 1944 the French wanted to establish an intelligence operation in Washington:
