First of all let me point out some things; of course like everyone seems to many fail at objectivity with a big red F grade.
1) We were the inception of the missile crisis; 1961, 15 Jupiter IRBM (intermediate-range ballistic nuclear missiles with a 1500 mile range and a flight time of about 16 minutes) near İzmir, Turkey; this directly threatened many Soviet cities including Moscow.
2) October 14th 1962 recon photos showed the installations by the Soviets in Cuba, this began the Crisis proper.
3) In response to him[Castro] beginning the "chit", the note the plot to assassinate him was in 1960, thus this reasoning that the missile crisis preceded the plot and perhaps led to it is invalid.
I'm not sure WHY we did it, Castro wasn't that big of a threat, I think more than anything it was just more Red Fever that had the big wheels turning in those times.
Assassination of a disagreeable foreign power is a direct violation of our laws. IF we do not follow our own laws we sink to or below the level of those we consider enemies. If we have laws we must follow them, why is one more or less "valid?" You simply cannot pick and choose and function adequately. Whether they are a threat to us or not, we cannot trample what we wish to uphold.
