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Old 10-25-2008, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Mohoender
Where did the Cubans go?
Angola used to be a popular destination for armed Cubans. Or how about Texas? This time the Cubans-in-exile in America could be the defenders instead of the attackers, kind of like Bay of Pigs in reverse. Judging by the T2K future timeline (according to Traveller 2300) the lack of success in the Bay of Pigs disaster is destined to largely be repeated in such a "Bay of Pigs II" - after the Twilight War Cuba is still communist, the American resident Cubans-in-exile will still be in exile and adding insult to injury half of the state of Texas is occupied by Mexican troops and after the Twilight War becomes an independent nation and stays that way for the next 300 years.
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