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Talk:Bay of Pigs invasion

2007-05-17T20:21:39Z

Arctic Nation: New page: I've largely cleaned up and rewritten this article, but I think it should be renamed to Bay of Pigs Invasion. ~~~~

I've largely cleaned up and rewritten this article, but I think it should be renamed to Bay of Pigs Invasion. [[User:Arctic Nation|Arctic Nation]] 16:21, 17 May 2007 (EDT)

Bay of Pigs invasion

2007-05-17T20:20:41Z

Arctic Nation:

The Bay of Pigs (Bahía de Cochinos) is a small bay on the Southern coast of [[Cuba]]. It is most noted as the location of a failed US-planned and supported invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles to overthrow the government of [[Fidel Castro]] in 1961.

After Castro had taken over power in Cuba in 1959, American-Cuban relations had deteriorated rapidly. Both the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations judged that the existence of a communist state close the US could not be tolerated, and began planning to overthrow Castro.
Groups of Cuban exiles were trained and equipped by the CIA in Guatemala and Florida to land on Cuba and march on Havana or start a guerilla war. Castro, however, had been warned by the KGB that an invasion was imminent and was prepared to fight off the invaders.

On April 15, 1961 B-26 bombers started to attack air fields on Cuba in an attempt to wipe out the Cuban air force and establish air superiority, but due to political decisions and communication mishaps the bombing was halted before these goals could be achieved.
Despite this setback, the invasion went on as planned and on April 17, 1,500 Cuban exiles landed in the Bay of Pigs. After establishing a beachhead they moved inland and encountered heavy opposition from Cuban militia forces. Losses among the Cuban forces were very high due to the superior firepower and close air support from the B-26 bombers. However, the invaders soon ran out of supplies and were forced back to the beach, where they surrendered on April 21. They had hoped for an American intervention, but president Kennedy did not want to risk an all-out war and abandoned the invaders. Also the popular support, predicted by the CIA, the invaders would meet among the Cuban population failed to materialize.

On December 29, 1962 the survivors of the invasion force were returned to the US.

Popular support for Castro in Cuba soared a result of the invasion, and the increasing ties between Cuba and the [[Soviet Union]] would trigger the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] in 1962.

[[Category:United States History]]

Talk:Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

2007-05-09T16:19:08Z

Arctic Nation:

Why do we have 2 pages for the Soviet Union?--[[User:Elamdri|Elamdri]] 16:58, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

==Successor State(s)==
[[User talk:Thjazi|Thjazi]] and I have differing opinions on which nation(s) should be viewed as successor states to the USSR. Would it just be Russia, or all 14-odd nations in the CIS? [[User:GodlessLiberal|GodlessLiberal]] 20:46, 4 April 2007 (EDT)

==Socialist State==

Communist state is an oxymoron, and even the formal name is "Union of Soviet ''Socialist'' Republics". Stop changing this back. [[User:Thjazi|Thjazi]] 22:31, 19 April 2007 (EDT)
:I would think the Soviet Union was a communist state. The fact that it was called socialist is irrelevant to the discussion, otherwise all states with the epithet 'democratic' should be considered to be democratic, which is of course a rather ludicrous statement. [[User:Arctic Nation|Arctic Nation]] 12:19, 9 May 2007 (EDT)

Talk:Icons of Evolution

2007-04-13T15:52:01Z

Arctic Nation: New page: Ed, why did you revert my edits? It should be clear in the article that the book in question is controversial and generally ignored as being bad science in the scientific community. I ca...

Ed, why did you revert my edits? It should be clear in the article that the book in question is controversial and generally ignored as being bad science in the scientific community. I can understand that you might not share the same point of view, but as it is now the article is factually incorrect. [[User:Arctic Nation|Arctic Nation]] 11:52, 13 April 2007 (EDT)

Pyrite

2007-04-12T21:19:44Z

Arctic Nation: Fixed the stub

'''Fool's gold''' is the common name of the [[mineral|mineral]] pyrite (iron disulfide, FeS<sub>2</sub>), which, due to its metallic luster and brass-yellow hue is oftenly mistaken for [[gold|gold]]. It can be distinguished from real gold by its crystalline structure and, when handled, sulfuric smell. Occasionally, small quantities of gold can be found in pyrite deposits.

Icons of Evolution

2007-04-10T17:11:47Z

Arctic Nation:

Icons of Evolution is a controversial book by [[Intelligent Design|Intelligent Design]] advocate [[Jonathon Wells|Jonathan Wells]]. In it, Mr. Wells describes certain "myths" often used to illustrate the [[Theory of Evolution|Theory of Evolution]], and explains why they are supposedly incorrect.

==See Also==

[[Pharyngula]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.iconsofevolution.com Icons of Evolution] – Official website
* [http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/wells/ Icons of Evolution FAQs] from [[Talk.Origins]]

Icons of Evolution

2007-04-10T17:10:47Z

Arctic Nation:

Icons of Evolution is a controversial book by [[Intelligent Design|Intelligent Design]] advocate [[Jonathon Wells|Jonathan Wells]]. In it, Mr. Wells describes certain "myths" often used to illustrate evolutionary theory, and explains why they are supposedly incorrect.

==See Also==

[[Pharyngula]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.iconsofevolution.com Icons of Evolution] – Official website
* [http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/wells/ Icons of Evolution FAQs] from [[Talk.Origins]]