>>215729554
I legitimately don't understand why the US didn't just take over Cuba at the end of the Spanish American war. We basically did just that but with extra steps during the Batista era. Should have just taken it as a formal territory like Puerto Rico. Application of civil law like in Puerto Rico would have ultimately ended the most egregious issues the Cubans had with the Batista era politics so the communists would have never had enough steam to take over either.