CIA's spontaneous revolt idea was nonsense even if FC was unpopular. In war it's guns, not feelings that count. During bay of pigs (but not during the missile crisis), a real invasion was not declared casus belli by the USSR to start WWIII, but overall JFK had better used the carrot and stick approach. It's an example of USA wanting to have a cheap buy and fouling it up as a result, whichever way you look at it. No money for Cuba, hence FC wins. No real invasion to get FC, hence the fiasko.
@Jonmad17 Actually that isn't so - they didn't win anything the war was draw at the very best but most serious historians outside of the US would tell you it was a loss.
Could you explain please? I'll be the first to admit my knowledge of the war of 1812 isn't brilliant but wasn't the ultimate result of the war the independance of the United States from Great Britian?
Shite, see for me that whole era is jumbled around, haven't put events happening in the Americas in relation to that happening in Europe. As far as i know the out and out losers were the native Americans but ultimately it seemed to end up as a stalemate.
O my god, u r literally lke a god of knowledge, im not trying to b nice or anything, im just sayin, how does a human no all these things, lke, its almost dive seriously, its almost freakin me out here
The 1400 men, named Brigade 2506, were trained by the Green Berets and inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy. Most of these men had witnessed Guavera's firing squads murdering hundreds of their countrymen. After three days, they were unable to continue because Kennedy refused to authorize air support and deliver ammunition. He later fired numerous top men in the CIA over the incident, leading to the theory that they had him assassinated in 1963.
Sal, you have a gift for explaining things in a clear and concise, conversational and enjoyable way. Something about your delivery and the context you give really makes one want to listen. Thanks!
Once again Sal wins in history. History is hard to teach, because it is influenced by censorship and up for interpretation. But, despite all this Sal does a pretty good job! Way to go man!
@Mode2 He also read bahía Honda like it was written "Janda" in Spanish. If he makes more videos like these he should make sure every foreign word is shown on screen, like he did with the French and Vietnamese names in the previous lectures.
to sum this all up the united states are a bunch of war criminals that commit, murder, terrorism and civil destruction. Leaving Castro only one only one option, to ally himself Russia to protect his country from more terrorist acts and the complete destruction of Cuba. The CIA also was running black OPS long before "the bay of pigs", the would blow up roads, power plants, poison milk trucks, to try and create civil unrest. More good ol American terrorism. Dulles brothers = Bin Laden
@trexx32 Yeah they hated cubans, that explains why the helped train thousands of them to over throw their corrupt leader and give power back to the people. What terrible men.
@KoolThing14 Wow how dumb you are the CIA/United states wanted a full scale war with Cuba. Thank god Kennedy said no, the thousand Cuban exiles that you speak of were trained hit-men/ traitors paid buy the CIA to be nothing but cannon fodder, for a full scale US invasion of the country and that means tens of thousands of Cubans would have been killed and Cuba would be nothing but slave state to the US. The people of Cuba would have rose up if not for the CIA terrorist empowering Fidel
@trexx32 how many US slave states are there now, actually?? How many of them are worse off than cuba? Invasion certainly wasn't the best idea, but cuban exiles weren't exactly enamored with fidel. After all, he did better than batista, but worse than most democratic leaders....
@SalsaTiger83 want a list Mexico, Columbia, CIA drug running US bank money laundering, see Wahcovia. Saudi Arabia there use of the petro dollar, Iraq puppet regime propped up only by the US military, Afghanistan the theft of natural resources see Lithium fields ALL SLAVE STATES. Remember the only reason Cuba is as bad off as it is because Americas policies and embargo's. The US has done more damage to the Cuban people of Cuba then Fidel ever could. If you want more just reply
@trexx32 the world ain't fair, and it certainly isn't as simple or glum as you'd like to believe. How much good exactly is Afghanistan, Iraq or Mexico to the US? Of course, you can always reason, the world must be simple, then you must find some evil overlord lurking in the shadows. Are you wearing a tinfoil hat already?
@SalsaTiger83 who said the world was fair, how much good is Afghanistan, Iraq or Mexico? Wow you are an idiot. Mexico is Americas 3rd largest trading partner, Afghanistan is a gold mind for Military industrial Complex, and Iraq has the 4th largest oil reserves in the world. There's no shadow overlord douche its right out in the open. Your just too dumb or lazy to open a book and read.
@trexx32 Oh big surprise... I guess if it wasn't for evil America, Mexico would make more profitable trades with some other neighbouring economic superpower.... wait ... there is none! And as far as "slave states" go, they are surprisingly rich and free. What was the immediate alternative in most cases to becoming a "slave state" certainly not prosperity, certainly no freedom at all. Politics just isn't as easy as those with the tinfoiled hats like to think.
@SalsaTiger83 lol i live by the border hell yeah if it wasn't for Americas terrible economic and drug polices Mexico would be 100 times better off and so would the America. NAFTA was awesome for both countries. Americas drug polices have been just so great for Mexico over 100,000 dead and American has the largest prison population in the world. Your a joke done...
@trexx32 I do think America should legalize all drugs so that south america can go to peace more easily. But why don't they? I find it hard to blame anyone in particular, most Americans believe they need to stop drug use and trafficking. I partly blame the weapon lobbyists though. I also doubt that Mexico has any potential to set up a functional, free nation right now, even if the US magically vanished over night.
@SalsaTiger83 Hey genius who do you think buys all the consumes all the drugs? Who launders all the drug money, who sells them all the guns? And i know you don't read but Americas ATF was busted gun running, and the same guns they sold to the drug cartel's were used to kill two of their own agents, and yes if the US wasn't so corrupt Mexico would be a much better place overnight
@trexx32 I did not claim there were no evil Americans. It's just that the majority still isn't convinced that legalizing drugs could stop this. Other than that, no amount of good will would be able to stop drug use or drug trafficking in the US. So blaming the US for being evil is stupid, pointless and pathetic.
@Mal1234567 And you know who to blame for that LAZY,GREEDY, Americans that wont do anything for them selves and don't vote. I totally agree America will be a shit hole if it isn't already but 100 years lol nice try i give it 20
If they wanted to get rid of Castro, why didnt the CIA just use a lone gunman in a 5 story building to assassinate him ...3 shots would have done the job..
oh wait , that wouldnt have worked, Castro had a security detail that was well prepared.
@dangermous1968 the lone gunman worked alone lol, hence the name 'the lone gunman', he had nothing to do with the CIA. the 'man on the grassy knoll' is supposedly the real spook.
@dangermous1968 the more I learn about what the CIA actually did do, the more I keep thinking they'd be more effective if they worked like the Mossad: They don't give a crap about who thinks what.
it seems that jfk future successor did not take his advice. cough[IRAQ<Afhangnistan] cough. Oh when will we learn. well obama kinda did it with the whole lybia problem going on handing the ball to the eros but then agian it was US THE USA who sold the new arms that crazy dud is using to kill his own people and well looks like we still as a country havent learn jack squat form our mistakes. I wish you could teach the whiter house a little about history and maybe they might actully do things right
@LORDNAG1 I do not think it is about teaching people about History; it is about patriotism, it is about believing your own country and people are above any others. It is sickening, the patriotism public education deliberately instills in kids; Will Durant believed that this was the one reason public schooling was created, but in fact, at that time patriotism was necessary, for at that time, the advance of the human race depended on the clash of civilizations, whereas now days the only way the
@NoahSV maybe you should read up on the rise and fall of the Roman Empire and get a perspective on the similarities to the US today. You're one world order will never work.
Sal, is there any topic you CAN'T teach? Seriously, the breadth of your knowledge is envious; I only wish there were more hours in the day so I could watch more of your videos.
THANK YOU!!
MissJreeplay 3 days ago
CIA's spontaneous revolt idea was nonsense even if FC was unpopular. In war it's guns, not feelings that count. During bay of pigs (but not during the missile crisis), a real invasion was not declared casus belli by the USSR to start WWIII, but overall JFK had better used the carrot and stick approach. It's an example of USA wanting to have a cheap buy and fouling it up as a result, whichever way you look at it. No money for Cuba, hence FC wins. No real invasion to get FC, hence the fiasko.
kajamix 1 week ago
this was fantastic. It's like i remember every word you said after repeating it once. ty ty ty
TheRealEzzy 3 weeks ago
ty for posting!
Lipton16 1 month ago
Thank you, thank you, thank you! This was very comprehensive and detailed - really helped me for my project.
xXEpicLoVeXx 2 months ago
i love how neutral you teach this stuff
5gunpowder4sand 3 months ago in playlist History
This guy is a nut - He thinks America won the war of 1812.
KevinVancouver2 3 months ago in playlist History
@KevinVancouver2 America DID win the war of 1812...
Jonmad17 2 months ago
@Jonmad17 Actually that isn't so - they didn't win anything the war was draw at the very best but most serious historians outside of the US would tell you it was a loss.
KevinVancouver2 2 months ago
@KevinVancouver2
Could you explain please? I'll be the first to admit my knowledge of the war of 1812 isn't brilliant but wasn't the ultimate result of the war the independance of the United States from Great Britian?
HauptmannRob 2 months ago
@HauptmannRob Wrong war - that was the war of independence in 1775.
KevinVancouver2 2 months ago
@KevinVancouver2
Shite, see for me that whole era is jumbled around, haven't put events happening in the Americas in relation to that happening in Europe. As far as i know the out and out losers were the native Americans but ultimately it seemed to end up as a stalemate.
HauptmannRob 2 months ago
@KevinVancouver2 someone's a sore loser
blahblahblah890100 1 month ago in playlist More videos from khanacademy
Sal you should do a video on Mao.
VanYYFan 4 months ago
Thank you Khan, for correcting my American education.
Mattprole 6 months ago
O my god, u r literally lke a god of knowledge, im not trying to b nice or anything, im just sayin, how does a human no all these things, lke, its almost dive seriously, its almost freakin me out here
purplecloudphil 6 months ago
The 1400 men, named Brigade 2506, were trained by the Green Berets and inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy. Most of these men had witnessed Guavera's firing squads murdering hundreds of their countrymen. After three days, they were unable to continue because Kennedy refused to authorize air support and deliver ammunition. He later fired numerous top men in the CIA over the incident, leading to the theory that they had him assassinated in 1963.
CrystalHunter1989 8 months ago
Great video. One small note, his name was Che Guevara (as in "car" or "bar" not Guevera).
mizanmedia 8 months ago
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Now I get it!
MiniGeek31337 9 months ago
this has seriously helped me with my history revision towards my exams in June! THANKYOU YOU SO MUCH!! *thumbs up*
101sushii 10 months ago
Sal, you have a gift for explaining things in a clear and concise, conversational and enjoyable way. Something about your delivery and the context you give really makes one want to listen. Thanks!
Takdinadin 10 months ago
Very interesting video! More History of U.S. wars please!
noblessus 10 months ago
do some russian history please!
Stalin, Lenin.
PLEASE!!!
Khadije12 10 months ago 6
Sal could you do a video on Osama and 911?
rinwhr 10 months ago
Hey Khan, wheres the Korean war?
Ilikemeows 10 months ago
I would really love it if you did more videos about the cuban revolution
So0h 10 months ago
Once again Sal wins in history. History is hard to teach, because it is influenced by censorship and up for interpretation. But, despite all this Sal does a pretty good job! Way to go man!
freeadplanet 10 months ago 3
lol @ Batista's devil horns!
josefgiven 10 months ago
hey babe
HarryBlufc91 10 months ago
this is awesome sauce
paulceltics 10 months ago
And Bautista means baptist in Spanish. San Juan de Bautista means St. John the Baptist.
Talk about a man whose name doesn't fit him then. Bautista? I don't think so.
vickiormindyb 10 months ago
THank you Khan now i know about IAD :)
Waranle 10 months ago
Not to knock your pronounciation, Sal, but Guevara is pronounced "Geh-vah-rah" not "goo-eh-veh-rah." Still a freakin' awesome video, man. Keep it up!
Mode2 10 months ago
@Mode2 And who are you to decide how words are pronounced?
Poleschs 10 months ago
@Poleschs You are joking, right?
sacrisesma 10 months ago
@sacrisesma No?
Poleschs 10 months ago
@Mode2 He also read bahía Honda like it was written "Janda" in Spanish. If he makes more videos like these he should make sure every foreign word is shown on screen, like he did with the French and Vietnamese names in the previous lectures.
sacrisesma 10 months ago
were those horns on batista?
dannyboy12357 10 months ago
How about overview video of the Cold War ?
30LayersOfKevlar 10 months ago
Where's ww1 at?
lashkaretoiba 10 months ago
Well they didn't have Chuck Norris back then eh?
calvinnewspaper 10 months ago
@calvinnewspaper nobody has chick norris, chick norris has them!
besides, he didn't exist then because he hadn't yet aknowleged space-time; go figure.
LemonPieLoL 10 months ago
@LemonPieLoL
lol
calvinnewspaper 10 months ago
Please do, The Age of Jackson
Degotelo 10 months ago
Run for president....
harj2009 10 months ago 9
I wonder how many people my age actually know about this event because of Black Ops. lol
hitman1365 10 months ago
@hitman1365 Unfortunately a lot.
KoolThing14 10 months ago
Why not just send in Jack Johnson and Tom O'Leary? They'd take care of Castro.
MyDadlsNotAPhone 10 months ago
to sum this all up the united states are a bunch of war criminals that commit, murder, terrorism and civil destruction. Leaving Castro only one only one option, to ally himself Russia to protect his country from more terrorist acts and the complete destruction of Cuba. The CIA also was running black OPS long before "the bay of pigs", the would blow up roads, power plants, poison milk trucks, to try and create civil unrest. More good ol American terrorism. Dulles brothers = Bin Laden
trexx32 10 months ago 3
@trexx32 Yeah they hated cubans, that explains why the helped train thousands of them to over throw their corrupt leader and give power back to the people. What terrible men.
KoolThing14 10 months ago
@KoolThing14 Wow how dumb you are the CIA/United states wanted a full scale war with Cuba. Thank god Kennedy said no, the thousand Cuban exiles that you speak of were trained hit-men/ traitors paid buy the CIA to be nothing but cannon fodder, for a full scale US invasion of the country and that means tens of thousands of Cubans would have been killed and Cuba would be nothing but slave state to the US. The people of Cuba would have rose up if not for the CIA terrorist empowering Fidel
trexx32 10 months ago
@trexx32 how many US slave states are there now, actually?? How many of them are worse off than cuba? Invasion certainly wasn't the best idea, but cuban exiles weren't exactly enamored with fidel. After all, he did better than batista, but worse than most democratic leaders....
SalsaTiger83 10 months ago
@SalsaTiger83 want a list Mexico, Columbia, CIA drug running US bank money laundering, see Wahcovia. Saudi Arabia there use of the petro dollar, Iraq puppet regime propped up only by the US military, Afghanistan the theft of natural resources see Lithium fields ALL SLAVE STATES. Remember the only reason Cuba is as bad off as it is because Americas policies and embargo's. The US has done more damage to the Cuban people of Cuba then Fidel ever could. If you want more just reply
trexx32 10 months ago
@trexx32 the world ain't fair, and it certainly isn't as simple or glum as you'd like to believe. How much good exactly is Afghanistan, Iraq or Mexico to the US? Of course, you can always reason, the world must be simple, then you must find some evil overlord lurking in the shadows. Are you wearing a tinfoil hat already?
SalsaTiger83 10 months ago
@SalsaTiger83 who said the world was fair, how much good is Afghanistan, Iraq or Mexico? Wow you are an idiot. Mexico is Americas 3rd largest trading partner, Afghanistan is a gold mind for Military industrial Complex, and Iraq has the 4th largest oil reserves in the world. There's no shadow overlord douche its right out in the open. Your just too dumb or lazy to open a book and read.
trexx32 10 months ago
@trexx32 Oh big surprise... I guess if it wasn't for evil America, Mexico would make more profitable trades with some other neighbouring economic superpower.... wait ... there is none! And as far as "slave states" go, they are surprisingly rich and free. What was the immediate alternative in most cases to becoming a "slave state" certainly not prosperity, certainly no freedom at all. Politics just isn't as easy as those with the tinfoiled hats like to think.
SalsaTiger83 10 months ago
@SalsaTiger83 lol i live by the border hell yeah if it wasn't for Americas terrible economic and drug polices Mexico would be 100 times better off and so would the America. NAFTA was awesome for both countries. Americas drug polices have been just so great for Mexico over 100,000 dead and American has the largest prison population in the world. Your a joke done...
trexx32 10 months ago
@trexx32 I do think America should legalize all drugs so that south america can go to peace more easily. But why don't they? I find it hard to blame anyone in particular, most Americans believe they need to stop drug use and trafficking. I partly blame the weapon lobbyists though. I also doubt that Mexico has any potential to set up a functional, free nation right now, even if the US magically vanished over night.
SalsaTiger83 10 months ago
@SalsaTiger83 Hey genius who do you think buys all the consumes all the drugs? Who launders all the drug money, who sells them all the guns? And i know you don't read but Americas ATF was busted gun running, and the same guns they sold to the drug cartel's were used to kill two of their own agents, and yes if the US wasn't so corrupt Mexico would be a much better place overnight
trexx32 10 months ago
@trexx32 I did not claim there were no evil Americans. It's just that the majority still isn't convinced that legalizing drugs could stop this. Other than that, no amount of good will would be able to stop drug use or drug trafficking in the US. So blaming the US for being evil is stupid, pointless and pathetic.
SalsaTiger83 10 months ago
@trexx32 so what, in less than another years the entire southwest will merge back with mexico and turn into another shithole.
Mal1234567 10 months ago
@Mal1234567 And you know who to blame for that LAZY,GREEDY, Americans that wont do anything for them selves and don't vote. I totally agree America will be a shit hole if it isn't already but 100 years lol nice try i give it 20
trexx32 10 months ago
@trexx32 so what, in less than a hundred years the entire southwest will merge with mexico and turn into another shithole.
Mal1234567 10 months ago
@Mal1234567 Wrong! the entire south west will merge with da pacific.
rodrickau 10 months ago
If they wanted to get rid of Castro, why didnt the CIA just use a lone gunman in a 5 story building to assassinate him ...3 shots would have done the job..
oh wait , that wouldnt have worked, Castro had a security detail that was well prepared.
(sorry, couldnt resist)
dangermous1968 10 months ago
@dangermous1968 I c wut u did thar
KoolThing14 10 months ago
@dangermous1968 the lone gunman worked alone lol, hence the name 'the lone gunman', he had nothing to do with the CIA. the 'man on the grassy knoll' is supposedly the real spook.
LemonPieLoL 10 months ago
@LemonPieLoL wait, there was another one in the grassy knoll?why did they hire two uys???
dangermous1968 10 months ago
@dangermous1968 the more I learn about what the CIA actually did do, the more I keep thinking they'd be more effective if they worked like the Mossad: They don't give a crap about who thinks what.
SalsaTiger83 10 months ago
@TheIron0x
Before
I came with tony
jabmalassie 10 months ago
hope you do a video on birtherism. let the whole world know how stupid politics can be
homousios 10 months ago
it seems that jfk future successor did not take his advice. cough[IRAQ<Afhangnistan] cough. Oh when will we learn. well obama kinda did it with the whole lybia problem going on handing the ball to the eros but then agian it was US THE USA who sold the new arms that crazy dud is using to kill his own people and well looks like we still as a country havent learn jack squat form our mistakes. I wish you could teach the whiter house a little about history and maybe they might actully do things right
LORDNAG1 10 months ago
@LORDNAG1 I do not think it is about teaching people about History; it is about patriotism, it is about believing your own country and people are above any others. It is sickening, the patriotism public education deliberately instills in kids; Will Durant believed that this was the one reason public schooling was created, but in fact, at that time patriotism was necessary, for at that time, the advance of the human race depended on the clash of civilizations, whereas now days the only way the
NoahSV 3 months ago
@LORDNAG1 world will be made any better is if it is united. Patriotism is a remainder of the old days.
NoahSV 3 months ago
@NoahSV maybe you should read up on the rise and fall of the Roman Empire and get a perspective on the similarities to the US today. You're one world order will never work.
ramrants 2 months ago
You can relive this very event in black ops.
wookiemaster73 10 months ago
Did anyone else notice the horns that Sal drew on Batista?
Rayman304 10 months ago
@Rayman304 The horns should be drawn on JFK
NoahSV 3 months ago
Yes We KHAN! (can) :D ..man the range of things you have taught....did you come from space? O_o
Dubaifreak 10 months ago 41
@Dubaifreak Space kham from khan.
TheKturner05 10 months ago
3rd! awesome as always!
gorgurus 10 months ago
Sal, is there any topic you CAN'T teach? Seriously, the breadth of your knowledge is envious; I only wish there were more hours in the day so I could watch more of your videos.
Gtajora 10 months ago 61
@Gtajora He may be able to teach all of them in a general way, but I think he does best at the financial and math ones.
vickiormindyb 10 months ago
Thanks for the history lessons. Hope you upload more.
dizzymasekela 10 months ago