host: go ahead, roger. caller: i have an interesting question. in 1898, the u.s. with teddy roosevelt got rid of the spaniards and mckinley sent the rough riders in and everybody into cuba to get rid of the spaniards. why didn't eisenhower, why didn't kennedy, why didn't they send the u.s. military in. i was reading a thing about the bay of pigs on "usa today" and most generals at a time, the cia was not supposed to go in and do military operations. the u.s. military, the dod, was supposed to go into cuba to get rid of castro. nicholas: yes. both eisenhower and kennedy were unwilling to commit, at least openly, u.s. military forces to the overthrow of the castro regime. one of the great concerns was to maintain good relations with the rest of latin america. latin america, latin american people, saw that united states as overbearing, they did not like them on the munroe doctrine. they did not like to be in america to backyard. for good foreign policy reasons, it was ruled out that we would have the u.s. military openly go against the castro regime. now, kennedy con

roger, good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> great, roger. >> just fine. >> yeah, i. i have a question, an interesting question. in 1898, the u.s. with teddy roosevelt -- 17th volunteer in new york got rid of the spaniards and mckinley sent the rough riders and and everybody into cuba to get rid of the spaniards. why didn't eisenhower -- why didn't kennedy -- why didn't dickson, the u.s. military -- i was reading this thing about the bay of pigs on usa today in las vegas, nevada. most generals at the time -- the cia was not supposed to go in and do military operations. the u.s. military, was supposed to go into cuba to get rid of castro. >> yes. both eisenhower and kennedy were unwilling to commit, at least openly. u.s. military forces to the overthrow of the castro regime. one of the great concerns was to maintain good relations with the rest of latin america. latin america, latin american people saw the united states as overbearing. they did not like the maduro doctrine. they did not like to be in america's backyard. so good foreign policy reasons, it was ruled out

we'll start with rogers who's calling from great neck, new york roger. good morning. good morning. how are you feeling? go ahead roger. yeah. hi. um, i have a question very interesting question. in 1898 the us with teddy roosevelt in the 17th are volunteer of new york. got rid of the spaniards and mckinley sent the the you know, the rough riders in and everybody into cuba to get rid of the spaniards. why didn't why didn't eisenhower's kennedy? why didn't they send the us military in? i was reading a thing about the bay of pigs on usa today in las vegas, nevada and most generals at the time to cia was not supposed to go in and do military operations the us military the dod was supposed to go into cuba. get rid of castro. yes. both eisenhower and kennedy were unwilling to commit at least openly us military forces to the overthrow of the castro regime one of the great concerns was to maintain good relations with the rest of latin america latin america. latin american people saw the united states as overbearing they didn't like them on road doctrine. they didn't like to be in america's

let's start with roger, calling from new york. good morning. caller: good morning. how are you feeling? host: great, roger. caller: hi, i have a question, a very interesting question. in 1890, the u.s. with teddy roosevelt got rid of the spaniards, and mckinley sent the rough riders in and everybody in cuba to get rid of the spaniards. why didn't eisenhower, why didn't kennedy, why didn't they send the u.s. military in? i was reading a thing about the bay of pigs on usa today, and most generals at the time, the cia was not supposed to go in and do military operations. the dod was supposed to go into cuba to get rid of castro. guest: yes. both eisenhower and kennedy were unwilling to commit, at least openly, u.s. military forces to the overthrow of the castro regime. one of the great concerns was to maintain good relations with the rest of latin america. latin america, latin american people saw the united states as overbearing. they didn't like the monroe doctrine. they didn't like to be in america's backyard. and for good foreign policy reasons, it was ruled out tha