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