Poll of the Day > Why didn't America annex Cuba? Surely there's more to that story

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So I read that they didnt want to oust the Spanish only to put themselves in as new colonial overlords purely because of the optics of that kind of move.

But surely theres more to it than that man, surely theyd take Cuba and keep it?

Or did the US only come in to help Cuba just to spite the Spanish and kick them out of the Caribbean and had no real interest in the extra land?

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When? There were several rebellions all the way up to 1950, all of which had both American and British interests

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Lokarin posted...

When

1898 whenever you took it from the Spanish

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No we just took the rights to the Cuban sandwich

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FatalAccident posted...

1898 whenever you took it from the Spanish

> Under Cuba's new constitution, the U.S. retained the right to intervene in Cuban affairs and to supervise its finances and foreign relations

Basically, the US got all the benefits of a colony with none of the downsides.

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Lokarin posted...

> Under Cuba's new constitution, the U.S. retained the right to intervene in Cuban affairs and to supervise its finances and foreign relations

Basically, the US got all the benefits of a colony with none of the downsides.

Really? Surely thats not still the case today though?

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FatalAccident posted...

Really? Surely thats not still the case today though?

Umm... they tried to kill Castro like 1000 times, did multiple false flag instigations, and even failed an invasion

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