Operation Peter Pan: how the USA transferred 14 thousand children out of Cuba under false pretenses

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[–]BigO 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No, you’re literally lying in your post and comment. The church didn’t make up anything, they were told things or believed it would go a certain way due to what the Cuban government was implying and saying. Most of the propaganda was put forth by Cuban people afraid of communism, the American government only started doing it after other people brought it up to them.

They weren’t false pretenses, certain things did not occur, other things did occur. The government was taking over schools, businesses, and cracking down on religion, all true.

Once again, that’s not true. Most boys did not go to that, most boys met up with their contacts within the expected time, over 90% were reunited in the expected time(which wasn’t months). You’re literally lying and relying on one or two dudes who had a bad time when the vast majority didn’t do that.

You’re just a hateful dude that sees one stupid biased news article and thinks that’s the truth. What a sad person you are.

[–]weavilsatemyface[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The church didn’t make up anything

Of course they did. The Cuban government never said, or implied, or suggested, or hinted, that they would steal children from families. This was a 100% dishonest scare-story that was completely invented as propaganda by the US, Spain and the Church.

"Woooaaaa, Evil Commies are COMING TO STEAL YOUR KIDS!!!"

They weren’t false pretenses

Even the pro-US, anti-Castro sources have to admit the basic facts that children were sent away from their families for no good reason. That many thousands of them were sent to juvenile homes, bounced from family to family, and had a terrible time. And that's the sources that support the operation.