Originally Posted by ryan1234

Cuba I guess was acceptable (i.e. handled poorly as jungle would say)...
It just seems like the Monroe Doctrine was only used in some cases. Soviet Nuclear subs around Cuba or Venezuala would be more of a threat, although they may have been in international waters... they were still more of threat than a 9000ft runway on an island further away than Cuba, and getting aid from the Canadians, British, Mexicans as well as the communists.