1898: President McKinley Proposes Invasion of Cuba
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President McKinley sends a message to Congress
asking for authority to intervene militarily in Cuba. The message
says, “The only hope of relief and repose from a condition which
can no longer be endured is the enforced pacification of Cuba.”
Source: Franklin (2016), Cuba and the US Empire: A Chronological History. Monthly Review Press, p. 8