It's all about money :-) Togo was a great admiral, and a wise one, who warned in his last speech to Japan's follow-on leaders not to be dismissive and complacent in victory, lest pride lead to defeat. How truly he spoke.
On Fidays Yokosuka restaurants have "kaigun-curry" on the menu, and the Japanese navy still serves curry on Fridays, following an old RN tradition, apparently.
I've always felt that a revolutionary when offered a bit of the good life quickly ceases to become a revolutionary. And Kennedy's embargo didn't hurt anyone other than the guy in the street. Maybe he thought that this would lead to an overthrow of the Castro government. If so, he was sadly mistaken....
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