Seaga Legacy and the Agency Problem

So much work, so much legacy. Its a shame that one mistake has erased it in the mind of so many Jamaicans. They still blame him for the entry of a certain intelligence agency into Jamaica, and they will never forgive him for it.
Personally I don't understand it. Eisenhower unleashed them on the world and nobody blames him. Big big McNamara went on TV and said he was surprised to know when he became secretary of defense that Eisenhower had personally overseen several attempts to murder Castro.
They were going to get in here one way or the other. Communism failed anyway. Lord knows what would have happened if we were all speaking Russian when they fell.
-RG
Youthful exuberance... for good

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