The CIA's 638 Attempts to Assassinate Castro

[@halfasinteresting]

This will hopefully be the last video where I sound like a squeaky pack-a-day smoking mouse. I went to the doctor, and he said the only thing that could cure my illness would be more HAI topics. I have some of those, but I need more to get 100% better, so submit your ideas here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUdlvw6YgU44J8AnM2U_ZvRMyvh_CUM51LYSqF5nYJB9d1-w/viewform?usp=sf_link As a reward for curing me, if we use your topic, we'll send you a free HAI t-shirt.

[@fm.s07]

Half as Interesting hi

[@linuskarlsson9449]

Take care bro and hope you get to rest some!! 👌

[@QuarioQuario54321]

Half as Interesting I submitted the M185 video(twice in fact) where’s my shirt?

[@linuskarlsson9449]

@@QuarioQuario54321 Maby someone submitted it before you?

[@ChrisKodiak]

0:49 "Fulgencio Batista", but pronounced 'Bastista'?

[@Smile200-z4y]

I want a tv show where each episode is an assassination attempt and the tagline is "Curse you Castro"

[@cpsbBXCX]

"Curse you, Castro the Marxist-Leninist!!!"

[@theeclipsemaster]

@@cpsbBXCX i immediately read that in doofenshmirtz voice

[@darthdiamo6902]

@@theeclipsemaster Same.

[@planefan082]

@@theeclipsemaster "We've got 104 years of the human lifespan and we've come along just to end his..."

[@jclindsay007]

and Castro never even realizes that he's being targeted, instead just doing stuff like drinking milk all day.

[@IeshiAke]

I hope that someone in the operation called the explosive seashell "sea4"

[@xxAnaconta]

or satshell charge

[@velozio]

Get out!

[@ILoveCatsYippee.]

Seafloor

[@zyaicob]

@@ILoveCatsYippee. thanks man

[@NarcolepticNerdProductions]

In dead :,)

[@etuainicola]

Imagine being the guy in charge of killing castro, he must've went crazy after the 600th attempt

[@edgelord8337]

He was probably on drugs.

[@noahbowie5985]

I think by attempt 100 he probably would've been fired The next guy can't be as bad as the last guy.

[@BothHands1]

edge lord everyone was on drugs. it was the 60's

[@edgelord8337]

@@BothHands1 true.

[@kalleguld]

What if he succeeded? He'd be out of a job.

[@abashir7866]

"The poisoned cigars went to an unidentified person" I feel bad for him

[@rekt632]

Abdullah Bashir Omg I do too

[@shrekonion8307]

"Oh wow a bunch of cigars? I feel bad for the sucker who didnt get these"

[@arnowisp6244]

RIP.

[@jakehix8132]

@@shrekonion8307 Probably happened on repeat until all the cigars were gone...

[@Cube_Box]

and that's why they write "cigars kill you" on the back of the box

[@LogeySmalls]

This video is about assassination attempts and the first words are, “This video was made possible by Skill Share.” What exactly are they teaching over at Skill Share?

[@losgatossonmuychidos]

DejaVoodooDoll 😂

[@Noah-hb2mu]

Alfredo Acosta that would be creepy

[@drmadjdsadjadi]

How not to kill Castro.

[@hardlyb]

I hope if they have classes in assassination, that they aren't based on CIA training manuals.

[@philippplayz]

666 likes : NOIce

[@poofbomb-minecraftmore1883]

Castro wasn’t able to die, he never completed his life’s greatest work; cows that could live in the Caribbean heat, and give lots of milk

[@edgelord8337]

Sam o nella academy wants your location.

[@omkarnagarhalli5217]

Ubre 🅱️lanca intensifies

[@mrfcknlux1674]

He actually archived it. It was a Zebu and Holstein cow mix most of his breeding effort didn't pay off but he managed to create one cow meeting his wishes. The cow was named "Ubre Blanca" which translated means "White Udder" she is said to have peaked at 110L mild a day. Updates on her well being and milk procurement was reported daily in the Cuban newspapers and after her death, he made a giant marble statue in her honor.

[@aardappelmethoed1151]

another potato :O

[@GURken]

nice Channing Tatum avatar

[@cerjmedia]

Imagine spending $10,000 to order an assassination on someone, and they're just like "sorry, I've never got around to it"

[@Giblet12]

@@naddarr1 Thats roughly 90k when adjusted for inflation. Still not alot tho.

[@khhnator]

you would be surprised how liberal government entities are with money that technicly ain't theirs

[@TheMcstevester]

I'm assuming they would've paid after so they probably never lost it

[@yaykruser]

I would have done it for maybe like 10 million or so, but not 10k , Imagine paying for the flight and the gun, and your escape vehicle, and then ending up with a loss. Or even worse: failing, getting captured and tortured for the rest of your live.

[@halfounceofhell]

basically any sibling or parent when you ask them to do something

[@JaysonT975]

"Looking into whether the CIA abused their power" LOOOOOL good one

[@nicolas44991]

that's like saying water is wet

[@zakarian3892]

that's like investigating if snoop dogg smokes weed

[@MagicalBread]

nicolas44991 umm. Water isn’t wet. I’ll whoosh myself now. r/whoooooooosh.

[@OmnipotentNoodle]

Hmm yes the floor here is made of floor

[@notaidan4451]

Hmmmmm yes today we’re going to investigate if humans breathe.

[@canehdiansteve3455]

It's hard to imagine that anyone could fail at anything 638 times consecutively. That's an astronomical number of failures.

[@horminmangfi5653]

Reality is funny!

[@ckl9390]

To be fair, sounds like a good amount of those attempts were actually plans that were abandoned before being tried. I don't think that technically counts as a failure.

[@yonki2694]

Ever played dark souls?

[@Cal90208]

@@ckl9390 If they started it and gave up it’s a failure

[@ckl9390]

@@Cal90208 Exploratory planning and deciding to not do it based on high likelihood of poor outcomes could be counted as a success. A success of the plan screening process. If it was already implemented and had to be retracted in the field then that could be considered a failure of both the plan and the screening process.

[@Ludovicus1769]

Castro: *Dies of old age* The US: Yeah, we definitely won.

[@kakyoindonut3213]

the CIA: "we did it mr. president, we use Natural Selection as the weapon to kill him"

[@shawnv123]

@@kakyoindonut3213 😹😹

[@Ektalon]

“We got him!”

[@benx6264]

Castro: Dies of old age Sure, that's what they want you to think.

[@Ludovicus1769]

@@benx6264 Oh no, there’s a crazy person in the comments.

[@radianzero]

Castro: *Dies of old age* CIA man who tried to kill him 600 times: "I've won...... But at what cost?"

[@doctordoc2351]

@@Twebs12 stop doing this, your video sucks

[@yuantan9292]

There's a joke that Fidel Castro once said: "I'd not die until America is destroyed" He died less than a week after Trump won the election.

[@myguy6762]

Chui Qiu that’s pretty epic if I do say so myself

[@the_actual_alex]

@@yuantan9292 oof

[@zacktrever1878]

*HE PLAYED US LIKE A FIDDLE*

[@alicemadness2915]

“(...) which investigated whether the CIA had ever abused its power, which is kinda like investigating wether snoop dog has ever smoked weed.” this is the best line in this video and it’s way underrated

[@tylerlackey1175]

Reddit moment

[@alicemadness2915]

@@tylerlackey1175 what does that mean lol i don’t have a reddit sorry if that’s a dumb question

[@comradekenobi6908]

@@tylerlackey1175 get ratioed

[@tylerlackey1175]

@@comradekenobi6908 npc moment

[@comradekenobi6908]

@@tylerlackey1175 lol ok Tyler

[@chichan9013]

CBS Putin Interview Interviewer: "3 times president, 5 assassination attempts I'm told. Not as much as Castro who have interviewed, I think he must have had 50 but there's a legitimate 5 I've heard about." Putin: Yes, I talked with Castro about that. And he said to me, _"Do you know why I'm still alive?"_ I asked him _"Why?"_ , "Because I was always the one to deal with my security personally."

[@midnightdragon67]

That's smart

[@mobashshirkareem976]

Yeah I have seen that interview. But I don't think that the CIA stopped trying to kill Putin after 5 attempts. He is a nightmare for them, so it's very likely that there are way more than 5 attempts to kill him failing to do so.

[@hypernovic5301]

Hey how's Corona.

[@ray224k2]

Hypernovic he’s doing fine.just watching tv

[@lifesimulator3964]

Hypernovic Lol, now that you mentioned Corona. The president of China has disappeared & rumors are saying maybe he's infected

[@jacobe4836]

It’s crazy to think how much a pill getting stuck in a freezer changed history.

[@Palemagpie]

Castro's security team. "We are either, the greatest security team in the world ...or theyre legitimately incompetent"

[@jamesleduke873]

Or both.

[@deep.space.12]

I was expecting a video about bricks....

[@tales9476]

I know... Where is the brick video? We need it.

[@michaelhowell2326]

Little known fact: Wiley the Coyote was the Director of the CIA at the time most of the assassination attempts.

[@michellesheppard9253]

Castro is the Road Runner I suppose. Beep beep!

[@legendarynoodle2438]

Everyone who isn't judging an leader by his hat size, should lose his right to vote in my opinion.

[@niensaddestofthesad8151]

*The Cuban government wants you to get rid of the opinion bit*

[@leecrumpler77]

Sometimes hats fail though, which is why I like good old fashioned facial hair

[@oxybrightdark8765]

You and Kim Jon Un would be good friends.

[@peterbonnema8913]

But hatsize isn't something that gets voted on.... it gets measured.

[@oxybrightdark8765]

Peter Bonnema height, not head diameter

[@ChaotiX1]

New recruit: "so I take them out quickly and efficiently, right?" CIA: *We don't do that here.*

[@josephlitjc6430]

The funniest thing about this is that some CIA agent after the 637th attempt must've been like : "Ok , hear me out guys, what if THIS time, we actually succeeded?"

[@wahabartwork2487]

50 years later: *HAI uploaded '90000 attempts of cia to kill Kim jong un'

[@aidan8858]

The CIA would love it if you could... take him out

[@petersmythe6462]

DPRK is a nuclear country with China sitting nextdoor. It fails and the DPRK leadership retaliates in kind. You've just killed the POTUS.

[@behemoth6141]

@@petersmythe6462

[@centralintelligenceagency5923]

We're on 267 right now.

[@wahabartwork2487]

@@centralintelligenceagency5923 wait wut 😂😂😂

[@zz-rw1vb]

God: Fine, I'll do it myself

[@edgelord8337]

He lived his life long and outlived everyone else.

[@SpeedBird6780]

Or did the CIA bribe God???

[@edgelord8337]

@@SpeedBird6780 can you stop.

[@SrMorais]

@Mycel yeah bro you just blasphemed

[@hdono8542]

jesus said elon musk cant go to heaven

[@vtron9832]

So basically the CIA was Tom and Fidel was Jerry.

[@SpeedBird6780]

No, The CIA was Wile E. Coyote and Fidel was the Roadrunner.

[@osheridan]

How dare you insult Tom like that

[@Macinatorecazzaro]

When everyone tries to kill hitler and fails Hitler: OK IM GOING TO DO IT MYSELF

[@rekt632]

Lol ikr

[@RetractedandRedacted]

Britain had several plans to kill Hitler but decided against it as Hitler was winning them the war and they were worried about someone more competent becoming in charge.

[@Ihaveagasmask]

@@RetractedandRedacted imagine being so incompetent that they think that you being alive is better because anyone else being in charge

[@frocco7125]

Country with oil: *elects left wing government* CIA: "Allow us to introduce ourselves!"

[@granterickson5784]

I didn’t realize Cuba was a big oil producer...

[@LuuxanCreosai]

@@granterickson5784 No, but they have the next best thing! *BANANAS*

[@fieldmarshal7298]

CIA: That wasn't very cash money of you

[@frocco7125]

@@granterickson5784 Yeah it was kind of a joke, bc countries with stealable oil and countries with left wing governments are the main targets of the CIA and US-sanctions, if you look into the history of that.

[@calvinnickel9995]

CIA: How many Central and South Americans do we have to kill before you realize that Socialism doesn’t work?

[@rubbers3]

That "boy meets military superpower" story... Man, that *ESCALANTED* quickly.

[@Pakanahymni]

"[Report], which investigated whether the CIA had ever abused its power - which is kind of like investigating whether Snoop Dogg has ever smoked weed."

[@j3pu69]

Torille

[@jeffreyau9751]

Dude no way, Snoop's such a good christian child he will never touch the devil's lettuce

[@connorkelleher2537]

Leonis Krigorian the post office is literally a government owned monopoly

[@robertjarman3703]

@Leonis Krigorian They had a large scandal in the 1820s where the postmaster general was handing off high ranking positions to political loyalists like their close family members.

[@armadillolover99]

Leonis Krigorian The post office has a legal monopoly on delivering mail. Nobody besides them is allowed to deliver mail except for special deliveries (like contracts or important business documents). If FedEx were to deliver a postcard, they could be prosecuted for breaking the law. If that’s not abuse of power, idk what is.

[@SF-eg3fq]

"the secret for a long life is having the CIA spending 40 years trying to kill you" lmao

[@Earl_Black]

imagine trying to kill Fidel Castro but you failed 638 times and get fired and then Castro dies of old age

[@NotAmira_]

Mission failed, we- Wait.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

We remain great friends with Cuba, we miss Comrade Castro

[@manojmani6370]

Supreme leader

[@dereckandre3485]

How is it going man?

[@Solisium-Channel]

I don’t know why I keep seeing comments from you and the fbi in every video I go to 😐

[@elvisdb8604]

F

[@sushizombie_222]

my favourite kpop asshole

[@adamolsson3728]

HAI - We are gonna try to be uncontroversial Also HAI - *Proceeds to roast Batista, the US aswell as the Cleveland Browns*

[@soupycask]

Most sane people would acknowledge that Batista was a dick.

[@ethank5059]

Roasting the Browns isn't controversial. It's a fact, universally acknowledged, that they deserve it.

[@edgelord8337]

@@soupycask he was a douche bag.

[@bigsexycheeks8740]

@@ethank5059 they earned it by losing so much, rip browns

[@PotatoGawds]

Savage

[@copperymarrow1583]

me: "What's the wifi password?" friend: "Its on the back of the router." back of the router: 1:23

[@mows6356]

underrated

[@vladimirilyichulyanov4569]

That's a long password

[@gm2407]

Expecting to see this in AC2 somewhere.

[@michellesheppard9253]

Is Tito in the background picture?

[@ynotw57]

Got it. Thanks.

[@ThatPyukumuku]

As tumblr user "lesbianshepard" described it: "It's a little known fact that in the 60s and 70s the CIA was actually run by wile e coyote"

[@driftracerepeat7334]

CIA: *CANT KILL CASTRO* DEATH: *"FINE I'LL DO IT MYSELF"*

[@davidfreeman3083]

Pinochet (looking down from 'up there'): I told ya my CHOPPERS are better. And my DINA is also BETTER!

[@cheesecracker835]

Death 50 years later:

[@imasheep6298]

Actually thay did kill him he just had a totem of undying 638 of them

[@vnikyt]

Dude, fresh lemons, fresh ginger, and herbal tea and keep making these pun-packed videos

[@therwfer]

Nah, youre both wrong. Vodka. Lots of it.

[@jaredj631]

Catholics are like: “Hell yes I judge leadership by The size of a hat”

[@leonleon2021]

Yep, just look at pope's hat.

[@EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts]

He is the most Pope, for he has the most hat.

[@svengonsalves8538]

There is now a meme where the popes hat is a ps5

[@j_rivera2007]

Exactly why Catholicism the best (this is the only reason)

[@j_rivera2007]

Mogaaj Fghgf but was John f Kennedy orthodox? Didn’t think so

[@IvailoStoychev]

If there were 638 attempts between the 1960s to the 2000s, that essentially means Castro had an attempt assasination practically at least one every week.

[@christiaansjouw5680]

Bruuuuhhh...

[@palinanavitskaya6133]

That's 638 attempts in the span of 40 years, which means around 16 attempts per year (638 divided by 40 is 15.95). As there are 52 weeks in a year, it could therefore have not been one attempt every week, or even 2 weeks. Though, you may be working with some information that I am not (for example the density in which the attempts happened - which could mean one assassination attempt per week happened at one point in those 40 years).

[@morceen]

@@palinanavitskaya6133 🤓 But also nice

[@olbradley]

The CIA took the Road Runner to another level.

[@tim..indeed]

Breaking news for most US citizens: In the Cold War, especially in Middle and South America, the US were rarely the good guys.

[@mccaylawhite8900]

Tim Fischer who wouldn’t know that?

[@RoyalFusilier]

If somebody has grown up in the US all their lives, like me, it can often come as a violent shock, but uh yeah. It's actually astounding how often something like "a free election happens for the first time in decades, a moderate socialist is elected who begins, I dunno, giving people health care, and the CIA fucking murders him and installs a fascist dictator." Like, it's not just something that happened. It was the official, ongoing, continuous, and relentless policy of this nation. I don't know why the fuck I'm even saying "was", like we're not probably trying to do it even now. It's like when somebody learns that the Nazi death camps were not Germany's first time with the concept, and they hear about the colonialism in Africa, that during the German Empire, long before fascism was literally even invented, they were doing the exact same thing to native populations, down to having evil scientists experiment on them. Fascism is capitalism's reaction to being challenged by socialism.

[@SP-rt4ig]

@@RoyalFusilier The US certainly committed terrible crimes, but you seem to be missing the definition of Fascism. Fascism would a state a totalitarian state where people are monitored for their ideas or what they saw, where businesses and the workers 'cooperate' to form an economy under the guidance of the state, an extreme nationalist regime, and with the leader having a cult of personality. What you seem to portray is simply a utilitarian military dictatorship, led by military juntas. Terrible, nonetheless, but Fascism is an often misused word which has almost lost its meaning due to how often it is used as a pejorative.

[@AureliusLaurentius1099]

@@RoyalFusilier TBH Nobody was The Soviets and Chinese were no better.

[@dfghj241]

@@SP-rt4ig no. fascism has a much better definition: fascism is when, independent of which form of government is employed, the democracy of the workers, and whatever means they have of organizing, are supressed, dismantled and disabled. that is what fascism is. now the democracy of the workers has very little to do with the democracy of the rich and powerful. that can be supressed under fascism but rarely, usually because those who back fascist governments are the rich and powerful to begin with. what is the democracy of the rich and powerful? simple: elections, congress, boards of directors, and economic or political forum you can think of. now what is the democracy of the workers? the ability to strike, the ability to organize into grassroot or political movements and parties, student movements, the ability to manifest their political wishes in the streets, these are the democratic tools of the workers, nothing else. a fascist government can very well try and ideologically control the people, but thats unnecessary: in countries with more severe restrictions on the state's capacity to supress organization of the masses for political battle, we see much more ideological control then in totalitarian and opressive states, who just need to kill and arrest...

[@pranav4450]

Imagine being the guy trying to kill castro but in the end u end up dying of old age before Castro

[@pranavkonjeti]

"The only thing the USA hates more than a healthy diet"🤣🤣

[@gungunsana.m9795]

Hahahaha 🤣🤣🤣

[@certifiedgoat7067]

Lmao 😂😂

[@Jayako12]

Well, with Castro's regime you did loose weight

[@chompythebeast]

This is the “One Joke” for capitalists completely uneducated in socialism but what they’ve heard through American media in the same way the Attack Helicopter joke is the One Joke for transphobes

[@tylerlackey1175]

@@chompythebeast reddit moment

[@amedievalknight6yearsago691]

CIA Agent: "Stay Down, Final Warning." Fidel Castro: "I Can do this all day."

[@apexalaska]

The CIA in movies: "we are the most elite spies and assassins in the world, we topple governments and make tyrants disappear!" The CIA IRL: "we are literally just a bunch of criminals stealing tax payer dollars to break international laws and fail at everything we do".

[@SometimesCompitent]

And yet… you sport an avatar supporting them.

[@apexalaska]

@@SometimesCompitent the fuck are you talking about? My pfp is literally 100% anti CIA.

[@eges72]

CIA is like the most evil hollywood-ish organisation in the world that prepares many plots to destroy the world but end up failing miserably

[@forehand101]

​@@SometimesCompitent That's not what "Lets Go Brandon" means. It came from a reporter at, I believe, a NASCAR race where the crowd was cheering "F*** Joe Biden" but the reporter was like "Oh yeah, they're like cheering your name Brandon! ha, ha, ha.. Let's Go Brandon!" to the winner of the race. Then all the Trump lovers just kinda ran with it for some reason. But the saying is basically anti-Biden who is currently the president and thus a form a anti-government saying. Deeper meaning for most who say it could be support of former US president, Donald Trump, but the government didn't seem to like him terribly much either. Regardless, the saying is not really involved with the CIA at all. The US flag could be in support of the CIA vaguely, but the flag means so many things to so many people. It could just be support of the idea of the country, or straight up support of the government. Either way, dumb saying and the US government is corrupt af no matter who is charge.

[@doraemon402]

That's why movies are a problem, because they're propaganda

[@ruthpemberton1758]

Woah! A new SkillShare logo! This is a change in my routine I don't think I can handle...

[@VaraNiN]

0:48 BaStista? Already looking forward for this year's mistakes video 😜😘

[@mikaxms]

I can confirm the poorly written jokes part is true.

[@morganfreeman4204]

That’s a lot of “mission failed, we’ll get em next time”

[@PLANDerLinde99]

Remember when he fought off zombies in the Pentagon with JFK, Nixon and McNamara?

[@braeman01]

Black Ops 1 Reference

[@ravenlord4]

America: Coyote and ACME corp. Cuba: Roadrunner

[@ultimatestoryteller]

The Cleveland Browns joke hit real hard

[@howardbaxter2514]

Harder than the Browns on Sunday

[@slamwall9057]

Prediction: the video will say that the CIA should have used skillshare Edit: Disliked because it missed that golden opportunity

[@tmfan3888]

*prediction: the sponsor is any vpn providers FTFY

[@anselmschueler]

@@tmfan3888 he literally said the sponsor at the beginning of the video

[@tmfan3888]

@@anselmschueler ofc i know, i mean he should guess the sponsor 2 b vpn providers b4 clickin the vid cos the title is there...

[@slamwall9057]

@@tmfan3888 I made this comment just after I found out it was sponsored by skillshare

[@sabersz]

Imagine disliking a video not because the video is poor quality but because he didn't make a shitty joke about a sponsor.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Reminds me of Fidel’s episode on The Simpsons, he claimed they named a street after him in San Francisco. Homer checked off that he was there to assassinate Castro

[@____7460]

How many stock images do you want? Half as interesting: *yes*

[@jacobw703]

Reminds me of Discworld, when Death goes on vacation and saves that guy whose drowning (and wanted to die). When the guy asks him why he saved him, Death responds: FOR LATER

[@builderpepc7803]

"this video is sponsored by skillshare" curiosity stream: *visible confusion*

[@mina86]

"In the end, Castro died--" So, what you're saying is that CIA succeeded.

[@amollo3143]

They now have successfully failed at killing him

[@fieldmarshal7298]

USA: i see this as a strategic win

[@chavezhurtado6483]

Mission Failed ✅

[@konradplatt3833]

It seems they finally decided to blackmail God into killing Castro

[@inaki5989]

They hired time itself to do the job xD

[@monsieur1936]

The only thing in which CIA was better than KGB was “FAILING IN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPS” 😂

[@certifiedgoat7067]

😂😂😂😂

[@michellesheppard9253]

Oof, good one! KGB attempts on Tito: 22 (all failed) CIA attempts on Castro: 638 (same as above) My bad if there's someone that the KGB has tried to kill more than Tito.

[@monsieur1936]

@@michellesheppard9253 Tito replied to Stalin and said “Stop sending people to kill me. We’ve already captured five of them, one of them with a bomb and another with a rifle. If you don’t stop sending killers, I’ll send one to Moscow, and I won’t have to send a second.” Also, that wasn't KGB which attempted Assassinations on Tito, it was NKVD.

[@babydriver6473]

HAI: *Starts sponsor* Me: Ight, imma head out.

[@OlafoWaffle]

At a certain point in this failed attempts, the Cuban gov't had to be like "Awwww, you almost got'em better luck like time!" or "You know what, the plans for this attempt will go right up on the fridge, you're kid tried his best..."

[@kabobawsome]

I mean, that was basically Castro's personal reaction to most of the attempts that were discovered.

[@zacktrever1878]

I believe the roadrunner and coyote was based on CIA attempts on Fidel Castro *BEEP BEEP* *Zoom*

[@SHADOW-cz6wi]

Now thats some bigbrain

[@stylesrj]

Wasn't there also attempts to try and ruin Castro's image, like powder that would cause his hair to fall out and thus no longer be known as "The beard"

[@user-sn8oe5sb1b]

Well, he already was a deranged murderous dictator, there wasn't much of an image to destroy.

[@stylesrj]

@@user-sn8oe5sb1b The people at the time loved him more than the other guy and the CIA figured that Castro's beard was rather iconic... I mean would you recognise Che Guevara without his distinctive beard? Or Abraham Lincoln? There certainly was an image to destroy and revolutionary leaders kinda need that image...

[@user-sn8oe5sb1b]

@@stylesrj People were scared shitless of him, it's not the same thing. Ernesto Guevara was already executing dissidents.

[@stylesrj]

@@user-sn8oe5sb1b The point is that the CIA figured that there were many ways to kill Castro besides trying to actually kill him. Destroying his image was one of them and one such way was powder that would cause hair loss because the CIA obviously has a division of highschoolers who'd come up with all sorts of wacky pranks...

[@dfghj241]

@@user-sn8oe5sb1b lol sure pal, you sure know what you are talking about huh

[@booboss]

I just love this type of humor. This is the best humor you can get at the entire planet. It's ridiculous, making serious things sounds like it was pitty. I just love it :-)

[@KC-dx3cy]

This is the perfect way to study for my exam on Wednesday about the Cold War

[@GlennHtx]

You forgot the last part of the classic story, girl dies in tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

[@jst7714]

"Goodyear?" "No, the worst."

[@JackOLanter]

That legend survived 638 attempts and here I am... almost choked on my own saliva while sleeping.

[@babylonisfallen4411]

"Controversial" that's a great word to use when those in power want to decide what is true

[@Sinstarclair]

Fun Fact: One of Castro's Assassins (Ilona Marita Lorenz) later on had an affair with Castro after Castro himself found her out.

[@devlinmorin7615]

Being bad at assassination is probably the most positive thing Ive heard about the CIA.

[@elliotttheneko]

The CIA is the greatest spy service! Ana Montes and Castro: *laughes*

[@Fede_uyz]

vaaz's voice in the distance: Have i told you, the definition of insanity?

[@davidbalyan]

oof if only you spelled vaas correctly

[@Fede_uyz]

@@davidbalyan well, never saw it written.... i just played the game, i didnt geek out over it..

[@davidbalyan]

@@Fede_uyz did u like the game?

[@federicoolivares8251]

@@davidbalyan a lot in fact, I replayed it a few times back to back. Loved taking outposts in different ways

[@davidbalyan]

@@federicoolivares8251 same. it's my favorite game. the story is better than any other.

[@Open3yes]

The jokes are literally hidden so well you laugh when you come over it.

[@marioandres4878]

The writing in this channel is really really really clever. I enjoy it so much!

[@erniestruckman]

This man is flipping off the CIA and the grim reaper at the same time tbh

[@abandonedchannel281]

Gusano: We’ll kill him this time Castro: Am I a joke to you

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

You never know. 639th time could’ve been the successful attempt. Never surrender.

[@edgelord8337]

Cia: I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for those meddling communist.

[@bigalsworth]

These jokes are fantastic. Thanks for the much needed laughs and info.

[@judabug323]

Amazing, informative, and wonderful. My life was changed from this video.

[@adrianaEDC]

the dry humor/interesting info combo of this channel is fucking phenomenal

[@adamp9348]

The CIA is literally Plankton trying to get the Krabby Patty formula.

[@aidanw9378]

If the CIA has taught me anything, it's to never give up on your goals.

[@DisobedientSpaceWhale]

It was close, but no cigar

[@gamerparker123]

“You are being hunted down by the CIA. What do you do?” Me: “Oh no! Anyways.”

[@DP-NTDieselForklift]

wow what a great video i learned so much thank you HAI! this video cured all my addictions i love you HAI

[@TheMisanthropistTM]

You know, when my boss had to talk to me about when I've failed for the 600th time, he didn't because he fired me long before that.

[@user-qs7dp6yb2x]

That hat joke was hilarious. Literally LOLed

[@ExperimentIV]

you mention his hats but not the absolutely baller adidas tracksuits castro wore later in life?

[@ch1nmqy132]

This video cured all my addictions Thank you HAI

[@musicalhistory4392]

It is interesting just how much effort the CIA went through, while diplomatic meetings with him would have been far more effective.

[@UnsungAces]

Doing anything funny in a diplomatic meeting is pretty much taboo.

[@jeffreyhuang3814]

Castro: Dies CIA: I see this as an absolute win!

[@jerry3790]

You know, Castro wasn’t that bad in the end. He might’ve been a little dictatory in his youth, but died a charming old man. He could’ve been your grandpa or something.

[@zackgeorgly5099]

Some terrorists end their life as a statesman, and some statesmen end their life as terrorists.

[@jacaredosvudu1638]

Mf ya know Mengele?

[@awjaygaming_jy5139]

I remember this guy, pretty pissed off at him.

[@ShivamSharma-zd8lw]

That remark on the Cleveland Browns was spot on 😂

[@mrturtle9129]

If it wouldn't happened in real life, then if someone would make a plot for a film with it, it will be considered as absurd

[@LemonToGo]

I could watch Wendover or the infographics show but I need the jokes that are sometimes even funny ;}

[@rachelellebye5203]

Last time I was this early, Castro still only had moustache

[@Daniel-xv8ws]

This reminds me of the Interview lol

[@rubenlarochelle1881]

3:25 I can't believe it, Santo Trafficante in Italian literally means Holy Trafficker AHAHAH

[@Tharkz]

Had this in my suggestion today. Funny to hear Half as interesting from 3 years ago compared to today. Pace is way down, almost as if you're low on power 🙂