&gt; Bear in mind that Jerry Pournelle is a very right wing guy and was right wing at the time of the Vietnam war, so he looks for confirmation of his own pro war views.<p>That means you have to read his work with a critical eye.  It doesn&#x27;t mean he&#x27;s wrong.  Communists have done similar things elsewhere.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;books.google.ca&#x2F;books?id=3y4uAgAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PT130&amp;lpg=PT130&amp;dq=cuban+olive+green+castro&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=71jvd_YYP_&amp;sig=L_E1ypjapB7NdbkX1eIpBOe5oMY&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiOi9yxlebKAhVJrB4KHYw8BewQ6AEINTAH#v=onepage&amp;q=cuban%20olive%20green%20castro&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;books.google.ca&#x2F;books?id=3y4uAgAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PT130&amp;lpg=P...</a><p>&quot;Castro assured the world that his revolution belonged to neither the Communists nor the capitalists, that it was neither red nor black, but Cuban olive-green.&quot;<p>We know how that turned out.