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- world@quokk.au
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- world@quokk.au
President Donald Trump said Friday during remarks in Florida that the United States would take over Cuba “almost immediately,” suggesting an aircraft carrier could be positioned offshore after the conflict in Iran.
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While the president’s comments appeared partly joking, they followed concrete policy action in the form of broadened sanctions.
If the US went in with the big stick, Cuba would fall in a week. Russia doesn’t have the heft to support Cuba at this time and a China doesn’t have the tradition and reach. Most Cubans have deep connections with the US and they know the different in quality of life. There’s be very little support from the population towards the regime. Cuba has barely any friends internationally.
That doesn’t make it right. But of all the countries to “take”, Cuba would be the simplest for the US. And Trump might just be mad enough to do it.
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Cubans are better educated than Americans. They know why they kicked the American mobs out of Cuba.
I honestly don’t know why they went Iran instead of Cuba if they wanted to wave their big dick around.
Completely agree. Iran of all places - I genuinely think he believed he could somehow force a better deal than Obama. Talk about not understanding the regime.
I’ve seen reports that Trump was going to go for Greenland and his advisors shifted his attention to Iran instead. There was also that time Trump leaked Macron’s message where Macron said he’d support Trump with Iran if he backed off Greenland.
You are vastly underestimating cuban peoples commitment to the revolution (they on avg have better QOL than an avg american). Calling it regime you are manufacturing consent for invasion but again you are western british chauvinist so this is expected.
When was the last time you visited cuba / talked to their people directly?
I went around 2018ish, and your take doesn’t track. You’re right, Russia doesn’t have the heft to support Cuba – but they haven’t had the heft to support Cuba for decades. Most Cubans in their 40s that I met, looked back at the days of a stronger Russia as an ideal time period, where they had more goods available – they literally long for the good old days when Communism was bigger on the world stage. They clearly associate/blame the USA’s actions for causing unnecessary famines and issues. Why on earth would you think people would be favorable to a foreign nation that is literally enacting economic warfare to starve the population?? “Thank you for the boot, may I have another?” What??
One of Cuba’s main ‘exports’, are doctors/medical staff for disasters facing other countries. Becoming a doctor in Cuba is basically free of charge, but you gotta work for the govt for a few years after you graduate – as a low paid, outsourced worker as part of these relief teams. Cuba’s govt charges western-ish rates for assistance, but pays those docs a lot less, pocketing the margin for funding govt activities / programs, such as their medical programs. Practically any country that has had a major natural disaster, has gotten assistance from Cuba in this way, because of how they’ve structured the program – so I reckon most of those countries would be friendly to Cuba. “Big” western nations aren’t the only ‘friends’ Cuba can have. Heck, there’ve been articles from numerous news sources even just recently, noting that increased American aggression on this front is impacting health services in various other countries.
America has a lopsided, bully-oriented, military approach at present. They spend an absolutely absurd amount on their military – hell, they could probably blow up most of the UKs government if they wanted to, which is why your politicians are being such pussies when it comes to the US going rogue and openly boasting about committing war crimes. They have the operational capacity to attack/destroy most other governments. It’s not clear they have the capability to occupy and control additional land / regions though, as evidenced by their fumblings in the middle east in recent past, and in that they didn’t stick around in Venezuela (they didn’t even topple that regime, just abducted the dictator at the top). Having soft power / the support of the people, is an essential component to that sort of thing – and seeing as America’s recent actions are pissing off / alienating even Western powers, I see no reason why anyone would think they’d have much ‘success’ in occupying foreign lands. They’d meet active resistance, just like their attempts to setup in Iraq/Afghanistan – likely to a much larger degree even.