"Truth...justice, honor, freedom! Vain indulgences, every one(...) I know what I want, and I take it. I take advantage of whatever I can, and discard that which I cannot. There is no room for sentiment or guilt."
Even when they are, which is many years away IMO, the island is still a great thorn on the side of America's greatest geopolitical rival. Especially now that Russia went ahead and shot itself in the foot for the second time in thirty years, China is USA's only real competition in the field of hegemonies. America has every interest in stopping them from expanding their influence and controlling access to the Sea of China and its surroundings, not to mention that even if the USA isn't dependant on TSMC, they would still want to deny exclusivity to this crucial resource to their main rivals.
Still, as I said, this is veering off-topic.
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That seems really silly, considering that Cuba wasn't doing much during that crisis.
The fact that Cuba managed to shrug off the Bay of Pigs would be a better example, and also show that foreign invasions of countries often fail badly - and push countries in the opposite direction compared to what was intended, as Russia has seen in Ukraine (and previously in Afghanistan).
The numbers of Cuba's military international adventures took a real nose dive in .... 1991.
Siri, what happened in 1991?
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Classic Russia. There is now a video on Twitter showing Russian barrier troops gunning down retreating mobiks.
"Truth...justice, honor, freedom! Vain indulgences, every one(...) I know what I want, and I take it. I take advantage of whatever I can, and discard that which I cannot. There is no room for sentiment or guilt."
And as I said later, even then I doubt it's a sure thing, the place is just too good a thorn in China's side for the US to just accept it being removed. The balance of power would need to have dramatically shifted in China's favor for an invasion to take place unopposed. But that's the last I'll say on the topic.
It is all that is left unsaid upon which tragedies are built -Kreia
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I do not believe that the Russian army now has the strength to prevent Ukrainians from retaking Mariupol and Melitopol. When they do I cannot see Russia maintaining control of Crimea in the long term. After that I feel the only way to maintain power in Russia will be the arrest and public trial of leading military figures to serve as a scapegoat. Interesting times are ahead.