Strategic and tactical logic would dictate: Invade Cuba NOW! ... Whaddaya think?
As a student of a Catholic high school, the Sisters of Loretta taught me, I am pleased to be at an institution of higher education with such strong and celebrated Catholic and Jesuit traditions . . . You see, I got my Master's Degree at Notre Dame. (Boos.) I acquired a passion for the fighting Irish . . . and my family has been college educated and Presbyterian ever since. (Laughter and applause.) . . . I wandered into a course on international politics taught by a Czech refugee who specialized in Soviet studies, a man who had a daughter by the name of Madeleine Albright. With that one class, I was hooked. I discovered that my passion was Russia and all things Russian.
Relax folks - it’s called GUnboat dipolmacy - WE do it all the time.
THe support ships are in case the “Peter the (not so) Great” needs a tow - after breaks down or catchs fire - again.
As far as the
“Peter the Great is armed with 20 nuclear cruise missiles and up to 500 surface-to-air missiles, making it one of the most formidable warships in the world”
Do the math on say, the USS Reagan.
That red star on the bow is a nice touch.
So what happens if the ruskies sink one of their own ships while in the area?
Will they accuse us?
It is not unthinkable ya know. They have such a history.