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Cuba: military exercise braces island for US attack
AFP ^
| Nov. 22, 2009
Posted on 11/22/2009 1:57:17 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Nearly 50 years after a botched US-directed invasion of Cuba, the communist nation said Saturday it is holding a military exercise next week to boost preparedness against any future US attack.
"It is a necessity of the first order given the political-military situation that now defines relations between Cuba and the empire," Major General Leonardo Andollo warned, referring to the United States.
He told the official Granma newspaper that the "Bastion-2009" exercises will "raise the deterrent capacity to prevent a military confrontation, under the principle that there is no better way to win a war than by avoiding it."
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TOPICS: Cuba; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bhocuba; castro
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To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
11/22/2009 1:58:28 PM PST
by
bgill
(The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
That’s the funny thing about marxists, they never trust each other.
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posted on
11/22/2009 1:59:51 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Translation.. Cuba is thinking about attacking the USA and they think they can protect themselves from a counter-attack.
To: divine_moment_of_facts
Translation: Things are still getting worse, but it’s easy to blame the imperialists.
Our embargo has been their biggest crutch for the last 15 or so years.
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posted on
11/22/2009 2:02:36 PM PST
by
Boiling Pots
(Barack Obama: The Final Turd George W. Bush laid on America)
To: Free ThinkerNY
The only attack they need to fear from the US is the people fleeing to Cuba to avoid Obamunism.
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posted on
11/22/2009 2:05:39 PM PST
by
Bryanw92
(Question O-thority)
To: bgill
Really? Obama is on their side. A fellow Traveler.
To: Free ThinkerNY
US attack on Cuba? LOLOLOL wishful thinking on Cuba’s part.
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posted on
11/22/2009 2:06:41 PM PST
by
Domandred
(Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system. I am Jim Thompson.)
To: divine_moment_of_facts
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posted on
11/22/2009 2:08:04 PM PST
by
K-oneTexas
(I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
To: Domandred
Attack? It would make more sense now to have a merger. Perhaps Cuba could have a plebiscite on whether to become the 58th state.
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posted on
11/22/2009 2:09:09 PM PST
by
C210N
(A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
To: Boiling Pots
You can bet Russia is behind this new development/propaganda.
BTW "The Trees" is my fav Rush tune.
To: Domandred
No way this would ever happen with the Dems and NObama in charge. They love communism and socialism too much to
put Cuba in their sights.
To: Free ThinkerNY
This worries me.
If Iran is holding a drill at the same time, could the "drills" be a smokescreen for some sort of pre-emptive attack on the West?
Cheers!
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posted on
11/22/2009 2:12:32 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Cuba? Obama would much rather attack Israel.
To: Free ThinkerNY
Isn’t Castro aware of who the president is?
To: Free ThinkerNY
Cuba: military exercise braces island for US attack ROTFLMAO!
Mr. Obama you are no John Kennedy!
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posted on
11/22/2009 2:23:55 PM PST
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: Free ThinkerNY
I read this as: Cuba is going through bad economic times (and how bad are bad economic times in Cuba? The mind reels). In order that no one gets any ideas about protesting and calling for reforms the government is going to have a hissy fit about an imminent American attack (with the Obamanation as President? Surely you jest.) as an excuse to crack down on any dissidents that aren't already in prison.
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posted on
11/22/2009 2:51:08 PM PST
by
Cheburashka
("Allahu Akbar!" translates as "Kill me and stuff bacon in my mouth!")
To: Free ThinkerNY
Man my broncos are losing so i needed something to laugh about.HAHAHHAA
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posted on
11/22/2009 3:07:14 PM PST
by
crazydad
To: Free ThinkerNY
Castro is fawning all over ZerO and they’re worried about an attack.
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posted on
11/22/2009 3:35:05 PM PST
by
depressed in 06
(ZerOcare: Bureaucratic best practices equals death panels.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
What...the Cuban Commies are afraid Obama will attack by dumping billions of dollars of aid?
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posted on
11/22/2009 3:53:07 PM PST
by
UCFRoadWarrior
(Illegal Alien Amnesty Is Anti-American Bigotry)
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