Weakness invites aggression.
Predictable....Nicaragua is another possiblity
Don’t poke a bear in the eye with a stick.
So we need to know Hunter’s connection to Cuba and Venezuela. Putin seems to be targeting The Big Guy’s money laundering schemes.
To Russia: BYOF (Bring your own food)
> Russia Won’t Rule Out Military Deployment to Cuba, Venezuela <
That would obviously not be a good thing. If nothing else, it would be very damaging to American prestige.
But here’s the thing. We had no problem putting troops in Norway and in Turkey. Both of those nations bordered the old Soviet Union. So we really can’t take the moral high ground now.
Some folks refer to the Monroe Doctrine. But the Monroe Doctrine is not a treaty that Russia or anyone else must abide by. It’s only as good as the current president is.
Trump was strong enough (and clever enough) to make the Monroe Doctrine stick. But now? Well, you know what we’ve got now.
Perhaps we should back off Ukrainian and Kazakhstan?
This brings our interference directly home.
Putin is saying, in effect, what is good for the goose is good for the gander. The US is arming Ukraine, Russia will do the same in Cuba and Venezuela.
Might as well...this is a once in a lifetime chance with the wretched government we have.
We would dislike the Russians meddling in Cuba for the same reason they dislike us doing the same on their border with Ukraine. The neocon uniparty foreign policy establishment is going to get a lot of people killed...again.
Russia doesn’t have the capability to project significant power to Cuba or Venezuela. And neither Cuba nor Venezuela have functional facilities in place to adequately host Russian forces.
The Russians will need to send construction teams ahead to build facilities and improve whatever airbases the locals let them use. Then they’ll have to transport everything they need from Russia to Cuba/Venezuela because neither country has anything useful let alone food or toilet paper. Then the matter becomes one of ongoing logistics to support these forces not to mention that the Cuban and Venezuelan governments will demand bribes from the Russians.
Were this threat made to me I’d respond by saying, “Go ahead. Let’s see you do it.”
The problem with uttering a threat like this is that it’s made from a position of weakness. Russia can no more afford to put men and weapons into the Caribbean than they can afford to put a man on the moon. And the moonshot would be easier.
Is Venezuela going to collapse soon? Is Cuba turning away from Communism?
It doesn't look like it's going to be quite like the old Cold War days, but who can say?
Who’s to stop him?
Russia is a third world country, economically, and those countries that think that Russia is the answer to their economic (and other) problems, would soon find out that Russia is not interested in helping them out of economic disasters, but are only interested in expanding their wishes for empire building. Russia (Putin, in reality) just wants to rebuild the old USSR, when their military might was the only thing that kept the country together and its satellites in check.
Maybe Russian troops can be ready and be on call the next time Democrats foment more riots in this country.
Cuba? Lol. They didn’t learn their lesson the first time, apparently.
Russia has been in Venezuela for a long time.
Cuba? doubtful, what a bunch of jokers on the world stage.
I guess the anti-Taliban Afghanistan government was not paying attention when Hunter showed up for lunch carrying an empty suitcase?
Haven’t we been here before?
They have already been deployed to Venezuela.
"Russia acknowledges presence of troops in Venezuela"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/28/russian-troops-landed-caracas-talks-venezuela-envoy-military