> 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.
Of course we can take the high ground. The Soviet Union you're talking about was a mass murdering criminal regime. Russia today is still a KGB/FSB state, with a super majority of its government posts and major industries under the direct control of former or current members of the intelligence service that has a long history of committing mass murder, that has cheated on every arms treaty it has ever signed, including on their nuclear missiles--which is why Trump left the INF treaty.
If the Russkies don't want us posting troops in Turkey or Germany or Poland, then they should stop obviously preparing for WW3, and should stop arming and supporting every communist and totalitarian regime on planet Earth from China and North Korea all the way to Iran and Cuba and Venezuela.
“But the Monroe Doctrine is not a treaty that Russia or anyone else must abide by”
And the oft forgotten part of that doctrine was that we would not interfere in that part of the world.
>> If nothing else, it would be very damaging to American prestige.<<
American prestige is spelled: B I D E N