The silence is broken!
Posted on 06/14/2024 5:03:14 PM PDT by conservative98
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Friday spoke out for the first time about Russian warships in Cuban waters, criticizing the Biden administration for espousing "weakness" on the global stage.
Footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry on Thursday showed the frigate Admiral Gorshkov and nuclear-powered submarine Kazan sailing into Havana Bay, about 100 miles south of Florida. They were not carrying nuclear weapons but were armed with Zircon hypersonic missiles and Kalibr cruise missiles.
The Cuban Foreign Ministry described the Russian naval presence as a reflection of the country's "historically friendly relations" with Moscow, even greeting the ships with a 21-cannon salute. Moscow has defended its four-ship fleet presence as part of routine military drills conducted with allies.
"I'm the governor of Florida, I'm not the commander-in-chief, but if my responsibilities were different, that would not be something that we would allow to be happening," DeSantis said Friday in Hollywood, Florida, according to footage recorded by Florida's Voice. "I think it's really concerning that under this administration, they've put out a posture of weakness that has invited more aggressive actions from our adversaries."
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The governor also called it "problematic" that activity conducted by hostile nations "is probably at a level we have not seen in many, many years."
"I think that history has shown that these bad actors, they respond to strength and they're deterred by strength," DeSantis added. "They're not going to be deterred by weakness.
"They're not going to be deterred by confusion. They're not going to be deterred by a president wandering around aimlessly at the G7. They're going to be deterred because they know that's not somebody that you want to mess with."
DeSantis was referring to video of President Joe Biden "wandering" away from world leaders at the Group of Seven (G7) summit Thursday.
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He was doing good through this part, and he should have stopped right there - “I’m not the commander-in-chief”
What was wrong with the rest of his statement?😎
They can be within 10 + 12 miles. It is legal
They should be closely watched
Good statement.
I have to laugh when they pretend to somehow know what kind of arms Russia has on board. The truth is that no one other than Russia knows. The same would be true if the US made such a claim. Countries lie when it suits them.
This is what billions of taxpayers’ dollars together with an unceasing supply of U.S. weapons systems, all freely given to Ukraine by the Biden Administration and by a completely derelict Congress, have wrought.
What else could anyone think was going to happen?
The silence is broken!
USA: We demand to have nukes and NATO right on Russia’s border
Also USA: NOOOO RUSSIA IS NOT ALLOWED TO BE WITHIN A THOUSAND MILES OF US!
America's Governor did right to speak out against this provocation.
For one thing, you never know when a derelict Russian ship is going to flounder; Floridians don't want to wake up to a rusting Russian hulk littering their beautiful beaches.
watch the movie “The Russians are Coming-The Russians are Coming”
Testing testing!
In searching the web, National Oceanic Foundation says international waters are 12 miles from land, and there's a 200 mile 'economic zone' (resources belong to US).
BTTT
Time to crouch under school desks again!
“What was wrong with the rest of his statement?”
No win as anything substantial either labels him as a Zeeper or a Putin Puppet.
Who really cares? That tiny group of ships is barely any threat if they did try to do something. They aren’t big enough to do that much damage, and we have sufficient missile defenses to stop what little they do have, if it’s even maintained enough to successfully launch everything they’re carrying. not to mention we have subs following them that could easily end the threat once they did start launching something.
It’s close to a miracle they even made it all the way across the ocean, we should be congratulating them and offering them a blue participation ribbon or something!
” It’s close to a miracle they even made it all the way across the ocean, we should be congratulating them and offering them a blue participation ribbon or something !”
Every military disaster in history starts with overconfidence, and under-estimating the enemy.
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