1. Immediate cruise missile strikes on Cuban military facilities.
2. Several weeks of B-52 raids on suspected bio-war facilities and critical C4I facilities (including Lourdes).
3. Naval blockade.
My thesis is that if the Cold War really ended in 1991, then no one will help Cuba, and, we'll be able to at long last depose Castro and ensure the development of a responsible regime reflective of Cuba's Spanish roots and innate (e.g. if not terrorised by autocratic Communist totalitarianism) Western, Euro-Carribean orientation. And if the ChiCOMs and supposedly reborn Russians come to the aid of Cuba, then we'll have smoked out some folks who were simply stringing us along. This is what is known as the antitdote to appeasement and Neville Chamberlainism...
Fomenting Freedom - Circumventing Castro to reach the Cuban people***Engaging Cuba, in fact, has the unavoidable consequence of propping up the Communist dictatorship. European money that flooded in starting in the early 1990's after the fall of the Soviet Union was vital to the survival of the regime, and it gave Castro a financial shot in the arm.
European cash almost solely lines Castro's pockets because of the way the dictator has fashioned the terms of engagement. Foreign companies must establish joint ventures with the Cuban government, with a cut of the profits going to Castro. But the despot nets more cash from the labor arrangement: Workers are not employed by foreign companies; they are rented.
Companies pay Castro's machine approximately $1,000 per month per worker, in hard cash. The regime, in turn, shells out less than $20 - per month - to each worker, in pesos. In other words, 98 percent of all wages paid by foreign companies in Cuba are funneled straight to Castro.
Because Castro has been denied American cash from such joint ventures and for several other reasons, the embargo has worked, even if it hasn't dethroned him. The embargo has put Castro in a box, and has robbed him of resources to fund his extracurricular activities. As a senior administration official noted, "If Castro has to spend $40 million on food, that's $40 million he's not spending to develop biological weapons."
Despite the morally despicable conditions for joint ventures, a large number of Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill are pressing for engagement with Castro. In fairness, many simply don't understand that the communist dictatorship relies on foreign cash for its very existence, but ignorance should not be an excuse for ignorant policy.
Bush's speech may pave the way for expunging Congress's blissful ignorance, and likely will be cheered on Capitol Hill in the long run.***
BTW, I recall the gov mentioning Cuba before.
Bolton: Iraq, Cuba seek materials banned by Bio weapons pact September 2, 2002