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General Mar 22, 2026 at 8:01 PM

Cuba is ready for any potential attack from US amid oil blockade, envoy says

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https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/cuba-is-ready-any-potential-attack-us-amid-oil-blockade-envoy-says-2026-03-22/
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Saltire_Blue Mar 22, 2026 +656
Genuine question here What has Cuba done to the US to deserve around 50 years of sanctions and hostility? What is the point in this to this day?
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ChasingDucks Mar 22, 2026 +353
At one point they nationalized some American assets without 'adequate' compensation and still refuse to budge on that. There was also general hostility going into a feedback loop on both sides. There are also some Cubans in the USA who had their assets seized or their parents/grandparents assets seized when they lived in Cuba, and they don't like that.
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juiced911 Mar 22, 2026 +197
Also important to remember a lot of those assets were held offshore by mafia and politician’s hiding their bribe money. They were REALLY upset to see it all nationalized.
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No_Listen5389 Mar 23, 2026 +7
One thing to also add, Cuba paid compensation to other countries when they nationalised. Canada. Italy, The United Kingdom etc. the USA seems to have just refused at the time.
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ripyourlungsdave Mar 23, 2026 +35
So you're saying it's because a bunch of rich people got inconvenienced?
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CatButtForYou Mar 23, 2026 +28
I feel like 99% of problems in all of human history is caused by rich people throwing tantrums.
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ripyourlungsdave Mar 23, 2026 +8
Almost enough to make one hungry.. ... *for some reason.*
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NeilZod Mar 23, 2026 +2
And there are enough of those rich people who can vote that they’ve become an important voting bloc.
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LieutenantStar2 Mar 23, 2026 +7
My in-laws are in their 80s and still think Trump is going to get their land in Cuba back to them. 🙄
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koi-lotus-water-pond Mar 25, 2026 +2
Hope springs eternal?
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Loh_ Mar 23, 2026 +8
They didn’t want to knee to the empire
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gospdrcr000 Mar 23, 2026 -1
That's a lot of words to say distraction #releasethefiles
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BBanner Mar 23, 2026 +6
America is starving out a country, they need to release the files yeah but it’s tone deaf as f*** when every Cuban on a ventilator died this weekend
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arthurno1 Mar 22, 2026 +277
They nationalized plantages and hotels owned by rich Americans and closed American bordels.
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Economy-System1922 Mar 22, 2026 +22
What is a bordel?
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Ashamed-Land1221 Mar 22, 2026 +65
Probably misspelled w**** house, or bordello.
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MrScandanavia Mar 22, 2026 +54
‘Bordel’ is French for Brothel
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thejewdude22 Mar 22, 2026 +83
The correct answer is that many wealthy Cubans had their assets nationalized/stolen and were forced or voluntarily moved to Florida. Florida is a key swing state in the presidential race, and losing this cuban vote can be a political death sentence. So almost every candidate just keeps the status quo of the embargo for this reason.
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Superguy766 Mar 22, 2026 +13
This is the correct answer. 🔥
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ekun Mar 23, 2026 +5
Yap. I know some 2nd and 3rd generation Cubans from this experience and it's the answer. They lost generational wealth and had to rebuild from scratch primarily in Miami so of course they hate the government in Cuba.
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MyPublicFace Mar 23, 2026 +3
Sounds like we have foreign interference in our elections.
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James_Solomon Mar 24, 2026 +1
Plenty of poorer Cubans fled the Communists after as well. Though I don't believe they hate Cuba as much as the people who lost their fortunes. 
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DetectiveAmes Mar 22, 2026 +189
They overthrew America’s puppet government and then became communists. Back in the day, being a communist was almost at the same level of being a nazi. Super brief watered down explanation, but a majority of America’s aggression comes from those two points.
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Jillredhanded Mar 22, 2026 +75
The Missile Crisis didn't help either.
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AsteroidMike Mar 22, 2026 +25
Although in Cuba’s defense, that was more on the Soviet Union having their missiles staged on the island just 90 miles away from Florida.
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TheParlayMonster Mar 23, 2026 +7
But why haven’t relations improved since the fall of the Soviet Union and our relationships with other communist governments?
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AsteroidMike Mar 23, 2026 +19
Because they’re still communist in Cuba and that’s terrible to us for some reason, even though Cuba has not thought about ever trying to attack usz
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Gurlllllllll- Mar 23, 2026 +8
Why hasn't the US changed its relationship with Israel despite the majority of the population wanting some form of BDS measures taken? Because politics in the US is cursed and what the public broadly wants has little to do with what policies get adopted. There's also the fact that Republicans have no interest in doing anything good, and Democrats only want to change the status quo through incremental measures. And so in a bipolar country that has a manic episode every 4 to 8 years during which it backpedals all of its foreign relationships, there's little hope to improving any relationship with Cuba. The best we got was Obama opening up talks between the countries, and even then the US maintained its sanctions on them.
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Alarming_Comedian846 Mar 24, 2026 +2
Never forget who started the Turkish Missile Crisis.
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name_you_like_best Mar 22, 2026 +30
The wildest thing is that communism is considered worse now for a big part of western world's politics. Makes awkward (albeit still true) this "back in the day" comment.
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Low_Pickle_112 Mar 22, 2026 +44
Fun fact: before he was writing the foreword to a little document you might have heard of called Project 2025, Edwin Feulner (co-founder of the Heritage Foundation by the way), was on the board of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. His goal, making sure that even when people get screwed over by our dominant ideology, they never question it. Then, after having accepted his worldview, we are unable to understand how his buddy/useful idiot Trump ended up in power. Pretty good deal they got going on there. For the rich ruling class, not so much for the rest of us.
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countervalent Mar 22, 2026 +37
Interesting to note that the founder of the Victims of Communist Memorial Foundation, Lev Dobriansky, was mentored by Jaroslav Stetsko, a high ranking Ukrainian Nazi collaborator.
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BigEZK01 Mar 23, 2026 +6
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/17/canada-monument-victims-communism-no-names-nazi-controversy
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DetectiveAmes Mar 22, 2026 +2
I’d say that things are a lot better these days where people kind of cover up communist ideas by calling it socialist. Obviously there’s still people who find either or both versions of those ideas to be horrible, but the sentiment compared to back in the 50’s to pretty much 2010 have always been way worse.
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name_you_like_best Mar 22, 2026 +3
Yeah, that's probably true. And of course, I'm not trying to pretend that things are harsher for communists now than in the 50s, but rather how normalized has become the revisionism regarding Nazis in the political discourse.
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burndownthe_forest Mar 23, 2026 -1
Yeah communist nations suck and dictators suck. They all failed because Western liberalism is better. Also those dictators killed a lot of people and did a lot of horrible things to their citizens. One is not worse than the other, but they are both on the same moral level from a liberals point of view.
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Alarming_Comedian846 Mar 24, 2026 +1
"They all failed because Western Liberalism", you can stop there. These countries have been under siege for decades and the fact that they persist in any capacity is a testament to their values.
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Marcus_Aurelius71 Mar 23, 2026 +6
But why were Vietnam's sanctions lifted? Why does Cuba remain under sanctions?
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RobutNotRobot Mar 23, 2026 +15
Because Florida used to be a swing state.
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RobutNotRobot Mar 23, 2026 +4
Not really. Rich Americans mostly loved the Nazis.
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Spiritual-Pear-1349 Mar 22, 2026 +42
Cuban Missile Crisis. Long story short, Cuba was developing into a democracy, the military couped it, then Castro couped it a second time turning it communist. America sent an army of Cuban nationals in the bay of pigs invasion and it failed. So, in the 60s Castro nationalized a bunch of American businesses and buddied up to Russia. The US then put nukes in Turkye and and Italy, so Russia put nukes in Cuba, and it nearly started a global nuclear war. The US embargoed Cuba because they are communist, and the purpose of the embargo is to try to force Cuba to enact democratic reform and punish it for getting close ro Americas enemies.
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Da_Spooky_Ghost Mar 22, 2026 +13
Yes communism, Russian nukes, and stealing hotels / casinos owned by the Italian-American Mafia.
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ScuttlingLizard Mar 23, 2026 +1
There is also some level of recent evidence that they are hosting SIGINT facilities for China.
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Alarming_Comedian846 Mar 24, 2026 +1
Really more of a Turkish missile crisis when you think about it. And the punishment for getting close to US enemies is to drive them further towards good relations with US enemies? Brilliant, just fuckin genius really...
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pinkbuzzbomb Mar 22, 2026 +35
Communism, apparently. And being 90 miles from Florida at the wrong time in history.
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PrarieDogger9 Mar 22, 2026 -23
Yeah nothing to do about that whole cuban missile crisis that almost ended the world.
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Red580 Mar 22, 2026 +17
This would also still be America's fault since the missiles in Cuba was a response to the missiles America placed in Italy and Turkey within range of Moscow.
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freedfg Mar 22, 2026 +14
There WAS a legitimate argument 60 years ago when they were being armed by soviets. But since 1991? Yeah nothing.
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Dillweed999 Mar 22, 2026 +25
Everybody that was unhappy with the new communist government (aka the rich) F'd off to Florida and became a critical voting block that went for whomever said they'd screw over Cuba the most
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smeptor Mar 22, 2026 +1
They allowed the Soviets to place nuclear missiles on their territory
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ScriptKiddo69 Mar 22, 2026 +22
And america placed its nukes in turkey. So what's your point?
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saintsfan636 Mar 22, 2026 +9
And Turkey and Russia have a strained relationship to this day. The US sets a precedent to other countries in the region that if you do something like that look and see how Cuba is doing. Not saying if it’s wrong or right but that’s the reasoning.
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smeptor Mar 23, 2026 +2
Guy was asking
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SpeshellED Mar 22, 2026 +6
Its because the USA is like a rabid dog with a bone. You call it Exceptionalism. I call it greed and anger.
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Pale_Sell1122 Mar 22, 2026 +13
The same reason the US has issues with other countries. Cuba wants to be a sovereign country, and the US doesn't tolerate sovereignty of any country, it wants vassal states. It simply can't dictate orders to China because it's too powerful so it picks on smaller countries like Cuba or Venezuela. The Epstein class cannot help but rob other countries of their land, labor, resources. The US also overthrew Iran's democratically elected leader in Iran because he wanted to nationalize oil reserves back in 1953
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varitok Mar 22, 2026 -3
The US left playing defense for every dictatorship in the world is so funny to me.
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koi-lotus-water-pond Mar 23, 2026 +4
The US government has a history of supporting dictators who do their bidding only.
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Away-Ad-4444 Mar 23, 2026 +2
Also realize that cuba was blocaded to prevent it becoming a junping point to attack us soil and disrupt shipping lanes .. i susspect one of the many reasons china wants Taiwan.. basicly its the back door step of the country and no one wants armed men with ill intent there. Eveything else is likely true as well but over all.. your to close screw off is pretty much it
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Gender_is_a_Fluid Mar 23, 2026 +3
Overthrew the american enstated dictator, allied with USSR. Thats kinda it.
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RobutNotRobot Mar 23, 2026 +2
The US elite considered the island and its people to be theirs. It's dangerous to get between a rich American and their property.
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JangoDarkSaber Mar 22, 2026 +3
They’re not western aligned and enable foreign intelligence collection from Russia/Iran/China I’m not providing justification. Just the reason.
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edisonsavesamerica Mar 22, 2026 +3
Aside from being a geographically prime base cooperating with Russia to harm America its entire existence under Castro….. America consistently lectures Cuba about civil rights. The worst possible scenario for an American in terms of being oppressed is the best day in the life of an average Cuban. This is why Obama was criticized for relaxing sanctions - without getting ANYTHING in return, primarily giving Cubans basic human rights. Any negotiations with Cuba should start with better human rights and living conditions for the Cuban people.
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Reversi8 Mar 23, 2026
What specifically would you like the Cuban government to change?
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edisonsavesamerica Mar 23, 2026 +3
Free elections. Free speech. Free assembly. Property ownership. Something close to our 4th and 4th amendments do criminal prosecution issues. Right to fair trial and stuff like that for starters.
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Reversi8 Mar 23, 2026 +6
The big question is if doing that would be enough to end sanctions , without reinstating the pre-revolution sweetheart deals given to American corporations.
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edisonsavesamerica Mar 23, 2026 +6
First, someone is downvoting my opinion that the Cuban people should have personal freedoms and civil rights? WTF!
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Reversi8 Mar 23, 2026 +2
Not sure who did but it wasn’t me, I totally agree, I just am not sure that is what America wants. I think they would prefer a dictator that would kiss their ass more than a democracy that hates them.
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edisonsavesamerica Mar 23, 2026 +1
Well that’s a pessimistic view. America has always supported democracy. I can’t think of one instance where America didn’t. civil rights and personal freedoms as well. And this is the criticism of Obama - giving Castro what he wanted in terms of easing sanctions (kissing Castro ass) without getting anything in return (such as free and fair elections and personal freedoms for the Cuban people). Why would we give in to Castro without requiring something to help the oppression in Cuba? That stunk.
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koi-lotus-water-pond Mar 23, 2026 +1
The US has historically propped up dictators who would do their bidding. We have not "always supported democracy." Ex: Noriega for decades until we stopped and kidnapped him; Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge against Vietnam when Vietnam invaded them. Why? Bc they helped buttress us against Communism.
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lord_pizzabird Mar 22, 2026 +2
The Cuban missile crisis was probably the most serious threat the US has ever faced to its domestic soil. The fact that they the country wasn't steam rolled after the fall of the Soviet Union as retribution is kind of a modern miracle, showed a lot of restraint.
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not_just_putin Mar 23, 2026 +1
Soviets literally had troops and missiles located in Cuba, ready to attack the US. That's just one thing.
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saljskanetilldanmark Mar 23, 2026 +1
100 years ago they didnt want to be a banana republic and told the us to f*** off. Us did not f*** off but fucked them up with a vengeance. When the cold war started, they tried to f*** them up even harder for supporting soviet.
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BrotherCaptainMarcus Mar 23, 2026 +1
It secures the Cuba expat vote in Florida. If Trump had lost them to Harris, she would have won. But they’re pretty conservative. Dems keep chasing that vote anyway:
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Glum_Question9053 Mar 23, 2026 +1
after the Missle Crisis, Kennedy is killed. Cuba and USSR linked to the assassination of the US President ...and following that breadcrumb trail too far at that time would have put a nuclear war with the USSR back in the realm of real possibilities after having just stared that down during the preceeding Missile Crisis. nobody wanted a do over, so "acted alone" and "oopsie the killer is now dead" made sure it didn't go any further. forever sanctions is the consolation prize. Russians interfering in US politics/elections is not just a 21st century problem
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Mission_Magazine7541 Mar 22, 2026 -2
Threatening us nuclear annihilation? With missiles fueled and ready
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ArtificialBrownie Mar 23, 2026 +3
Embargo of cuba started in 1960. Cuban missle crisis was 1962. Can you also elaborate or provide sources for your assertion that Cuba threatened US, or that the missiles were ready?
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LoveBulge Mar 23, 2026 +1
See Cuban Missile Crisis, and as of late hosting Chinese military assets, such as radar and other equipment to track military activity and intercept communications. 
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JOAEPB Mar 23, 2026 +1
They allowed Russian to attempt to plant nuclear weapons there to destroy the US
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_chip Mar 22, 2026 +87
What do they have to defend themselves with ?
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Ayycrim Mar 23, 2026 +67
Cold war era anti air assets and a loyal dedicated section of the military
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_chip Mar 23, 2026 +19
How long will they last without fuel ?
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GoPrO_BMX Mar 23, 2026 +13
Not long if their already having blackouts daily
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koi-lotus-water-pond Mar 22, 2026 +45
Long dragged-out guerilla warfare.
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Dragontrenrichnomore Mar 23, 2026 +21
Thats great. America has a very consistent track record with that
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koi-lotus-water-pond Mar 23, 2026 +1
It worked out well in our own revolution and that is about all I've got.
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Dragontrenrichnomore Mar 23, 2026 +1
If were being positive, I guess you're due
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koi-lotus-water-pond Mar 25, 2026 +1
I don't know why you got downvoted. I thought your remark was hysterical.
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Initial-Bass-5866 Mar 23, 2026 +3
I think Americans have asked that before every war they have started and yet they lose them all. They must be absolute pussies to have lost all the wars that they have. Fire supremacy doesn’t matter if you’re a weak ass b**** who can’t aim worth shit.
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zer04ll Mar 22, 2026 +46
Kennedy’s plan took a very long time
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billytheskidd Mar 22, 2026 +34
I wish more people understood this. Trump is awful for an awful amount of reasons, but bleeding Cuba dry and re-taking it for American business interests has been the plan since the Cuban missile crisis. We cannot, unfortunately, blame this on trump.
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MrScandanavia Mar 22, 2026 +29
Nor Iran and Venezuela, who have been regime change targets of the U.S. for decades. Trump is brazen and wrong but the U.S. has wanted to shed blood from these countries forever. It comes with being the world’s biggest imperialist power.
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Lazy_Membership1849 Mar 23, 2026 +2
it doesn't help when Venezuela still have same regime, only different leaders when Iran just refuse to give in and only need to survive even with some leaders killed while making regime change seem unrealistic and strategically became unfavour for USA
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vladedivac12 Mar 23, 2026 +11
That's one thing. But he effectively imposed an[oil blockade](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cuba-blackouts-oil-blockade-trump-9.7137288) which is inhumane IMO.
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billytheskidd Mar 23, 2026 +2
You are correct. Until now, the US has been trying to bleed Cuba dry without committing war crimes outside of assassination attempts, but the current admin seemingly doesn’t care about pretense or methodology at all, so here we are.
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Stunning_Mast2001 Mar 23, 2026 +17
We actually can because the Obama admin started to normalize relations and a Hillary admin would have continued 
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TheOriginalKrampus Mar 23, 2026 +3
Yep. We are not 1960’s era Cold War America anymore. This current incident is very much Trump’s immediate fault.
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MovieGuyMike Mar 23, 2026 +3
So all the Cubans need to do is tell Trump this was Kennedy’s plan, and Trump will do everything in his power to undo it.
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billytheskidd Mar 23, 2026 +2
Trump famously hates the Kennedy’s, so maybe lol
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Substantial-Peak4371 Mar 22, 2026 +94
Dementia Don is threatening everyone. Cuba,Venezuela, Greenland,Canada and the entire Middle East. The Republican cult members lost their spine a long time ago!
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Fit-Let8175 Mar 22, 2026 +48
For a president who loved criticizing other presidents for their "war mongering," he sure loves using his position to start wars.
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ATangK Mar 23, 2026 +5
Military contractors probably running low on yacht $$$.
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Fit-Let8175 Mar 23, 2026 +3
I may be way out in left field, but certain coincidences got my attention. Trump wants to run for office again, but the only US president who was in office for more than 2 terms was FDR. That was partly because he won due to the global instability of World War II, the Great Depression, and his popularity. IMO, Trump is not as popular as he thinks he is, but it's interesting that he seems to be trying to tank the economy and initiate serious wars.
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ATangK Mar 23, 2026 +6
The issue is that the people who would go against him feel the systems have failed them. The courts, the police, even the senate. Nobody is willing or able to stop him from doing whatever dictator Donnie wants.
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hdiggyh Mar 22, 2026 +363
We are the evil empire
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xynith116 Mar 22, 2026 +140
Always have been
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_BioHacker Mar 22, 2026 +42
You’re just being overt and reckless about it now.
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Jae_Rides_Apes Mar 22, 2026 +33
Yeah most of our imperialism has been secret service subterfuge. Now we’re straight gunboat imperialism.
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fruitloop00001 Mar 22, 2026 +11
At least Bush pretended to care about democracy and human rights. Trump doesn't even try to hide that he's trying to steal the resources of whoever he's invading any given week.
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Jae_Rides_Apes Mar 22, 2026 +2
Gran those resources by the p****. Huge oof.
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liquidsyphon Mar 22, 2026 +10
We used to have to wait for the CIA to f*** up until we found out about all the shit we’ve always suspected
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SpeshellED Mar 22, 2026 +4
Yup , you guys have been doing your best to f*** up Cuba for 60 years. Bully on the block.
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Dopplegangr1 Mar 22, 2026 +14
We are the baddies
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kayl_breinhar Mar 22, 2026 +3
Given that the grand plan is to turn Cuba back into the k**** (and typically illegal) sex vacation island it was before Castro, they've got no alternative but to resist.
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Not-the-best-name Mar 22, 2026 +4
Funny how absurdly scared the US is of Chinese imperialism and natural resource wars.
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AaronC14 Mar 23, 2026 +4
Meanwhile China hasn't invaded anyone since...what? The late 60s? Early 70s? Don't remember the exact date but it was Vietnam and they lost.
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WearyInvite6526 Mar 23, 2026 +1
Curious, and without animosity. Did they stop invading other countries because they realized that wars/imperialism were inhumane, or was it mostly because they weren’t really successful at it at the time, and realized it was best to keep to themselves an build themselves up. Or maybe a little bit of both, or none at all. My question probably could be answered without either of those choices I noted. I ask because a common rhetoric I see is that China is a relatively peaceful country, in not just execution, but namely in mindset. But I do wonder if that’s only because they wanted to fully become a developed country (which they’ve succeeded at) in order to rival the likes of other imperial powers like the US or Britain at its peak, before dipping their toes into imperialism. Given their hostility towards neighboring, non US allied countries (this is excluding Taiwan, which I don’t want to debate regardless), I wonder if this peaceful, non invasive stance is really moreso a way for China to prepare for such an imperialist mindset, rather than being at peace with the rest of the world I ask all of this in good faith of course
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ResplendentSmoke Mar 23, 2026 +3
I think it’s a little bit of both. The CCP isn’t some uniquely dovish ruling class, but I think they are more pragmatic than the Western ruling class. In the modern era, China’s leaders have realized that tying countries to your country economically and letting them actually get something out of it makes them more stable partners in the long term. That’s what the whole belt-and-road initiative is. China is clearly benefiting from all these trade arrangements and investments they make in, say, Kenya and east Africa, but they also are giving tangible infrastructure or energy upgrades in return. That’s a way better deal than the US bullying you into letting mining companies strip mine cobalt in your country in return for some opaque USAID grants and IMF loan hell. And that’s the best case scenario. Worst case they start sending JSOC guys into your country for night raids.
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WowBastardSia Mar 23, 2026 +2
If China had even a fraction of the interest in global instability that America has and had that would benefit their immediate needs, I wouldn't be here typing this comment as a Southeast Asian from Singapore. One good example - the Philippines had and still has literal [Marxist-Maoist insurgents](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_People%27s_Army_rebellion) scurrying about in their jungles - one of the longest ongoing communist insurgencies in the world. If China was *anything* like [how America operates in Latin America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change_in_Latin_America)/West Asia, they'd be funding these insurgents, sending them weapons, or flooding the region with sleeper agents - yet the reality is China couldn't give less of a f*** as long as Filipinos keep buying Chinese-made stuff on Shopee. Comparatively, you know what the US recently did in the Philippines to smear and undermine China? Just some sneaky anti-vax campaigns[ that ended up with thousands of Filipinos dying](https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/) from Covid. For better or worse, China trademaxxes while the US bulletmaxxes. Both of their strategies couldn't be more different.
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lord_pizzabird Mar 22, 2026 +4
The evil empire would want to conquer countries like Cuba, forced annexation. This is just manic stupid. Like Venezuela, Iran etc there's zero plan to take the territory or gain anything from it strategically.
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NaluknengBalong_0918 Mar 22, 2026 -3
I don’t know about Iran, but early reports on the ground indicate Venezuela is improving. Did they get freedom and democracy no… but is it better now than before … seems like it. TimE will tell. https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/17/americas/venezuela-delcy-wright-energy-intl-latam As for will the United States ever take territories wholesale like an empire from countries that have established populations like Iran, Venezuela or Cuba? NEVER! Its was never in the MO of the United States… unpopulated areas… aka Alaska, Hawaii or Greenland… yes…. But not countries with gigantic established populations. Case in point the Philippines… the largest territory/country United States ever held. They took us (or bought us if you wanna go down that route) but if you ever look at the documents… even from the beginning… the powers that be had ZERO intention to annex the Philippines as part of the United States and make them citizens of the USA. We would have been too strong politically and too culturally different to have become part of the United States (Imagine the Philippines of 118 million as a US state… it would crush the house of representative as a gigantic block of sway votes). They took us but had every intention of releasing us later and keeping what they came for… the bases… which were at the time the largest in the world. So to see the United States do to venuezula, Iran and Cuba… what they had zero intention to do to the Philippines when they had the chance… don’t see it.
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48679 Mar 22, 2026 +8
Sure things may improve in Venezuela now that Maduro was removed in US’s commando raid/kidnapping. Why is that though? For over a decade America has instituted crippling sanctions on Venezuela as punishment for nationalizing its oil (big mistake only white European countries like Norway can do that). Sure corruption and harsh policies exist in Venezuela. It’s a developing country under economic siege by the world’s hegemonic super power things wouldn’t go well in any country under that sort of pressure let alone a a fairly weak country like Venezuela. If you’re choking and beating someone then stop choking them after their teeth are knocked out sure things have improved now they can breath but you still knocked out their teeth. Don’t even get started on the Philippines. The US killed between 200,000-1,000,000 Filipinos between 1899-1902 and destroyed the first democratic government in the Philippines just to make them an exploited colonial outpost. Sure the US allowed the Philippines to have independence but it is still under the boot heel of America in respect to trade, military, and political affairs. No reparations for colonial exploitation and war crimes have been given to the Philippines for America’s crimes. The only thing America has built in the Philippines are military bases and factories/plantations used to exploit the geographical position of the country and subject its people to poverty wages in dangerous working conditions.
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Masterik Mar 23, 2026 +1
By the time the US sanctioned Venezuela state the country was already in free fall due to massive corruption, mismanagement and hyperinflation (2017 sanctions against PDVSA, the previous sanctions were against specific individuals that were using US banking system to launder money) High inflation and food shortages has been affecting Venezuela since 2007, years before any sanction was put in place, hell the US was Venezuela #1 trade partner during Chavez despite Chavez anti US rhetoric's. Despite having historical high oil prices during the mid 2000 Chavez managed to destroy PDVSA and the economy with their "Socialism of the 21st century" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Venezuela >In 2023, Transparencia Venezuela announced that the amount of money in judicial cases of 26 different countries investigating government corruption amounted to at least $70 billion dollars. F*** the chavismo for destroying the country and forcing 8 millions people to flee the country.
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Momik Mar 22, 2026 +1
1939 redux
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DennisMoves Mar 23, 2026 +14
Just a reminder that the Republicans control the entire US government.
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Adunadain Mar 23, 2026 +3
Cuba might be an authoritarian state that oppresses its people and deprives them of right to demonstration and opposition… but the US has allies like Saudi Arabia, among others, who do similar things—I understand not making nice with dictators, but there has to be consistency. Cuba is an enemy only because of a bygone Cold War. The US doesn’t have to be its friend, but it doesn’t have to be its enemy either.
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AerialReaver Mar 23, 2026 +4
That's really close to the US mainland...drones don't need fuel.
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DrunkonKoolAid Mar 22, 2026 +25
Cuba is ready to stand against the pedo forces of america
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mcassweed Mar 22, 2026 +2
Cuba vs the Pedokings
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19Black Mar 23, 2026 +1
Well, Americans sure aren’t willling to stand against the pedo forces of America so someone has to
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hereforgetaway Mar 22, 2026 +8
US has earned itself the reputation of being an oil thief. Hitting new lows everyday.
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DayThen6150 Mar 23, 2026 +2
Bros is asking to be added to the Presidential Pokémon Collection.
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Hungry-for-Apples789 Mar 22, 2026 +4
The U.S. should train a bunch of special Cuban forces and send them in beach side, what could go wrong?
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nathanwilson26 Mar 23, 2026 +1
Very simple, Cuba is 90 miles from the US and has exclusively allied with regimes antagonistic to the US. USSR, then Venezuela and the US is not going to countenance China getting a foothold so close to the US. Cuba wasn’t just receiving oil from Venezuela, but heavily integrated into the security infrastructure of Venezuela, which bolstered the Venezuelan regime. This was not a new role for Cuba, as Cuba via USSR supported. Cuba has sent thousands of troops, advisors, and mercenaries to various countries, primarily in Africa and Latin America, with major interventions in Angola and Ethiopia during the Cold War. More recently, reports indicate thousands of Cubans are operating as mercenaries for Russia in its war against Ukraine.
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Pork_Chompk Mar 22, 2026 +5
I am just so goddamn tired of my stupid f****** country...
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hehateme42069 Mar 22, 2026 +2
King pedo strikes again
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edawgrules Mar 23, 2026 +1
Can we just stop bullying everyone?
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aNuggetsUncle Mar 23, 2026 +1
Is that before or after they get the power grid back up and running
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ButterscotchFar1629 Mar 23, 2026 +1
As much as I wish this was true, it’s really not.
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-stopcrying- Mar 24, 2026 +1
do american realize cuba can f*** up miami? if they care at all maybe too man brown people there for them 
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edisonsavesamerica Mar 22, 2026 +2
Sounds like the Ayatollah about a week before he died.
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LV426acheron Mar 23, 2026 +1
I'm pretty sure they're not ready for any attack from the US. lol the bluster from these tinpot dictators
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