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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu May 28, 2026, 01:19 PM Thursday

Pentagon puts building blocks in place for Cuba invasion [View all]

The Pentagon has spent months positioning the troops and weapons needed for the U.S. to launch a military attack on Cuba — all it needs is a final go-ahead from Donald Trump.

The president has floated an invasion of the island after economic and political pressure failed to topple the Communist government. But the Navy’s built-up presence in the region — the largest in the world outside the Middle East — would allow the U.S. to act immediately.

These strategically placed assets set the table for military action, from a capture of Havana’s leadership much like the seizure of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, to a series of precision strikes. And they open the possibility that the U.S. throws itself into the third international conflict of the Trump administration.

Cuba is “in a lot of trouble,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday at a full Cabinet meeting. “Having a failed state 90 miles from our shores is a threat to the national security of the United States.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/us-troops-place-attack-cuba-211557543.html

We're already fighting a proxy war for Israel. Now Chickenhawk Bonespurs wants to start one for Cuban exiles most of whom are dead or soon will be.

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