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Former U.S. National Security Adviser General Mike Flynn caused an international stir by stating on social media that “Cuba is next ,” after expressing his support for Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado and the Venezuelan people.
The message, published on the X platform with the phrase “ You’re next ,” was interpreted by analysts as a nod to a possible political change on the island , following recent calls for freedom in several countries in the Caribbean and Latin America.
Flynn, one of Donald Trump’s closest former officials , has maintained a critical stance toward authoritarian regimes in the region and has reiterated his support for movements seeking to restore democracy in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua.
The post generated mixed reactions: while some users celebrated the message as a show of solidarity with oppressed peoples, others considered it a political provocation. The Cuban government has not yet issued an official statement .
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the empire in its prime didn’t defeat cuba, how could they beat it now?
To be fair, the US forces put into Bay of Pigs was tiny and far from full scale commitment. That said, attacking Cuba now in the age of drone warfare could open a massive can of worms for the US if Cuba becomes a Yemen and plucks at US commercial ships, oil rigs and coastal assets in the gulf.
Not to forget that the implicit threat with further military shit into Cuba was the USSR firing a nuke at the US.
Thats not to say that modern Cuba stands alone, I can see countries like Angola and modern day Russia/China providing direct military aid as well as alligned southern and central american countries if it ever escelated this far.
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Cuba was instrumental in Angola gaining its independence during the boer wars by sending tens of thousands of troops and arty to Angola, id hope they would help out in return.
How would they get troops to Cuba?
boat or plane, they could also send money
The U.S. is currently making a show of blowing up random boats it claims are carrying drugs. I think it would blow up troop boats or shoot down troop planes.
If it’s at all feasible, I could see the U.S. attacking any boat that approaches Cuba and doesn’t submit to a search.
No see, what he meant was, once they lose to Venezuela, they will then go lose to Cuba.
Balkanize the USA before it ruins the world
Would love to see what that’d look like
I think at least these places: independent Hawaii, independent Alaska, independent Puerto Rico, independent Guam and Marianas, independent Virgin Islands, independent California (with Nevada), independent Navajo Nation (with adjoining native territories), independent Cascadia, independent Utah, independent Lakotah, independent Louisiana, independent Florida
Dying empire lashing out hours
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Doesn’t Cuba have nuclear alliances?
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Not aware if they do, but alliances never seem to work out. Would Russia or China actually use nukes to protect Cuba?
Spoiler no.
Yes, let’s start wars with multiple countries while we are failing to even pay our own troops, truly a big brain move.
Okay but the US being invaded by US troops paid by China is objectively funny.
Reminds me how in 1457 during 13-Year War, Czech mercenaries garrisoning Teutonic capital of Marienburg were not paid by Order for months. As result Poles crowdfunded payment to Chechs and literally bought Teutonic capital from them.
Invading Cuba would destroy the American Empire right now. That’s why they quarantine it via the blockade.
They’dEven if they defeat the army in days, capture Havana, and imprison the president.Then what? It’s Iraq and Afghanistan on their doorstep. Except a huge chunk of the population actually liked the old government. And even those who don’t might be swayed when they lose their jobs, healthcare etc and they’re abused by Americans and their families murdered.
A large urban centre for unrest. Mountains for resistance to hide in. Then the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico etc nearby for rebels to foment unrest. The Virgin Islands, Miamia and Mexico to carry out assassinations and terrorist attacks against Americans.
The US drone striking any boat in the Caribbean they think is rebels. Killing “innocents” and tourists.
They’d defeat the army in days, capture Havana, and imprison the president.
I don’t think the US has the power to defeat the Cuban army or even occupy it for a short period. Also, you are not factoring global condemnation, the current military cooperation with Russia and isolation that the US will experience.
Sometimes I feel that people still believe that the US is powerful when in reality it isn’t. It is just a declining paper tiger.
Sure. I don’t necessarily disagree. Consider my comment the best possible case for the USA.
Cuba’s proximity to the USA gives them advantages they don’t have for other conflicts. We don’t know push comes to shove if Russia backs them and international condemnation has done nothing in recent years.
Whatever happens they’re still fucked.
And obviously Cuba has been planning for invasion for more than half a century. They definitely have plans, caches, sleeper agents, stay behinds etc.
The proximity was an advantage for the US even in the past century and they still got their teeth kicked in during the Bay of Pigs invasion 1961.
Right now, Cuba has two important allies in the region that have been strengthen thanks to China/Russia and one of them(Nicaragua) has experience helping yankee scum meet their maker. Nicaragua recently even improved their military cooperation with Cuba to show this off and Venezuela has this cooperation since 2015.
Regarding Russia, three months ago they floated the idea of sending Oreshnik missiles to Latin America and supporters of this will grow louder if the US keeps playing with fire. With the most recent military agreement, Russia has an excuse to intervene in favor of Cuba. Citing an article that talks about it:
Now, regarding global condemnation, to put this into context, Cuba has been very helpful to the world with their medical brigades and cooperation and this was evident during the Covid-19 pandemic. One example of this is Italy. People around the world are eternally in debt with Cuba. You can only wonder how much troops can solidarity organizations rally for this cause. These internationalist troops will not only come from Latin America but from Europe, Africa and even Asia. People around the world will not wait for the useless UN to assemble troops to help Cuba.
Cuba has been a beacon of light for many in the world to the point that people will do anything to help them. One example is Canada, Europe and Vietnam solidarity campaigns. This peaceful solidarity could easily turn into an armed one if the conditions appear.
We also have to factor in the US problem to source and refine rare earth materials and their deindustrialization to get a better picture of how weakened the US is. Including their expensive failure with the F-35 modernization and the run down conditions their military hardware is:
With all of this information, I can safely conclude that the US will face yet another defeat even worse than Bay of Pigs invasion if they ever tried again.
I’m not disagreeing. I’m just saying on their best day it’s a totally pyrrhic victory.
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Not sure what you are trying to imply. Could you expand on this?
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First of all, let’s clear something up. The countries responsible for the genocide are US and Europe. Not the Global South. Evidence of this could be easily found in the following report:
In other words, the Palestinian genocide is a Western funded and supported genocide. Fighting against Israel is the same as fighting the whole West and we can also see this when Iran defended themselves from the illegal israeli attack. Tons of western countries and their bootlickers offered their military services to defend the entity.
The real international community, which is the Global South and west’s workers, are appalled from this and we are forced to watch this depravity. Every voting session from the UNSC is being trampled by the US veto. With this in mind, you seem to be confusing being forced to watch with “allowing” the genocide. You are diluting the blame from the real genociders and also ignoring the people globally doing their best to protest and agitate against this barbarity.
Also, regarding the empathy, it actually increased globally. Now, people are studying and learning of the barbarity of Israel when before it was hidden and ignored thanks to the West’s media. While exposing the barbarity, the West is also exposing themselves and their barbarity as well. This has helped to build a global movement of resistance.
There are plenty of global south Zionist supporters. Nigeria, Uganda, India, Eritrea, Cameroon, Morocco, Papua New Guinea, Togo, Myanmar, Paraguay, Tonga, Vietnam, hell most of the neighborhood of Israhell enables the genocide of Palestinians and suppresses their own populace for it.
However you are correct, it is the free peoples of this world, the conscious working class, that is actively fighting against Zionist influence and refuse any sense of further complacency. Only the true government of Yemen, the houthis, are fighting with us, truly.
Trade is not support though. Even if trade from these countries stop, it will not stop Israel because the real support comes from the West. One example is this one: US spends a record $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since last Oct. 7 . The US is literally giving free money to sustain the zionist entity.
If support from the US and Germany stopped, then we can actually see the entity finally stopping their genocide for real.
While disappointing, trade is not support. I do wish these countries would do more though. God bless Ansarallah for being the only regional power to do something about it.
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I am not talking about the general UN voting that only expresses condemnation. What I am really referring to is the UNSC which is the UN Security Council. This Council can impose sanctions or even authorize the use of force to maintain or restore international peace and security. The reason why not even this works is because the US vetoes any initiative to stop the Zionist entity.
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From France -> https://lemmygrad.ml/post/9554247
From Sweden -> https://lemmygrad.ml/post/9505848
From Italy with the Dockworkers -> https://lemmygrad.ml/post/9017215
There are more examples out there but I prefer to encourage you to investigate them.
Is this what it felt like to live during the Cold War? Because it sucks.
Looking at this from the bright side, workers worldwide are in a better positions and are way more connected than before to fight back the fascists/imperialists.
Cultivating solidarity among the oppressed is what keeps the imperialist beast from enacting their worst blood thirsty fantasies. From my side, I can confidently say that Marco Rubio and their Miami Fascists will be defeated in Latin America but our western comrades have to defeat them at home with protests and agitation.
We will win.
That is an awe-inspiring photograph!
There are more:
- US Special Forces captured after operation Gedeon in Venezuela
- More from Vietnam
- Cuba from the Bay of Pigs invasion
- Nicaragua from the time that the US aided the contras
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Your post is why the “save” button exists (because I want to look at these photos over and over again)
These rule, thx for these.
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But no Soviet Union this time, so even it’s much worse now.
There is no Soviet Union but there is solidarity from Russia, DPRK(rumored), China and Iran(check this post of mine from c/military).
Venezuela is not alone and this is not worse than before. I could actually say that we are entering in the best timeline possible because we are now stronger than before while the enemy grew arrogant and mediocre. As an example of their arrogance being trampled, the US has lost to Yemen recently and their hell spawn Israel was whacked by Iran. They have been exposed as not invincible and weak.
best timeline possible
Spartacist Revolution failed, Khrushchev brought revisionism to the USSR, Soviet Union and China split, Soviet Union collapsed, Gaza is in ruin, climate change is just starting to get bad and out of control
- Spartacist Revolution failed
This failure taught plenty of movements around the world the importance of strong organization and to purge reformists like the SPD.
- Khrushchev brought revisionism to the USSR
This failure, even though painful, helped as a lesson for China and current popular movements worldwide -> https://lemmygrad.ml/post/7854832
Now, even that revisionism is dying out in Russia and all of the slander starting to dissipate -> https://lemmygrad.ml/post/9185351
- Soviet Union and China split
Painful because this was even more damaging than the imperialists’ siege. However, now, even countries that were enemies before are starting to heal and coming together. (example China and Vietnam)
- Soviet Union collapsed
And the USSR 2 will soon be born from the lessons given by the first attempt.
- Gaza is in ruin
Even with all of the genocide and destruction, the Palestinian resistance wasn’t defeated and they broke everything that sustained the Zionist Entity. Now, the entity rushes towards its collapse. It also radicalized so many people that otherwise wouldn’t have been politically active:
Western governments have long been the backbone of Israel’s international legitimacy. Now, all of these genociders are slowly but surely facing more and more problems to sustain themselves politically and internationally. The Western facade of “democracy and human right” have been exposed as a sham and also that they are the enemies to defeat. The contradictions are intensifying and it is up to us in our respective trench to translate this into a better world.
- climate change is just starting to get bad and out of control
I like this discussion and the video in it regarding this topic -> https://lemmygrad.ml/post/7158459
In a world that often feels overwhelmed by bad news, it’s crucial to remember that change is happening and not always for the worse. If we can see progress today, it means that many people’s efforts are making a difference. Whether it’s a small action or a major revolution, we must not stop working for the best while hoping for improvements, because moving forward is the first most important step toward change. Just like water droplets that drill a rock.
climate change is just starting to get bad and out of control
to add to this, we have blown through at least one “point of no return” and are on track to careen through multiple others in the coming decades
the new “baseline” is becoming more and more unlivable by the year
We have China, comrade. Somehow I’m not worried.
China is much more capitalist and don’t promote socialism abroad. Maybe it will change, but I don’t really have hope.
Non-interventionist doesn’t mean non-supportive. China does promote socialism through belts and roads.
Inshallah in 3 years time they will be making the same regime change proclamations to Maduro and Cuba will never be next
Remind me again how that went for your predecessors
Looks like they want a repeat of The Bay of pigs invasion.
It might have succeeded if Kennedy hadn’t said “nah” [in “The Invasion” part 3]
Yeah they were meant to have full air support. Kennedy was meant to be pressured into doing it but he wasn’t.
Then a full scale invasion was on the cards, which prompted the need for whole missile crisis.
Knowing nothing about real life military strategy or naval warfare or how amphibious landings work that looks like a really bad spot to stage an invasion
Like you go into a narrow, easily defended inlet where one side of it will fuck up your boats with reefs, and immediately after landing you trudge through a swamp?
They didn’t know about the reefs, and swamps are actually a pretty good place to be if you’re a small guerrilla force. Castro and his guerrilla force spent quite a lot of time in swamps when they were fighting Batista.
Idk i think swamps are a good place for half your dudes to get malaria or yellow fever but that’s just me
named LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins
promotes cautious offensives
Emoji looks like “ddo i want him?..yea”
Don’t forget the trench foot
The war hawks and neocons obviously want to topple Cuba. But very little of what Michael Flynn says publicly should be taken seriously. He’s made multiple comments recently that are factually inaccurate . His connection to the current administration is tenuous at best, and he seems to be using his credentials to stir the pot on social media or grift.
