• stumu415@lemmy.zipOP
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    30 days ago

    That would be the 3rd unprovoked attack on a country by the president of peace. Is the US just trying to start wars with weakened countries until they finally win one? Pathetic.

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      25 days ago

      Trump has authorized strikes on a whole lot more than 3 countries

      Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba are the ones I assume you’re thinking of

      We’ve also struck Yemen, Somalia, and Syria. Not to mention the attacks on civilian vessels in the Caribbean

    • WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today
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      30 days ago

      No, Trump is trying to distract from his failures as a human being. He thought Iran would be easy - it wasn’t. So he’s going after someone he thinks is weaker to keep the distractions going & expecting the usual wartime support from “patriotic Americans.” He’s worn them out already & ain’t likely to get much, IMHO.

      I so want out of this shithole.

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      29 days ago

      That would be the 3rd unprovoked attack on a country by the president of peace

      Way more than three.

      Venezuela: In January 2026, U.S. forces bombed Caracas and captured President Nicolás Maduro after months of a naval buildup, oil tanker blockades, and anti-drug strikes in the Caribbean.

      Iran: The U.S. carried out joint strikes with Israel (including Operation Midnight Hammer) targeting key nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.

      Yemen: The U.S. military expanded its air and naval campaign against Houthi forces in Yemen and the Red Sea to protect commercial shipping lanes.

      Somalia: U.S. warplanes launched counterterrorism strikes against Islamic State (IS) operatives hiding in the Golis mountains.

      Iraq and Syria: The military conducted airstrikes to hit ISIS positions and defend U.S. service members from hostile fire.

      Nigeria: U.S. forces executed targeted air strikes against local Islamic State militant groups

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          29 days ago

          the reasons the US claim are irrelevant, certainly propaganda, and probably lies. the US is doing military action in these places. the US is a terrorist state.

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      29 days ago

      Is the US just trying to start wars

      Yes. Ever since Zelelesky told Trump that Ukraine’s elections were suspended over the war he’s been desperate to get the US into a full-scale war of its own.

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        29 days ago

        To add to this, I’ve always heard that if you can’t make money in a war your a fool. I mean look how much trump has made this presidency already with the shit he’s caused. Gotta feed the military industrial complex!

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      30 days ago

      Like most autocrats, he’s just trying to get his country bogged down in as many emergency-powers humanitarian nightmares as possible to avoid going to jail.

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      29 days ago

      They are evil. Also, they know they are extremely unpopular right now so might as well go for broke. The Grand Old Pedophile party has been slow genociding the Cubans ever since they lost their tropical rape paradise.

      The Presidency has enriched itself by billions of dollars now, this amount of corruption no one could possibly fathom a couple of decades ago. I shudder to think of what they will do next after they have broken countless laws, violated the Constitution numerous times, and have dropped any pretense about being white nationalist thugs.

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    30 days ago

    I don’t know much about Cuba. Anyone have a guess on how they would do in an engagement similar to Iran? I don’t recall seeing news about them building missiles or drones, they don’t seem to have allies that could help, and I have no idea if the local population is going to be looking to resist. Even if the population wants to resist, what are the odds they can? Sure guerrilla warfare will be likeliest outcome but would that allow them to hold a majority of the island?

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      30 days ago

      Spain invented the modern concentration camp trying to hold the island by force in the late 1800s.

      I think the Trump admin would probably try to do the same decapitation without boots-on-ground playbook they’ve done in Iran + Venezuela, but it wouldn’t be pretty if they tried landing troops.

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        29 days ago

        1800s are pretty different from today.
        Cuba never had a self sufficient military. Most of their heavy equipment came from the soviets and hasn’t been refreshed.

        The island is within helicopter range of multiple US airbases. There’s a well positioned military base already in place on the island.

        Holding a jungle with unwilling people fighting you is never going to be easy, but there’s a lot of differences between what Spain was against and what the US would be against.

        The biggest issue would be that Cuba could plausibly actually land an attack on the US. It would be basically a coin toss on if that made people furious at Cuba or the administration.

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          29 days ago

          Cuba should’ve never surrendered the nukes the USSR lent them without a security guarantee and a set of strategic alliances.

          The evil empire of the United States is trying to take as many socialist states down with their failing empire as possible. If Trump steals the midterms, he’ll attempt to get Congress to grant him a 3rd term to continue these neo-colonial wars, though his old age means that he will likely die in office.