Stalin
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No surprises here .. now that the iran fiasco has blow up in frump's face, time to push another wag-the-dog spectacle from the worst country in the world...
"...Following mounting reports the Pentagon is acting on Trump administration orders to accelerate preparations for military action against Cuba, the White House has dispatched the first high-level US delegation to the island since 2016.
While that earlier visit, led by Barack Obama, took place under conditions of a temporary diplomatic reopening, the actions of the latest delegation bear all the hallmarks of an ultimatum preceding aggression.
The delegation arrived in Havana on April 10 aboard a US government aircraft and presented a sweeping set of demands to the Cuban government. These included a two-week deadline to release high-profile political prisoners, implement sweeping market reforms, expand the private sector and attract foreign investment.
The demands, delivered during what US officials described as a “secret meeting,” were accompanied by calls for compensation to American corporations and individuals whose assets were nationalized following the 1959 revolution.
Washington further insisted on “greater political freedoms” culminating in so-called “free and fair elections,” a familiar pretext for regime-change operations across the globe.
Far from representing genuine diplomacy, these talks recall the pattern employed by US imperialism in the lead-up to military interventions in countries such as Iran and Venezuela: declare the target government noncompliant, and then claim that all peaceful avenues have been exhausted.
Axios reported last week that, in preparing a case for war, the Trump administration issued a five-page report to Congress claiming, without any evidence, that Havana has supplied Russia up to 5,000 combatants for the war in Ukraine.
Senior State Department official Michael Kozak confirmed that the United States is pressing for “drastic reforms” in Cuba. According to multiple reports, US officials even floated the introduction of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet system, a proposal framed as expanding connectivity but which would in practice deepen US technological and political penetration of the island.
According to Axios, US officials warned that Cuba’s leadership has only a “small window” to enact US-backed reforms before conditions “irreversibly worsen.”
comrade stalin
moscow
"...Following mounting reports the Pentagon is acting on Trump administration orders to accelerate preparations for military action against Cuba, the White House has dispatched the first high-level US delegation to the island since 2016.
While that earlier visit, led by Barack Obama, took place under conditions of a temporary diplomatic reopening, the actions of the latest delegation bear all the hallmarks of an ultimatum preceding aggression.
The delegation arrived in Havana on April 10 aboard a US government aircraft and presented a sweeping set of demands to the Cuban government. These included a two-week deadline to release high-profile political prisoners, implement sweeping market reforms, expand the private sector and attract foreign investment.
The demands, delivered during what US officials described as a “secret meeting,” were accompanied by calls for compensation to American corporations and individuals whose assets were nationalized following the 1959 revolution.
Washington further insisted on “greater political freedoms” culminating in so-called “free and fair elections,” a familiar pretext for regime-change operations across the globe.
Far from representing genuine diplomacy, these talks recall the pattern employed by US imperialism in the lead-up to military interventions in countries such as Iran and Venezuela: declare the target government noncompliant, and then claim that all peaceful avenues have been exhausted.
Axios reported last week that, in preparing a case for war, the Trump administration issued a five-page report to Congress claiming, without any evidence, that Havana has supplied Russia up to 5,000 combatants for the war in Ukraine.
Senior State Department official Michael Kozak confirmed that the United States is pressing for “drastic reforms” in Cuba. According to multiple reports, US officials even floated the introduction of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet system, a proposal framed as expanding connectivity but which would in practice deepen US technological and political penetration of the island.
According to Axios, US officials warned that Cuba’s leadership has only a “small window” to enact US-backed reforms before conditions “irreversibly worsen.”
White House sends delegation to deliver war ultimatum to Cuba
While the last visit took place under conditions of a temporary diplomatic reopening, the latest delegation presented an ultimatum under threat of military aggression.
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comrade stalin
moscow
