As Sentinel reported yesterday, four Russian warships and a nuclear-powered submarine will arrive in Havana next week, Cuban officials said Thursday. Did I mention that our borders are wide open, and Russians and Cubans have been coming in with some regularity? We have millions of single, military-age men coming in.
However, Cuba said it was non-threatening and merely a naval exercise between friends. Cuba’s navy is what? Some rafts and a fleet of speedboats?
Cuba cited “historically friendly relations” between both nations.
NON-THREATENING DRILLS AMONG FRIENDS
Cuba’s foreign ministry said in a news release that the ships will be in Havana between June 12 and June 17, noting that none of them will carry any nuclear weapons and assuring their presence “does not represent a threat to the region.”
Of course not. Only a conspiracy theorist would take it as a message. For instance, if the US is on Russia’s border in Ukraine, Russia might settle in 90 miles away from our border in Cuba.
The announcement came a day after U.S. officials said that Washington had been tracking Russian warships and aircraft that were expected to arrive in the Caribbean for a military exercise.
According to CBS News national security correspondent David Martin, those exercises will likely include Russian long-range bombers flying along the U.S. East Coast. Russian warships have made port calls in Cuba before, and warplanes have flown along the East Coast in the past as well, but this will be the first time in five years both will happen at the same time, Martin said.
The U.S. officials said that the Russian military presence was notable but not concerning.
It’s notable, alright, as we put long-range missiles all along their border, and our borders are wide open.
OUR PRESENCE IS BIGGER THAN THEIR PRESENCE
Martin noted the presence of four warships in Cuba “pales in comparison to the size of the exercises the U.S. military has been conducting with its NATO allies in Europe. So, this is not considered in any way a direct threat to the United States.”
Cuba’s Foreign Ministry said that the four Russian ships are the frigate “Gorshkov,” the nuclear-powered submarine “Kazan,” the fleet oil tanker “Pashin” and the salvage tug “Nikolai Chiker.”
The foreign ministry said that during the fleet’s arrival at the port of Havana, 21 salvos will be fired from one of the ships as a salute to the nation, which will be reciprocated by an artillery battery of Cuba’s Revolutionary Armed Forces.
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Note that the group included the salvage tug. Poorly maintained Russian ships often need a tow to make it back home. Especially their larger capital ships. Well, the few they still have these days.
Putin’s ability to intimidate is limited to those nations without nuclear weapons and that are clearly smaller. Much like the high school senior who seeks out sixth graders to push around. He tried it out on Trump in Syria and got a brigade slaughtered. But then again Trump isn’t a chicken shit Obama or Biden.
My next guess is he’ll send balloons over the USA.
The Russian response is appropriate since our corrupt USA is trying to encircle it while violating neutrality agreements and calling for a coup in Russia.
The USA is a disgrace, it has a crooked senile leader, it is invading itself, it is bankrupting itself, it is causing world stability. This is post-coup America.
(CBS is an awful source for anything.)
Agree with you, but not really about Biden; he has no clue moment to moment without Jill and notes from his handlers. I believe the real person making major decisions is Muslim Obama with suggestions and money from Nazi Soros.
…and a few select ‘swamp critters’…
Worthy of AOC.
Think you meant …”world instability”…