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US Government openly schemes to indict Raúl Castro as prelude to invading Cuba

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Instead of invading a neighbor who never did us any harm why not attack the scammers who attack Americans all day every day? I’m sure the intelligence agencies could track down the ringleaders. Indict them, heck I wouldn’t even be mad about a little extra-judicial killing if you targeted the lead scammers.

From the point of view of the American government, Cuba did do harm to America. Eg:

https://thisdayofhistory.com/2025/08/05/august-6-1960-cuba-s...

To many people, America accusing Cuba of theft is hypocrisy. I don't have a strong opinion either way; I think a party can be guilty of 'theft' only to the extent that there's consensus on who owns what.

No Cuban would ever say that, given Cuban Americans overwhelmingly support military invention in Cuba (79%), probably because most of them were fleeing extreme civil liberty crackdowns, persecution or violence.

btw they are still blowing up fishermen off Venezuela even as recently as last week

(spoiler) you know that scene in 1971 THX1138 where the only reason they end the pursuit is because of excessive cost overruning the budget?

apparently US military has no such limits

Trillions in weapons? No problem just take it from food and healthcare

or that only Congress can declare/fund war

If there isn't a price for this behavior, future Presidents will make this pale in compareison

Yep, and still no legal consequences for anyone for the precision strike murder of 156 civilians including 120 school children in Minab[1].

It was just "negligence" I guess, and the next war crime will also be "Ups, we did it again, nevermind!".

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Minab_school_attack

Independent experts, including CSIS, pretty widely agree that the drug cartels are operating in those waters. [1]

What evidence is there that these are fishermen, who apparently need speedboats for some reason? These must be some fast-moving fish!

You've also got the Dominican Republic recovering massive hauls of cocaine from these 'fishermen', again, in speedboats, not fishing vessels. [2]

[1] https://features.csis.org/tracking-transatlantic-drug-flows-...

[2] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/dominican-republic-says-i...

Doesn't congress still have the power of the purse?

I would ask why they can't focus on one thing at a time and reach a conclusion of the Epstein war, but that would require openly admitting defeat. Plus these arsonists really just want to start as many fires as possible, as seeing the world burn makes these sick people feel perversely powerful. Then when Democrats step in as adults to actually try and fix the damage, the next crop of arsonists will hamstring them and go back to dishonestly invoking lofty ideals like fiscal responsibility / the Constitution / American strength / basic competence, etc.

Dementia patients typically have very short attention spans. Which is probably a blessing in this case because he never sticks to one thing long enough to fsck it up completely.

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