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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russia won't rule out military deployment to Cuba, Venezuela
2022-01-14
[AlAhram] Russia raised the stakes Thursday in its dispute with the West over Ukraine and NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
's expansion when a top diplomat refused to rule out a military deployment to Cuba and Venezuela
...a country in Central America that sits on an enormous pool of oil. Formerly the most prospereous country in the region, it became infested with Commies sniffing almost unlimited wealth. It turned out the wealth wasn't unlimited, the economy collapsed under the clownish Hugo Chavez, the murder rate exceeded places like Honduras and El Salvador. A significant proportion of the populace refugeed to Colombia and points south...
if tensions with the United States escalate.
Posted by:trailing wife

#9  I wonder if the US military is aware that Soviet ships (subs at least) carry nukes. They didn't know that during the Cuban missile crisis and for 30 years afterward.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843   2022-01-14 14:55  

#8  Need a ruling from Herb concerning the invasion of Venezuela.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-01-14 13:47  

#7  /\ Exactly correct.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-01-14 09:35  

#6  I don't care what Russia does. This is being used as a way of taking your eyes off of what is going on here.
Posted by: Chris   2022-01-14 08:32  

#5  "We're just doing maintenance on those missiles from 1962!"
Posted by: Frank G   2022-01-14 07:23  

#4  #3 This is one of the Russian de-escalation efforts we heard about yesterday. Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-01-14 05:15|| 2022-01-14 05:15|| Front Page ||Comments Top


"Whaddya people want? We're sending troops to Cuba, not the Ukraine - how can that be escalation??"

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2022-01-14 06:24  

#3  This is one of the Russian de-escalation efforts we heard about yesterday.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2022-01-14 05:15  

#2  #1 They will spend all their time scrounging for food, like the locals.
Posted by: Ebbemp Glolusing8629 2022-01-14 02:22


It's okay; we'll probably send 'em welcome fruit baskets.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2022-01-14 04:57  

#1  They will spend all their time scrounging for food, like the locals.
Posted by: Ebbemp Glolusing8629   2022-01-14 02:22  

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