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Re:Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major powe... by christianqchung on Saturday October 19, 2024 @02:17AM (#41885985)
If Cuba is our ally, they're not going to be China's ally. See Vietnam, which we also had some rocky relations with. It's too late to change things with Cuba now though, Obama tried and failed, so Cuba will be in eternal decline until another revolution.
Re:Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major powe... by creddit on Saturday October 19, 2024 @02:20AM (#41885990)
Cuba wouldn't ally with the US in its current form. It's openly hostile to the US.

It's like suggesting Venezuela allying with the US.

Re:Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major powe... by portaouflop on Saturday October 19, 2024 @02:29AM (#41886033)
The Cuban gov would trade with the US if there was some way to end the sanctions and save face. But I don’t see that happening.

Openly hostile lmao it’s such a tiny insignificant island nation- I never understood why the US should be afraid of Cuba - they are just vengeful after losing assets in the revolution. They managed to stamp every single one out in Latin America but viva was defiant.

It’s all about ideology not an actual threat that Cuba would pose

Re:Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major powe... by creddit on Saturday October 19, 2024 @02:37AM (#41886067)
> lmao it’s such a tiny insignificant island nation- I never understood why the US should be afraid of Cuba

lmao wait until you find out how much damage a nuclear warhead can do and how small they are. They can even fit on a tiny insignificant island nation!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis

https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

Re:Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major powe... by portaouflop on Saturday October 19, 2024 @03:27AM (#41886253)
You can fire nukes from anywhere on the globe nowadays… Cold War was over before I was born, yet you’re still salty
Re:Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major powe... by creddit on Saturday October 19, 2024 @03:38AM (#41886292)
> You can fire nukes from anywhere on the globe nowadays

ICBMs existed back then as well. If the nuke comes from too close, there is no ability to react with early warning systems. That was the core problem with Cuban Missile Crisis.

> Cold War was over before I was born, yet you’re still salty

Good point. Probably shouldn't be concerned about Russia either then!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine

Re:Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major powe... by portaouflop on Saturday October 19, 2024 @07:14PM (#41891542)
Why should I be concerned about Russia? They tried invading my country many times in the last centuries and it always failed - what is significantly different in this iteration?
Re:Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major powe... by seanmcdirmid on Saturday October 19, 2024 @02:21AM (#41886002)
If the Florida based right wing Cubans ever die out or become less interested in politics, then there is a chance to hem relations, but as it is this is deeply tied with America political divisions ATM.
Re:Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major powe... by adamc on Saturday October 19, 2024 @11:57AM (#41888542)
The correct answer.