r/worldnews • u/Urmomsjuicyvagina • 28d ago

Russian warships will arrive in Havana next week, say Cuban officials citing ‘friendly relations Russia/Ukraine

https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/russian-warships-will-arrive-in-havana-next-week-say-cuban-officials-citing-friendly-relations/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_wsvn
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u/[deleted] 28d ago

Yeah, what happens if there is a survallence flight that reveals missiles inside of Cuba?

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u/mtntrail 28d ago

Kennedy left a playbook I think.

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u/Ball-of-Yarn 28d ago

I get this is a circlejerk but Kennedys playbook was to de-escalate the situation by removing the nukes stationed in Turkey as a compromise with the Soviets removing the nukes from Cuba.

The closest equivalent would be for us to stop supplying weapons to Ukraine which would be farcical.

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u/DurrrrrHurrrrr 28d ago

People fail to realise this was one of very few wins for the Russians over the US. This situation is nothing like that, one useless warship will just help the Ukraine by solidifying support in the US