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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat the what?? COLD WAR COMING BACK? RUSSIA 'ASSESSING' MILITARY BASE IN CUBA AS U.S. SET TO LEAVE
COLD WAR COMING BACK? RUSSIA ASSESSING MILITARY BASE IN CUBA AS U.S. SET TO LEAVE NUCLEAR MISSILE DEAL
https://www.newsweek.com/cold-war-russia-military-base-cuba-us-1195433
A senior Russian official said Wednesday that his country was seriously considering establishing a military base in Cuba, just as the two Cold Warera allies were set to meet for high-level talks and the United States mulled quitting a nuclear missile deal.
Colonel General Vladimir Shamanov, head of the Russian lower house of parliament's defense committee and a former airborne troops commander, became the latest Moscow figure to warn of the historic consequences of the U.S. leaving the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. The U.S. and Russia have accused one another of violating the agreement, but now President Donald Trump has announced his intention to end it, paving the way for new nuclear and conventional weapons systems at a time of heightened tensions.
"In order to strengthen our military presence in Cuba, we need at least the consent of the Cuban government. After all, this question is more political than military, and today, its probably premature to talk about any specific measures in response to a possible U.S. withdrawal from INF," Shamanov told the Interfax news agency.
"Now the active phase of assessing this scenario is underway and proposals will next be prepared with estimates," he added.
Colonel General Vladimir Shamanov, head of the Russian lower house of parliament's defense committee and a former airborne troops commander, became the latest Moscow figure to warn of the historic consequences of the U.S. leaving the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. The U.S. and Russia have accused one another of violating the agreement, but now President Donald Trump has announced his intention to end it, paving the way for new nuclear and conventional weapons systems at a time of heightened tensions.
"In order to strengthen our military presence in Cuba, we need at least the consent of the Cuban government. After all, this question is more political than military, and today, its probably premature to talk about any specific measures in response to a possible U.S. withdrawal from INF," Shamanov told the Interfax news agency.
"Now the active phase of assessing this scenario is underway and proposals will next be prepared with estimates," he added.
If dotard keeps it up, American hegemony (and maybe its own independence) will be subjugated to Pooty-poot
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What the what?? COLD WAR COMING BACK? RUSSIA 'ASSESSING' MILITARY BASE IN CUBA AS U.S. SET TO LEAVE (Original Post)
Roland99
Nov 2018
OP
He won't. There's a beautiful bay there where he could build the best hotel and golf resort
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Nov 2018
#5
Laf.La.Dem.
(2,944 posts)1. Trump will NOT allow that!!
OR - you get base and I get hotel
unblock
(52,288 posts)2. I trust Donnie to be every bit as capable as jfk
Not!
Sooooooo not!
tanyev
(42,597 posts)3. Maybe more of a surrender than a cold war.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)4. Surprised Twitler hasn't offered up Gitmo
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,590 posts)5. He won't. There's a beautiful bay there where he could build the best hotel and golf resort
that Cuba has ever seen.
Besides, where's he going to jail all those "enemies of the people"?