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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: TimF who wrote (755751)1/23/2022 9:55:23 PM
From: skinowski  Read Replies (1) of 793801
 
>>> It mostly does. And historically mostly has. Including with Cuba, which was and remained a Soviet ally.<<

A recent example to the contrary is the island of Grenada. In 1983, there was a strong suspicion that they were about to join the Soviet zone of influence. Among other things, they were building an airport capable of accommodating the largest of Soviet military planes. The US (plus a coalition of locals) invaded - and it was over.

The US were not going to tolerate a Soviet military base in our backyard. Ditto for Cuba.

And Cuba, yes, it remained a Soviet ally. But - no Soviet bases and missiles. And Khrushchev - a year or so later he was pensioned off. Read that the Politburo decided he had no business sending those missiles to Cuba - but if he did it, he should not have agreed to withdraw them.

Since the Roman times - good luck trying to do anything that would be perceived as a threat to the Republic. Later, the empire.
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