Report: US Weighing Military Options for Cuba
Is Cuba threatening U.S. security or is it being used as a manufactured pretext for war?
Above: Buildings stand in darkness during a nationwide blackout in Havana on July 14. Image credit: Adalberto Roque/AFP/Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
Cuba has become a full-blown intelligence hub for China, Russia and Iran, allowing U.S. enemies to operate just 90 miles from Florida. In the face of signals infrastructure can monitor U.S. military communications and Cape Canaveral launches, a serious U.S. response is crucial.
Establishment-critical narrative
The drone threat narrative coming from U.S. intelligence looks like a manufactured pretext to attack Cuba, just like the exaggerated Chinese spy base claims before it. The island is starving, and blockaded, with no rational motive to strike the U.S. military. Attacking Cuba would trigger a prolonged asymmetric war with no clean exit, making any quick-win fantasy dangerously delusional.