"But what those blunt words strategically avoid saying is that when we talk about Cuba "falling," we are talking about a free-for-all of blood, destruction, chaos and mass death, which will no doubt be aimed at the weakest and most vulnerable human beings living in the country, occurring only 90 miles off U.S. shores. Within only days or weeks, we will likely be looking at a crisis the likes of which Cuba hasn't seen in decades,"
"And when Cuba goes dark and begins tearing itself apart, the entirety of the U.S. plan as far as Donald Trump and Marco Rubio are concerned appears to be "Sit back, point and laugh." Neither has articulated any concern whatsoever, or any plan to aid impoverished, starving Cubans, even if they somehow go through with a popular upheaval that destroys the Castro-founded Communist Party of Cuba."
An imminent Cuban collapse would produce a free-for-all of blood, destruction, chaos, and mass death aimed at the weakest and most vulnerable citizens, occurring just 90 miles from U.S. shores. Within days or weeks a crisis could unfold worse than the Special Period after the Soviet Union's fall in 1991, causing prolonged stagnation and near-famine. U.S. political reactions amount to "sit back, point and laugh" with no articulated plans to aid impoverished, starving Cubans. U.S. actions in Venezuela and takeover of its oil industry have contributed to the danger. Venezuelan oil, averaging about 35,000 barrels per day in Q4 2025, was vital and practically free to Cuba's fragile oil-dependent grid.
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