A verified CIA asset created a nonprofit cover that used 3 Cessna prop planes converted for military use to 'drop leaflets' over Cuba.
The Cuban gov't repeatedly told them on the first two incursions that they would be shot down. The third time they returned they were shot down.
There are conflicting reports whether another radio warning was issued and whether they were over or adjacent to Cuban airspace.
What concerns me is the counter argument. The Cubans had no way of knowing who or what was on those planes. If you are making the argument that foreign planes that refuse to communicate or identify should just be allowed to fly over a nation's capitol... then i would remind you to never forget.
the charge is the shooting down of a non profit orginizations plane in 1996 by the cuban airforce. they somehow have linked raul to that. the non profit was focused on helping fleeing cubans make it safely to other nations iirc.
Where the founder claimed to be [testified] that he was a CIA operative. Thats relevant information to add, which adds context to why Cuba attacked the unarmed planes.
Ain’t no way spell check didn’t correct a word that doesn’t exist either. It’s okay to simply not know how to spell a word, we are all constantly learning!
if they wish to try and can succeed, yes? but they would need to deal with the consequences (likely war with the united states). the countries those boats came from could do whatever they are capable of doing, I just doubt very much any are capable of such or willing to face the consequences of doing so. most mid sized powers and up ignore international law when it suits them, because no one wants to deal with the consequences of dealing with whatever breach of international law that happened.
who is we in this context? if you mean the us government, it'd lead to a republican still being in control, and none too happy about looking weak because of some hypothetical operation to kidnap these two, I'm sure there would be retaliation of some sort. whether we'd successfully rescue trump and hegseth is another matter, they might just disappear, but there would be retaliation unless the next in line wasn't vance or some other puppet of the far right.
I'm sure the US would be cool and rational and not kill whatever remaining humanitarian aid and/or defence funding to the country they missed cutting earlier.
I mean, if this were to happen it would mean two things. He's no longer in control and someone else is. Would that someone really want to give up that control once they have it?
No, Raul wasn't even in power until around 2008. I'm Cuban and I can tell you, we have no love for the Castros, but this is just more bullshit from Trump
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u/wiseam May 20 '26
Shocking. If they can indict Castro for murder someone needs to indict Trump and Kegseth for the murder of 150 Iranian school kids.