A long-running energy crisis in the island nation reached a breaking point this week, when government officials said they had run out of reserves.
A long-running energy crisis in the island nation reached a breaking point this week, when government officials said they had run out of reserves.
Strange that Russia isn’t helping Cuba.
Russia is bogged down in their war of conquest; they don’t have the ability to do anything else. See also: Syria and Armenia.
Then Trump should realize that the war in Ukraine is bogging down Russia.
Of course he knows. US support for Ukraine is perfectly calibrated to make sure the war remains at a stalemate. The whole idea is to keep Russia bogged down.
That wouldn’t be a good strategy since Russia would win a war of attrition because of its greater manpower.
Again, the idea isn’t necessarily to make Russia lose. It’s to make them fight for a long time.
The problem is the difficulty in determining how long Ukraine can hold out. If Russia conquers Ukraine, it will be much more powerful. Of course, Putin knows this. That’s the reason he’s fighting.
I’m not suggesting that this is a good strategy, or that Russia doesn’t have their own strategy. I predict that if we see Russia begin to convincingly turn the tide (perhaps it has begun) we’ll see renewed aid to Ukraine-- maybe newer fighter planes. In general though, it doesn’t seem like Ukraine could really “win” on the terms they would like. Ultimately, as you mentioned, attrition favors Russia. You need soldiers to hold territory.
If Russia starts to win, the only way to stop Russia would be for the West to send in troops.
This is what Europe should propose to Putin. Russia will withdraw from all land it seized from Ukraine after the 2022 invasion. NATO would be dissolved and replaced with a European alliance. Ukraine and Canada would be permitted to join but not the US. All sanctions against Russia will be lifted. Russia will not be required to pay reparations. If Putin doesn’t accept the proposal, the UK and France would send troops to Ukraine.
Isn’t the US still blockading oil in to Cuba?
Yes. And it has a total blockade on oil shipments
Yes, but Russia could send ships with oil escorted by Russian naval ships.
They could, but I’m not sure I see what’s in it for Russia right now.
Prestige. Russia would be seen as abandoning an ally because it’s afraid of the US.
Making Trump look weak is probably the only thing that would convince him to donate arms to Ukraine. Russia cannot afford for the USA to start that up again; Russia is struggling hard with only Europe donating arms.
Same with Canada.
disappointing but not that strange. we love to criticize the usa all the time, but when they want something, we kneel and start licking the boots…
Canada not helping Cuba against the US is absolutely abnormal.
Historically we’re quite close.