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by insane_dreamer 208 days ago
> Nothing should or would happen.

"nothing should" is correct; "nothing would" is fantasy

> The issue with Cuba was the stationing of nuclear missiles in Cuba, not merely its membership of a pact with the USSR.

Yes, putting nukes there brought things to a serious crisis, but the issue with Cuba

> The US didn’t invade Cuba, it assisted Cuban exiles to do so

Come on, let's be real here. Sure, _technically_ the US didn't invade Cuba. But it funded and assisted a mercenary force in a (very poor) attempt to do so. And that wasn't the only time the US tried to force regime change in Cuba, just like it did in Chile.
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_djo_ 208 days ago
If we’re talking about funding and supporting local groups, activists, and insurgents, then we’re going to have to cast the net far wider and include many similar actions by the USSR and then Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Turkey, Israel, and many others.

That might be a worthwhile discussion to have, but it’s categorically not the same thing as invasion, occupation, and annexation.

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quotz 208 days ago
And just like it tries to still do in Venezuela. They also did something similar in Nicaragua. Latin America has suffered tremendously from the US's Monroe Doctrine. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine

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