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drones ruin all the fun for US (comp.lain.la)

submitted 10 hours ago by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

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[–] zxqwas@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

You could get a few stray drones exploding over the US mainland but do you think it would stop them from invading?

Cuba can't produce any significant amount of drones without imports. Being an island in the US backyard they can be blockaded with ease. Iran can still import their stuff over land.

It's relatively easy to bomb every launch site on a tiny island compared to Iran.

It's also easier to cover every path a drone could take from Cuba and still reach anything of value. You have tons on well supplied air bases that can use relatively cheap munitions launched from fighters instead of using dwindling supplies of patriot missiles.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 54 minutes ago

The US has zero tolerance for damage on our soil. People would lose their freaking minds.

and still reach anything of value.

Well yeah, Cuba can't reach all the way up to Georgia, so things of value aren't at risk.

[–] Kynsey@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 hours ago

HA! Not even. Florida has nothing worth hitting really. You know what I'd hit if I was Cuba? The LOOP. Offshore oil tanker loading and unloading facility in Gulf of Mexico south of Louisiana. The LOOP handles roughly 10-13% of US crude oil imports and is crucial for exports. You think gas prices are bad now? Just wait.

[–] bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 hour ago

What the hell did I miss??

[–] Teknikal@anarchist.nexus 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

If the US disrupts my Rum supply we are going to have an issue.

[–] Solrac@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

You mean to tell the internet you didn't have a problem work anything else they've done?

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 1 hour ago

I mean, yeah…

[–] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 17 points 6 hours ago

You can do this without resorting to slop.

[–] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 62 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Another war? Did that FIFA peace prize mean nothing?!

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 hours ago

You know, I'm starting to think that FIFA may not be a good authority on this...

[–] Lon3star@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago

Needs to start more wars so he can try to take credit for ending them.

[–] tpihkal@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

He's going for the Medal of Honor now.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 57 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

Cuba ain't Iran. There is no Cuban equivalent of the IRGC or trading network back door that extends to Russia and China.

When the hammer falls, we're mostly going to see a lot of dead Cubans and a lot of fled Cubans.

The real risk that War With Cuba presents is a massive flood of refugees showing up across the Caribbean and Mexico.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 16 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Hegseth will order the military to shoot refugees

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 points 7 hours ago

Probably. Another case of lobbing a $500k artillery round at a guy who makes $200/mo.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 32 points 10 hours ago

I would put the deaths of a large number of cubans at the top of the risk list.

[–] BonsaiBoo@lemmy.world 15 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

If refugees can float to the mainland, I think there is probably reason for concern that asymmetrical warfare can be performed, regardless of their lack of traditional or ultra modern equipment. We have literally never avoided consequences from regime change abroad, so maybe it's a bad idea. Just thinking out loud here.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I think there is probably reason for concern that asymmetrical warfare can be performed

I would be far less worried about Americans living in the Gulf Coast and far more worried about Cubans subject to US Total War on the island

[–] BonsaiBoo@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

They're already cooking trash with cardboard, at some point the suffering you can inflict is negligible

[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I think they did just get some. It won't be enough to fight the united States seriously or hold out except in a house-to-house way but it will be enough to blow the shit out of the worst parts of it, should they choose to. Which they should.

[–] Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 hours ago

They should start with Epstein's palm beach estate and the surrounding pedophiles.

[–] Hotzmon@fedinsfw.app 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Well, it is still quite a lot of difference to have war on another side of the earth, than having war on your backyard.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Idk. What were the domestic consequences of our Contra War in Nicaragua?

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 16 points 8 hours ago

They'll attack Cuba, a massive flotilla of inner tubes, canoes, and rowboats will fill the waters, the administration will start shooting the refugees from the sky by the hundreds, and claim:

"President Trump is finally liberating the people of Cuba!"

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

DeSicko cowering in a bunker is a rather entertaining idea.

And do you suppose Cuba has drones that can reach Mar-a-Lardo?

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 18 points 10 hours ago

Why would he be sad? I thought that was the point. What better way to distract from the other distractions?

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

These days, Rubio just walks around with resting defeat face. IDK why OP felt it needed to be sloped-up to make the joke.