On Tuesday, Miami’s Republican Mayor Francis Suarez said that all possible solutions should be considered for the United States to aid for Cuban freedom fighters.
Including airstrikes? Yep.
Suarez told Fox News host Martha MacCallum that President Joe Biden should be ready for the US to intervene in Cuba, even militarily.
MacCallum asked, “Tell me what form of intervention you want to see.”
Suarez replied, “There’s a variety of ways the U.S. can intervene.”
“I think it’s very difficult for any elected official, Republican or Democrat, not to take the side of the Cuban people when they see images of people risking their lives, protesting in the streets,” Suarez said.
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He continued, “They’re yelling out we want liberty and freedom… That is what they’re yearning for and risking their lives for.”
MacCallum noted that former national security adviser to former President Barack Obama, Ben Rhodes, said “a cruel U.S. embargo” was partly to blame for the oppression of Cubans.
Suarez disagreed, saying Cuba’s communist government that was to blame.
“I don’t understand why that is so difficult for people to understand,” Suarez said. “It has failed for six decades.”
That is when Suarez got to the potential use of US military power.
Miami’s GOP mayor said, “What should be being contemplated right now is a coalition of potential military action in Cuba similar to what has happened in both administrations, in both Republican and Democrat administrations.”
“With Bush in Panama, they deposed Noriega. And that country had peaceful democracy for decades. And you had interventions by a Democratic president taking out Osama bin Laden in Pakistan,” Suarez contended.
He continued, “It’s a sovereign country where they took out a terrorist and saved probably thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of lives. And President Clinton in Kosovo intervening in a humanitarian issue with airstrikes. So there have been many, many opportunities in the history of…”
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That is when MacCallum asked point blank, “Are you suggesting airstrikes in Cuba?”
Suarez’s response? Basically: yeah, if needed.
“What I’m suggesting is that that option is one that has to be explored and cannot be just simply discarded as an option that is not on the table,” Suarez insisted.
“And there’s a variety of ways the military can do it,” finished.
He added, “But that’s something that needs to be discussed and needs to looked as a potential option in addition to a variety of other options that can be discussed.”
It should be noted that a major aspect of Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy agenda was to not resort to US military action in foreign conflicts, as his modern predecessors had done repeatedly.
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I wrote a response to everything above this -----------> ["Yes, You did it on your own but there were a lot of people you didn't even think were there that gave you the opportunity....and if your so smart what does it matter what I made as a government employee?]
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ but it got censored for describing factual matters- IRONICALLY....!!
My opportunity came from my family, where we lived and my own effort and responsibility to achieve what I thought was a "good for society" profession that paid a decent living wage.....
All government workers get paid by taxpayers- or weren't you aware of that ....?
Why should I pay for your lack of any real contribution to America for about the past 70 years, pal ....?
In 1974 I made $2000.00 for the entire year being deployed any where in the world they deemed necessary to protect your sorry ass so in your old age you could trash the country with the only amendment to the constitution that you cared about even if you knew or read any of the others. Your sense of history is warped because you only know what they wanted you to know. Since you are such a genius read the constitution again, if you ever did the first time, and research each amendment in a history book written before the turn of this century and find out the real history of the country that you seem to give no thanks to. One thing you seem to forget is that what you say you did would have been 10x as hard anywhere else in the world if possible at all. I think When your arm heals from patting yourself on the back for your accomplishments you might pledge allegiance to the flag say a prayer and thank god for putting you where you where and thank a veteran for protecting your self absorbed sorry self so you could have the rights to do what you did... Yes, You did it on your own but there were a lot of people you didn't even think were there that gave you the opportunity....and if your so smart what does it matter what I made as a government employee?
Well b4 I shut you out of my eyes and ears for good I spent 10 years serving with the the unit my avatar represents' 4 years as a combat search and rescue specialist in Vietnam (consecutive tours) and the next 6 as an electronic surveillance analyst with intermittent deployments. After the military and an extended vacation going to night school on the VA I got a degree in Criminal and human behavior went to work for federal law enforcement and was a profiler for thirty years defending the constitution you seem to so dearly want to tear down.. In answer to your question I have probably forgotten more of the constitution than you ever knew. your Question "What is your background and experience with the First Amendment , POPS ...? The first amendment is probably the only part of the Constitution you know so you can protect yourself and your sick opinions, and if you Keep letting Biden have his way that will be the second one to go and you won't be able to say Shite with the mouthful you already have. so after telling you that about myself I still know more about you than you could guess. If Biden is what you want enjoy it while you can because a change is gonna come.. One more thing, be careful who you call Pops, If you were around to remember the bay of pigs you are at least as old as I am... Have a good life.....
I spent 50 years working all private sector jobs including my professional career in hospital pharmacy for 15 years, followed by 15 years of cancer chemotherapy treatment specialist where our large clinic group did the quite intensive work on 300 clinical studies involvement, along with providing treatments to patients (about 90 per day).
So I did my work without one cent of "government assistance" in school where I paid my own way for 5 years by working a "union labor - lithograph printing business job" full time for each summer while I was in school. In 1974, I was paid $6 per hour. What was your pay then, government worker ?
I've read all of the U.S. Constitution, unlike the idiot Trump who has never read it nor did he care one bit about his Oath of Office from Jan 20, 2017 through this current day.
Vote for more outlaw MORONS like Trump because that keeps your mega- sprawl government great- doesn't it blind eye patriot.....
MY background is above normal intelligence, a very good accurate memory , my 18 years of VERY good public education and I've paid attention to most things in the world since "the Bay of Pigs disastrous failure"...
What is your background and experience with the First Amendment , POPS ...?
Good honest discussions don't happen when a person a closed minded, OLD under informed person writes : "pompous "fill in the blank" such that you are I will just refuse to listen."
The point of public discussion typically is debating with "the best ideas, rational thinking side winning"...!!
-------> as compared to : Trump's #winning malarkey was just another pathological lie, by the Big orange Clown- Cheeto King......!!
I know nothing of your background to know where you get your thoughts and Ideas. However i have decided thru reading your remarks to me that you are a nut job that thinks he is an expert on American diplomacy throughout the world. You keep implying that my view and analysis is wrong. I call it like I see it. I do not claim to know it all. What I do know is from 40 years service to my country and yes both parties made mistakes but if you are keeping score the democrats got it wrong more times than the republican. My opinions were from experience, where do yours come from? So rather than listen to a pompous "fill in the blank" such that you are I will just refuse to listen
So America controlled Egypt as a "satellite ally" in year 1977 through the present ?
Was Moammar Qaddafi another "Great north Africa ally of the U.S. - ?
I don't think you elder thinking is matched up with reality of the past 70 years of world history....!!
------------> This is maybe a bit outdated now - {"Our interests in Egypt and Libya, the Mediterranean and the Suez Canal + proximity to the Arabian peninsula and Israel"} ?
Translating ----------> Your "U.S. government was guilty of it in the middle east a lot."
Where were you from the times of "Cuba - Bay of Pigs invasion , through the last set of failure -debacle wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan - Iraq , regime change of Saddam Hussein disaster - Syria (Civil War without intervention by U.S. regime changers ...??) Yemen as Saudi Arabian "surrogate Security operations" ...?
When have any of those disaster wars by Re-Flubbs (except that NAM thing) been "doing the right thing, change of military - diplomatic policies since year 1975" ?
And what you fail to recognize or realize is Trump's tap dancing Bear act - shaking hands with murderous dictator Kim Jong Un didn't change anything.
Jong Un has more weapons to send off in some rockets now than he did in 2016 , so "T-Grump's failure - trying to do things differently, aka his different approach to North Korea - was as BIG of a failure as anything that liar & incompetent pathological liar , Trump attempted to do with "public media coverage manipulations."
NOTHING is changed in the Middle East or with China or with North Korea or with Russia...
*** - Delusions can be harmful to your psyche, especially if your IQ can't support rational thinking....!!
U.S. - Miami is 90 miles from Cuba, BUT nothing has changed in the missing diplomacy channels with Cuba for about SIXTY years now....
Cuba is the nearest island neighbor in the Caribbean to the United states, so what are you talking about ?
You have some extraneous, irrelevant "Central America, & what about South America" countries jabberw-uhack talk to avoid the real situation of U.S. - Cuba non-existent government relationships ...?
Are you blind in one or both eyes ..?
"ZERO chance for U.S. to do anything different.
aka - the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.: Have to agree with you here on the definition of insanity, but realize they were mostly crazy democrats doing it.. The government was guilty of it in the middle east a lot. What you fail to mention if not recognize or realize is Trump changing the policy and trying to do things differently, aka his different approach to North Korea... Sanctions against a country hurt no one but the citizens of that country..