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Passages

(4,045 posts) Thu Mar 19, 2026, 09:16 PM 12 hrs ago

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Erik Sperling: As US starves Cuba of energy & food, neocon Cotton wants DOD to be ready for a "humanitarian crisis,"

flow of refugees," or "civil disorder" in Cuba

Southcom is "prepared to support DHS in a mass migration event" including a "camp to deal with those migrants" at Gitmo, he says

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America under Republican rule, 2026.

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Erik Sperling: As US starves Cuba of energy & food, neocon Cotton wants DOD to be ready for a "humanitarian crisis," (Original Post) Passages 12 hrs ago OP

Effin evil malaise 12 hrs ago #1

Yes, it is beyond immoral. Passages 12 hrs ago #2

What we are doing to the Cuban people right now is awful OhioBlue 12 hrs ago #3

For no logical reason. Passages 12 hrs ago #4

... Solly Mack 10 hrs ago #5

Once Cuba is depopulated and its people deported... ananda 10 hrs ago #6

malaise

(295,612 posts)

1. Effin evil

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 09:18 PM

12 hrs ago

That is all

Passages

(4,045 posts)

2. Yes, it is beyond immoral.

Reply to malaise (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 09:22 PM

12 hrs ago

They enjoy it.

OhioBlue

(5,198 posts)

3. What we are doing to the Cuban people right now is awful

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 09:25 PM

12 hrs ago

I watched a segment on PBS last night and my heart hurt for them.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/cubas-economic-and-energy-crisis-worsens-as-trump-threatens-action

Passages

(4,045 posts)

4. For no logical reason.

Reply to OhioBlue (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 09:26 PM

12 hrs ago

Horrifying.

Solly Mack

(96,881 posts)

5. ...

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 11:34 PM

10 hrs ago

ananda

(35,041 posts)

6. Once Cuba is depopulated and its people deported...

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 11:43 PM

10 hrs ago

to who knows where, then I suppose Jared
and the land predators will swoop in to make
it a billionaire haven.

Right.

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