Deja vu: Russian Missile Crises
Since Castro came to power in the 1950's, there were many American Presidents, Senators, and Representatives in office during those 50 or so years to normalize or at least begin to normalize relations with Cuba but did not.There were some serious issues related to Cuba with Soviet Russia that America had. American and Soviet warships bumped each other in the areas around Cuba. Also, Russia placed missiles in Cuba that could reach the United States. America had a naval blockade on Russian ships traveling to Cuba that may be carrying weapons. It was a dangerous time when America could have gone to war with Russia.
Now it seems that China may be developing sea rigs to harvest the oil in the southern Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Cuba and potentially less than a dozen miles from America's border. China is known to trade weapons for materials that they need such as oil. China's military may establish a foothold in Cuba. China's military vessels may visit Cuba, including submarines with nuclear warheads.
The Bush administration and Congress may still be able to establish some degree of communications with the Castro government. From what I understand it is illegal for an American to travel to Cuba. Today, some people in America with Cuban heritage travel to Cuba from Canada that has relations with Cuba. From what I understand, many Cubans in America send funds to help out relatives that remain in Cuba. Both Bush and Castro seem to be baseball people, which could start a dialogue.
I know I would prefer to speak to Castro and those that succeed him now than additionally with the Chinese. Dialogues with the Cuban government should start immediately. Castro wanted to come to the United States in February or March 2006 to attend baseball games of the Cuban national team, but was not allowed for some reason. Over the years Castro has traveled in America many times.
Maybe the press should try to explain the soap opera going on between Washington, DC and Havana. Maybe there should be a few PBS movies about it. Maybe the President and each of the Congress men and women should explain why America is boycotting Cuba.
I don't think it would take too much time for China to make Cuba a China satellite country. I would not be surprised to find out there were Chinese bases in Cuba eventually. It would be easy for China to place more Chinese there than the current population of Cubans. It would take less than 5 years for tension to rise with the Chinese presence in Cuba that could cause a military conflict between the United States and China.
posted by God Bless America - Bob @ 2:28 AM
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