I imagine Russia would. Not because they want to defend communism in Cuba, but because they would want to show that they can’t be bullied by the US. We already saw an example of this with Russia doing naval exercises with Cuba just recently. I also can’t imagine that the US would dare attack Chinese ships going to Cuba. As long as there are nations that can’t be bullied by the US who are willing to trade with Cuba there’s nothing the US can do.
This is why the financial system is such a big factor. When everybody was using SWIFT for international trade, the US didn’t have to threaten military conflict. They could just do sanctions or cut countries out of SWIFT. That was enough of a deterrent to make trade with Cuba unappealing. Now that more and more trade is happening outside the dollar, that threat is no longer there.
a self referential comment if I ever saw one
Would be a real shame if something happened to all your assets that are stored in our financial system.
That would be risking WW3, even during the Cold War the US didn’t dare blockade Soviet ships coming to Cuba.
Plenty, lobbyists, health insurance industry, and advertisers would be a few off top of my head.
Good news is that US can get fucked at this point. Cuba can trade with BRICS completely outside the dollar. Meanwhile, the burger empire can seethe and cope over it.
Cuba is being punished because it’s a threat of a good example for the rest of Latin America. How long do you think US puppets would last if Cuba was allowed to be prosperous.
BRICS payment system can’t come online fast enough. Dollar based trade was the worst thing to have happened to the global economy.
Yup, that’s what I think is happening. Now that the US can’t shoulder the entire burden of the MIC for NATO, the other members need to start pitching in.
Not sure if sanctions were explicitly mentioned or not actually. If they have then it would certainly provide a strong legal basis.
But now we’re at the point where it’s no longer possible to pretend otherwise.
And now I’ve clarified for you specifically what I meant. The original comment I was replying to was asking how a military alliance could function when all members aren’t pitching in. And I’ve explained what that translates to in practice. If you have hard time understanding that, then I really can’t help you further.
Yeah that’s literally it, you said some dumb shit and now you’re acting like a child when called out on it.
I see somebody doesn’t understand the concept of MAD. 🤦
That’s my whole point, Canada is already entirely dependent on the US. That can’t change because Canada has a far smaller population than the US or Russia. No other countries are in a position to threaten Canada. The point isn’t to make Canada more dependent on the US, the point is to keep Europe dependent on the US as I’ve already explained in the previous reply and you ignored.
Canada is not exactly going to be breaking away from the US regardless how much military production it does. The countries that might get ideas of becoming independent are in Europe, and as long as Europe doesn’t have a serious military industry of its own it will stay dependent on NATO which is run by the US.
are you ok there little buddy?
The only conspiracies are the ones in your head. I’m literally just describing the events that happened in the real world.
If the US actually wanted you to spend on defense then you’d be spending. It’s that simple. Libs not being able to distinguish between what’s actually happening and what’s being said to them will never cease to be amazing.
The reality is that Europe hasn’t been spending and the US has been fine with it. And in fact, when Trump started making noises about forcing Europe to spend, that’s when the hysteria started in the US.
But let’s not let reality get in the way of nice liberal fantasies.
I mean Russia would continue doing trade with Cuba regardless of what the US says. And if US started sabre rattling then Russia would send armed ships to escort its cargo ones. Even the US wouldn’t be crazy enough to directly attack Russian ships trading with Cuba.