Cuba's Iranian Alliance Makes Military Intervention Far More Difficult Than Venezuela
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The Gist
The author argues that Trump shouldn't expect an easy military victory in Cuba like he had in Venezuela. Cuba has been working closely with Iran for decades, has better defenses, and has spent years preparing for exactly this kind of U.S. attack using guerrilla warfare tactics.
Conclusion
Cuba will be significantly more difficult for the U.S. to militarily defeat than Venezuela was, due to its Iranian alliance, totalitarian structure, and decades of preparation for asymmetrical warfare
Premises
- Cuba has maintained close military and intelligence cooperation with Iran since 1979, including hosting 300+ Iranian kamikaze drones targeting Florida
- Cuba's totalitarian system resembles Iran's more than Venezuela's, with extensive security apparatus and fortified leadership protection
- Cuban forces have been preparing for decades for U.S. invasion using asymmetrical warfare tactics learned from Vietnam War strategies
- Cuba's leadership structure is more secure and harder to decapitate than Venezuela's was, with extensive bodyguard protection and underground bunker networks
- Cuba controls a vast intelligence network throughout the Western Hemisphere and can leverage refugee crises and domestic U.S. activist groups as pressure tactics
Assumptions
- Military intervention in Cuba is inevitable and imminent
- The Venezuela operation was successful and serves as a valid comparison model
- Iran's resistance to U.S. pressure provides a template Cuba will follow
- Regime decapitation is the primary U.S. strategy for dealing with hostile governments
- Cuba's economic collapse does not significantly weaken its military capabilities