A Russian "antimissile defense system" in Cuba (what if)

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

A Russian "antimissile defense system" in Cuba

By Dick Kazan

The Bush Administration is determined to install their new "antimissile defense system" initially in Poland and in the Czech Republic, not far from Russia's borders.

It is supposedly to defend Eastern Europe against a possible nuclear attack from Iran, a nation without a nuclear weapon nor a means of delivering it. And this "antimissile defense system" is to be funded by the U.S., which is by far the biggest debtor nation in the world.

The U.S. government has to borrow to pay its bills as it funds its escalating Iraq war. And yet it is ready to take on more debt to fund its "antimissile defense system" in Eastern Europe.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin replied by saying to reporters, "We are being told the antimissile defense system is targeted against something that does not exist. Doesn't that seem funny to you, to say the least?"

"If a part of the strategic nuclear potential of the United States appears in Europe and in the opinion of our military specialists, will threaten us, then we will have to take appropriate steps in response," Mr. Putin added. "What kind of steps? We will have to have new targets in Europe."

This means powerful targeted weaponry such as "ballistic or cruise missiles or maybe a completely new system," Mr. Putin said.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-bush6jun06,1,7557694.story?page=2

As I read Mr. Putin's response to Mr. Bush's "antimissile defense system," I wondered how the Bush Administration would respond if Russia intended to build an "antimissile defense system" in Cuba, if Mr. Putin and Fidel Castro came to a similar understanding to the one Mr. Bush is proposing to Poland and to the Czech Republic. Would Mr. Bush take it well or view it as a threat?

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[Rick Myers]

1. Condi would have to get out the map to show Bush where Cuba was!!!

:grr:

[DFW]

2. It would help the right wing media, but not make a difference

The radical right doesn't want to nuke Cuba, it wants to re-take it
back and make it the playground for the rich that it once was. They
can't very well re-establish a dictatorship if the place won't be
inhabitable for the next 25 years. Putin has no plans to station
nukes on Cuba, and we know it. Any missile defense system Putin
would establish on Cuba would only serve the American far right
for propaganda purposes.

He is far too smart to even think about it.