In the fall of 1983, an Iranian-backed force carried out the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut. The bombing caused enormous confusion within the Ronald Reagan administration and was seen as a major challenge to the president. He decided to withdraw US forces from Beirut. Would Washington remain silent in the face of such contempt? Was it not supposed to respond somewhere, and quickly?
Days later, America and its allies invaded the island of Grenada in a noisy military spectacle, but one that was hardly convincing.
One fears that President Trump may consider the Grenadian alternative, which is ready and fully in place.
Cuba is on the verge of collapse and falling apart. In recent months, it has been without water, electricity, or salaries.
One of the most unsuccessful and bleakest experiments in governance is taking its final breath. For 61 years of defying American power, the island, located 90 miles off the coast of Florida, has carried some of the most famous and celebrated names: Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Gabriel García Márquez, and Ernest Hemingway.
They were beautiful and failed romantic eras. A small mountainous island wanted to defeat the most powerful force in the world. Quite simply, Castro tried to drag the Soviet Union with him onto American soil. The world almost exploded into pieces that night had Nikita Khrushchev not decided that it was better for everyone to wake up alive.
It is likely that the idea of seeking a victory in Cuba has been on the table for some time. An easy operation like Venezuela, and an ancient tree whose fruit has withered. There are no longer any major names willing to denounce the situation and accompany Guevara into the jungles to liberate the wretched.
In any case, whether President Trump annexes Cuba or not, it seems that Cuba is annexing itself.
