With everything going on in Iran, the dangerous anti-terrorism laws being set in motion here at home, and the lunacy surrounding a ballroom that taxpayers are definitely paying for, it's hard to keep track of all the humanitarian calamities the Trump administration is responsible for. In the vacuum left by the closure of the U.S. Aid program, large-scale violence over scarce resources has broken out in regions where food aid was relied upon for survival. Ukrainian citizens are being killed in droves by targeted Russian attacks — war crimes, y'all — while America's Republican-controlled Congress pisses and moans about providing the tough little nation with the resources to keep fighting a war for us. And, according to Canada's CTV News, Cuba's citizens — already desperate from a United States oil blockade of their country — are preparing for an invasion.
But now the building manager told me she had been tasked with "orders from above" — like all office buildings in the city, it is owned by the state — to come up with a plan for the building in case of imperialist attack. As in an American attack.
I mean, can you blame them? Cuba's been watching Whiskey Pete Hegseth order the liquidation of civilian sailors for months. The president of Venezuela is sitting in a jail cell after the American military kidnapped him in a raid that, under international law, is considered an act of war. And if that's not enough, Trump has authorized the bombing of more nations than any of his predecessors. In Yemen, American bombs and missiles have killed more civilians than in the past 23 years of U.S. military operations in that country combined. Given Trump's love of submission diplomacy, the Cubanos preparing for an invasion or an attack seems pretty rational.
It's a beautiful island, full of wonderful people who just want to live their lives and be left the hell alone — to have the fuel and supplies needed to keep food on the table, and not have to choose who lives or dies during a blackout. It's not a lot to ask.
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