This whole Cuba thing

[snowybirdie]

Is driving me crazy! Were indicting an old man for shooting down four Cuban American s,thirty years ago. How hypocritical while we've shot over 200 people out of the sea since Trump came onto power. The country has gone crazy!

[maxsolomon]

1. The Federal Govt has gone crazy

The American People aren't entirely crazy. Just 30%.

[MoonlightHillFarm]

2. I'll never understand our obsession with Cuba.

[malaise]

4. Like all imperialists the US thinks it owns the planet

It’s that simple

[malaise]

3. Meanwhile

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221250752


I knew one of the victims - killed on her way to study medicine in Cuba

[FloridaBlues]

5. Distraction and Miami Cubans not liking what ICE has done to their community

[OGBuzz]

6. and never forget....

On 3 July 1988, a US Navy warship, the USS Vincennes, shot down an Iranian civilian airliner over the Persian Gulf. All 290 on board the aircraft were killed, among them 66 children. The plane was flying a scheduled service from Bandar Abbas in Iran to Dubai but was mistakenly identified as "hostile" by the US ship.

[OLDMDDEM]

7. I agree.

[BurnDoubt]

8. Locking down that Florida Cuban Vote...

before the Mid-terms.
Maybe tomorrow some indictments for His Arrogance and his Dog Of War and their extrajudicial Murders at Sea?
What a Mercy we didn’t let the DOJ get weaponized.

[ToxMarz]

9. I'm not confidant the public has ever gotten the complete story of what happened

I lived in Miami then and Brothers to the Rescue, while having a notable role in finding Cuban migrants at sea, was also frequently antagonizing Cuban territory and accused of flying too close to and over the Cuban island and dropping anti Castro flyers. Something no soverign nation would tolerate. On the day they were shot down, they claim they did not fly over Cuban territory, but they would probably never acknowldge if they did. Also why would they need to be so adamant they didn't fly over THAT day other than the fact they had been doing it in the past. It was unfortunate but also a little FAFO at the same time.