If Cuba had attacked Puerto Rico with 1000 soldiers [View all]
The damage they could have inflicted on that island would not be 1/1,00oth of what Hurricane Maria caused there instead. Yet Trump would have responded immediately with tens of thousands of troops to counter the Cubans. They would have begun arriving last week and our forces would all be in place now. Our Navy would have a flotilla stationed off shore Puerto Rico as we speak. Marines would be landing in amphibious vehicles
Our military knows what to do when you can't drive a truck loaded with supplies across an open land border. An ocean don't stop our Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, no matter how large it might be. They wouldn't wait for some bankruptcy court to determine who would foot the bill. Congress would have dropped everything and met in emergency session to clear any and all obstacles to military action.
Three and a half million American citizens are marooned in utter devastation. From this point on their deaths mount geometrically. What the fuck do we have a military for if it isn't to protect American lives? It's so called Commander in Chief is more concerned about an alleged desecration of the American flag by kneeling professional athletes than he is over the destruction of the land over which it flies, and the desperation of our citizens who struggle to cling to life there.
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