{"id":821,"date":"2024-03-15T21:06:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T01:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/?p=821"},"modified":"2025-08-22T01:57:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T05:57:48","slug":"could-russia-or-china-stop-the-usa-from-taking-cuba-if-we-decided-it-was-ours-to-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/2024\/03\/15\/could-russia-or-china-stop-the-usa-from-taking-cuba-if-we-decided-it-was-ours-to-take\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Russia or China stop the USA from taking Cuba if we decided it was ours to take?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span  style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\"Bell MT\",\"serif\"'>Could  Russia or China stop the USA from taking Cuba if we decided it was ours to  take?<\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-family:\"Bell MT\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal>That is to say &#8211; could they <b>stop the USA without a full-fledged  inter-continental war?<\/b> <\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Of course not <\/b>&#8211;  not if the powers that be in the USA were determined.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>The time to stop the  Ukraine War has come and passed.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal>To allow it to continue is a travesty to all that good  people hold dear.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>This is not a battle  that Ukraine can &#8216;win&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal>Literally countless human lives taken, generations destroyed  &#8211; so many thousands of precious men, women, and children suffered and died  horrible, unnecessary, violent deaths. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>So much destruction  it pushes beyond my own comprehension.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal>Yes, Putin is a maniac but a very calculating and determined  man who has no care nor regret when it comes to factoring in the loss of human  life and misery; Its clearly not a factor that deters him.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span  style='color:red'>Our own powers that be &#8211; here in the US and in NATO &#8211; knew  from day one that short of our [USA\/NATO] going to war with Russia &#8211; there was  no way to stop Putin from taking a slice of Ukraine. Period.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>President Biden said  it out loud.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal>It ought have ended then but he&#8217;s a weak President with  too many self interests &#8211; and surrounded by too many interests of those who put  and keep him in power &#8211; so the war began, and, the war continues. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Shame on them all.<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span  style='font-family:\"Bell MT\",\"serif\"'>Except the poor Ukrainian and Russian  peoples! May God keep, protect, and comfort every one.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal>I weep for the great losses and pains of so many &#8211; pain  which will go on for many generations to come &#8211; even long after the war ends&#8230;  . <\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal>Some days, and not for my own sake, I do find myself praying  for &#8216;the Kingdom to come&#8217; &#8230; to come.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal>I&#8217;m just Sayin&#8217; &#8230; .<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could Russia or China stop the USA from taking Cuba if we decided it was ours to take? That is to say &#8211; could they stop the USA without a full-fledged inter-continental war? Of course not &#8211; not if the powers that be in the USA were determined. The time to stop the Ukraine War &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/2024\/03\/15\/could-russia-or-china-stop-the-usa-from-taking-cuba-if-we-decided-it-was-ours-to-take\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Could Russia or China stop the USA from taking Cuba if we decided it was ours to take?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":850,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions\/850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}