While the news cycle was obsessing on other things, this was news on Friday,
Russia ‘considering military bases in Cuba and Vietnam’
Russia is considering plans to resume its military presence in Vietnam and Cuba, the country’s deputy defence minister says.
Nikolai Pankov announced a review of the decision to close the two bases more than a decade ago.
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Mr Pankov told the Russian parliament on Friday they were “dealing with the issue” of the two bases, Russian news agencies reported.
He declined to go into detail.
This would come as a surprise only to those who don’t recall that two years ago I posted that Russia was seeking military base(s) in Cuba, according to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
Kaliningrad, Syria, Cuba. The sixties called. Their international hot-spots have heated up again. Thanks, O, and HRC and Jean Francois Kerry for your “smart” diplomacy.
Smart indeed.
At times,I’ve been tempted to post 1960-80s news with different dates
Recently, Alexander Boot (alexanderboot.com/blog) posted a speech by Beria in the early ’50’s, changed “USSR” to “Russia” and showed how it could have been given by Putin now. Thought provoking, to say the least.
Not to worry, though. We have Smart Diplomacy going for us!