ANDREW NEIL: Is Trump about to topple Cuba's Red Ayatollah - and achieve what every President since JFK has failed to do?

QP! said:
Yes i do.

Does not change anything i said that you replied to.

I see them as a sleepy Caribbean island that is a nothing burger even compared to other islands. They have built almost zero economic power, and no political power.
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They, on the other hand, have the largest military in the region and regularly export revolution and terrorist support. Problem.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
They, on the other hand, have the largest military in the region and regularly export revolution and terrorist support. Problem.
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Q - Please fact check the following statement, "the largest military in the region and regularly export revolution and terrorist support."


The statement is mostly incorrect or outdated.


  • Cuba does not have the largest military “in the region” (if “region” means Latin America or the Americas).
  • Historically it once had one of the largest in the Caribbean, but that is no longer true in overall strength or size compared with larger Latin American countries.
  • The claim that Cuba “regularly exports revolution and terrorist support” was associated with Cold War–era foreign interventions, not an accurate description of current policy.

Below is a fact-check breakdown.



1. “Cuba has the largest military in the region”​


Not accurate today.


  • Modern estimates place Cuba’s active forces around ~45,000–76,000 personnel, ranking far below countries such as Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia.
  • Cuba ranks only 67th globally in military capability according to a 2025 index.

Historical nuance:


  • During the Cold War, heavily funded by the Soviet Union, Cuba had one of the largest per-capita militaries in Latin America and the largest in the Caribbean Basin (excluding the U.S.).
  • After the Soviet collapse, the military was cut roughly in half and became largely defensive.

Conclusion: The claim may have been true decades ago (Caribbean, Cold War) but is not true today for Latin America or the broader region.
 
QP! said:
Q - Please fact check the following statement, "the largest military in the region and regularly export revolution and terrorist support."


The statement is mostly incorrect or outdated.


  • Cuba does not have the largest military “in the region” (if “region” means Latin America or the Americas).
  • Historically it once had one of the largest in the Caribbean, but that is no longer true in overall strength or size compared with larger Latin American countries.
  • The claim that Cuba “regularly exports revolution and terrorist support” was associated with Cold War–era foreign interventions, not an accurate description of current policy.

Below is a fact-check breakdown.



1. “Cuba has the largest military in the region”​


Not accurate today.


  • Modern estimates place Cuba’s active forces around ~45,000–76,000 personnel, ranking far below countries such as Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia.
  • Cuba ranks only 67th globally in military capability according to a 2025 index.

Historical nuance:


  • During the Cold War, heavily funded by the Soviet Union, Cuba had one of the largest per-capita militaries in Latin America and the largest in the Caribbean Basin (excluding the U.S.).
  • After the Soviet collapse, the military was cut roughly in half and became largely defensive.

Conclusion: The claim may have been true decades ago (Caribbean, Cold War) but is not true today for Latin America or the broader region.
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Stop relying on idiot AI to do your thinking for you.

"The region" is the Caribbean, not the Americas. It'd be idiotic to compare Cuba's military to that of the US or large S. American nations.

Cuba today has nearly 100,000 active and reserve troops in service with another 1.1 million paramilitary available. Their army has over 200 Soviet era tanks, and nearly 8,000 armored vehicles. Their artillery and rocket forces outnumber any other Caribbean country.

Their air force includes about 40 aircraft including a squadron of about 15 supersonic fighter aircraft. Of course, lack of fuel is a big issue in keeping these operating.

So, AI is simply dead, flat, wrong, as it often is.
 
serendipity said:
President Trump tightens the screw with a strict oil embargo, it could very soon collapse altogether, bringing down with it the hardline communist gerontocracy whose dictatorship, over the past seven decades, has steadily impoverished the Caribbean's biggest island nation.

Is Trump about to topple Cuba's Red Ayatollah - and achieve what other presidents have failed to do? https://mol.im/a/15558771#i-24d89199252c9444 via https://dailym.ai/android
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First topple Cuba, then kick the Pedo King of Thailand off his perch. Agreed?

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T. A. Gardner said:
Stop relying on idiot AI to do your thinking for you.

"The region" is the Caribbean, not the Americas. It'd be idiotic to compare Cuba's military to that of the US or large S. American nations.

Cuba today has nearly 100,000 active and reserve troops in service with another 1.1 million paramilitary available. Their army has over 200 Soviet era tanks, and nearly 8,000 armored vehicles. Their artillery and rocket forces outnumber any other Caribbean country.

Their air force includes about 40 aircraft including a squadron of about 15 supersonic fighter aircraft. Of course, lack of fuel is a big issue in keeping these operating.

So, AI is simply dead, flat, wrong, as it often is.
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So your entire point is that they are so small it is ludicrous to even compare them to a S.American Caribbean country but you then also want to represent them as some kind of power and threat.

To whom?

By your own arguments (when you actually start thinking) they are of no threat to anyone because as you point out, they are ONLY comparable to other island nations.
 
QP! said:
So your entire point is that they are so small it is ludicrous to even compare them to a S.American Caribbean country but you then also want to represent them as some kind of power and threat.

To whom?

By your own arguments (when you actually start thinking) they are of no threat to anyone because as you point out, they are ONLY comparable to other island nations.
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MAGAts don't think nor process information logically. They just gobble up what they are fed from Trump or his mouthpieces in the Cabinet or Fox News and regurgitate it on JPP. Weird.
 
QP! said:
So your entire point is that they are so small it is ludicrous to even compare them to a S.American Caribbean country but you then also want to represent them as some kind of power and threat.

To whom?

By your own arguments (when you actually start thinking) they are of no threat to anyone because as you point out, they are ONLY comparable to other island nations.
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No, my point is that their military is excessive compared to their GDP and size. That is, they are for their economy and population a heavily militarized state. By extension, that has a negative effect on their economy and drags it down for no useful purpose. After all, Cuba is the poorest Caribbean nation with the exception of Haiti.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
No, my point is that their military is excessive compared to their GDP and size. That is, they are for their economy and population a heavily militarized state. By extension, that has a negative effect on their economy and drags it down for no useful purpose. After all, Cuba is the poorest Caribbean nation with the exception of Haiti.
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QED

MAGAts want to invade Cuba not because it's a threat to US security, but because their Orange Jesus says we should do it.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
No, my point is that their military is excessive compared to their GDP and size. That is, they are for their economy and population a heavily militarized state. By extension, that has a negative effect on their economy and drags it down for no useful purpose. After all, Cuba is the poorest Caribbean nation with the exception of Haiti.
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But you are talking out of both sides of your mouth.

Is the Cuban military a problem for the US and the world or is it so small you cannot even begin to compare it, even to other S.American caribbean countries?

It now seems to me you are trying to say 'the military is a nothing burger but it is a mis-deployment (waste) of the few dollars the gov't has'.

Is that your issue and if so how does that justify Trump admin focus and this pretense that they are a problem to anyone but themselves?
 
Dutch Uncle said:
QED

MAGAts want to invade Cuba not because it's a threat to US security, but because their Orange Jesus says we should do it.
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It sounds like Terry is saying the reason is 'because they are spending their scant budget irresponsibly'.

I cannot see anything else in his argument other than, in his view, they are spending more on defense and their military (albeit a tiny one that is no threat to anyone), than they can afford.
 
QP! said:
It sounds like Terry is saying the reason is 'because they are spending their scant budget irresponsibly'.

I cannot see anything else in his argument other than, in his view, they are spending more on defense and their military (albeit a tiny one that is no threat to anyone), than they can afford.
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After screaming about Biden's "forever wars", all MAGAts have flip-flopped to supporting Trump's forever wars around the planet.
 
QP! said:
so you claim Cuba is doing things along the lines of "it's old ways" but you are unable to explain any of them.

Interesting.
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QP! said:
It sounds like Terry is saying the reason is 'because they are spending their scant budget irresponsibly'.

I cannot see anything else in his argument other than, in his view, they are spending more on defense and their military (albeit a tiny one that is no threat to anyone), than they can afford.
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I would discuss this with somebody worthy not a dickhead like you, sorry.
 
Cuba is rated no. 83 in world military power. Obama wanted to westernize Cuba using trade and tourism to change it. The right cannot give up a boogieman. They fought that, and people suffer.
 
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