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[–] choui4@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 minutes ago

America fucking LOVES pushing and pushing and pushing a countries boundaries, taking more, seeing what they can get away with, how much they can take. Then, when the soverign nation reacts, as any other country would/should "THEYRE KILLING AMERICAN CITIZENS!!!!". The flag is false but the terrorism is now justified

[–] Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world 31 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Hasn’t the US set the precedent that this is ok?

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 hours ago

This was inside Cuban territorial waters, so it's pretty much always been this way.

Also, they fired on a police boat.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 34 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Should have said there were definitely drugs on the boat.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

Guaranteed everyone on board was zooted to the gills, thinking they could do Bay of Pigs on Impossible difficulty.

[–] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 3 points 59 minutes ago* (last edited 59 minutes ago)

Sorry, are we not blowing up civilian boats now?
~ Cuba

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago

good. they were probably muling drugs.

[–] 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

If people want to leave Cuba, the Cuban government ought to let them go. This should be a national policy.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 3 points 34 minutes ago (1 children)

And then be "illegals" in the US and get deported back to Cuba by ice after spending a year is a detention camp and all the horror that entails?

[–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 2 points 28 minutes ago (2 children)

Every country should let their citizens leave and every country should welcome refugees.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 2 points 23 minutes ago

In a perfect world, there would be no borders, yet here we are

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 minutes ago

Completely open borders? That's almost like...imagine there's no countries... 🎶

(Not making fun or disagreeing with you)

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 7 points 1 hour ago

Cuba isn't North Korea. Most Cubans are just too poor to leave.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 2 points 1 hour ago

several incidents of this kind have been reported, including two in 2022. In one case, a speedboat coming from the United States fired on Cuban Border Guard forces near Villa Clara, injuring a Cuban officer.

The other incident took place in Bahía Honda, in western Cuba, when a vessel also coming from the United States collided with an Interior Ministry patrol boat, causing the U.S. craft to sink and killing several of its occupants.

Authorities on the island frequently report finding abandoned or seized speedboats along the northern coast (Ciego de Ávila, Villa Clara, Havana), commonly used to pick up potential migrants. They describe these operations as “territorial violations and human trafficking.”

[–] Daggity@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 hours ago

No surprise when Rubio is so set to kidnap their leaders like we just did to Maduro. Tensions and watching are going to be high.

[–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 hours ago

No governments are fans of coyotes, FYI.

[–] RainbowHedgehog@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

They’re killing people to that are trying to evacuate Cubans. Most likely their family members. So that’s great…

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

after it failed to obey orders to stop in territorial waters and opened fire on the police vessel,

Yeah, sure. Someone trying to pick up family members opened fire on a police boat.

[–] RainbowHedgehog@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I was referring to this:

“Authorities on the island frequently report finding abandoned or seized speedboats along the northern coast (Ciego de Ávila, Villa Clara, Havana), commonly used to pick up potential migrants. They describe these operations as ‘territorial violations and human trafficking.’”

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago

Houston's strip clubs and brothels are packed to overflowing with "Rescued Cubans". Miami, Atlanta, and New Orleans, too.

The US cartels and the CIA have been flesh-peddling naive young people out of Cuba for decades. It is absolutely human trafficking.