You struck a nice balance here, Sir. I would only add a piece of information about Cuba's current situation. Unless Cuba finds another sponsor soon, it's economy will completely collapse. This is different from the crisis following the fall of the USSR. Then, Cuba still had some industrial base and a lot of political capital among the population. Now, both are depleted. Hopefully, there is some post regime strategy in Washington. Rubio knows Cuba better than any previous State Secretary, however his bias towards the Cuban-American view could create some friction with reality.
The idea of having a strategy to assist Cuba in rebuilding its economy to me is the biggest thing we lack in terms of coherence. If we could offer that, particularly in a manner that speaks to Cuban self-determination, I think we would be well-postured. The absence of it, I fear, lends to the assessment that the US would simply want to extract.
You struck a nice balance here, Sir. I would only add a piece of information about Cuba's current situation. Unless Cuba finds another sponsor soon, it's economy will completely collapse. This is different from the crisis following the fall of the USSR. Then, Cuba still had some industrial base and a lot of political capital among the population. Now, both are depleted. Hopefully, there is some post regime strategy in Washington. Rubio knows Cuba better than any previous State Secretary, however his bias towards the Cuban-American view could create some friction with reality.
The idea of having a strategy to assist Cuba in rebuilding its economy to me is the biggest thing we lack in terms of coherence. If we could offer that, particularly in a manner that speaks to Cuban self-determination, I think we would be well-postured. The absence of it, I fear, lends to the assessment that the US would simply want to extract.
Great article Ray.