President Trump has made no secret of his ambition to “take Cuba” next. It’s hard to overstate the importance of such an initiative.
Obviously, freeing the long-suffering people of that island nation would end their collective nightmare caused by six decades of Communist misrule.
But it would also have profound knock-on effects for this country and its vital interests throughout the Western hemisphere.
For one thing, Cuba has provided a permanent base of operations for hostile powers including Russia, China and Iran.
Cuba’s collaboration with such adversaries has extended to nations elsewhere in the region, as well – subverting its democracies and, particularly through Chinese penetration and domination of nation after nation, empowering and weaponizing its many hard-left governments.
Learn how freeing Cuba could transform hemispheric security – and ours – via a PresentDangerChina.org webinar tomorrow at 1 p.m. Eastern Time.
This is Frank Gaffney.
