In a strange attempt to distract the Cuban people from their growing domestic problems, Fidel Castro increased his saber-rattling against the U.S. and sent a large part of his military into the streets of Cuba to practice repelling a mock amphibious and air assault from the U.S.
The Cuban Air Force was scrambled to put an air umbrella over Cuba as 400,000 troops and reservists and “millions” of citizens participated in mock battles that U.S. military officials were probably watching on spy satellite. There’s nothing like giving away your battle plan to the very “enemy” that you’re preparing to fight, is there?
How much money did Castro spend on this meaningless display of military power? What won’t be bought for ordinary Cuban citizens now that the money isn't there? How much fuel did they siphon off from the public sector? And will Cubans put up with it?
If there is a war in Cuba, it will be because of Castro’s reckless disregard for his own people, and it will come in the form of an internal rebellion, not U.S. military action. I think it’s safe to say that the only way Cuba would get U.S. military attention would be to attack the U.S. first. The U.S. military has bigger fish to fry. Castro’s a little man who’s getting in the way of his own people. He should really think about his people first instead of himself.
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