(((The USA already crossed a Russian red-line by planning missile defenses in Eastern Europe. So: bombers in Cuba.
Real weapons versus hypothetical Star Wars hokum.)))
(((I wonder what the USA plans to do to stop Russian bombers in Cuba. Boycott the Russian Olympics? Embargo Russian oil and gas? Maybe the USA will join Al Qaeda's affiliates in the Caucasus in attacking Russia.)))
(((If the USA wasn't already hip-deep in two wars, it's now gonna get plane-loads of city-busting bombs tooling over Cuba. I dunno, maybe we'll get real lucky and a giant Category 5 Greenhouse hurricane will annihilate Cuba.)))
Cuban Bombers Would Cross “Red Line,” General Says
The United States would not tolerate a reported Russian proposal to station long-range nuclear bombers in Cuba, the nominee to become Air Force chief of staff said yesterday (see GSN, July 22).
If Russia acts on such a plan, “we should stand strong and indicate that is something that crosses a threshold, crosses a red line for the United States of America," Gen. Norton Schwartz said at his confirmation hearing (see GSN, July 22).
"I would certainly offer the best military advice that we engage the Russians not to pursue that approach," he added.
A White House spokeswoman would not comment on the reported plan, saying there had been no "official response from the Russian government" on the original Russian newspaper report.
"That scenario is hypothetical and speculative at this point," U.S. Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitman added (Jim Mannion, Agence France-Presse/Google News, July 23).
