S8 Ep908: PREVIEW for Later Today: Evan Ellis explores military alternatives for Cuba beyond a traditional invasion. He suggests selective strikes against command nodes or special operations to pressure the regime, providing a hard-line complement to ongoing diplom
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 4 minutes
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| 1:04.5 | my colleague, Professor Evan Ellis of the U.S. Army War College about Cuba, not only the |
| 1:09.9 | indictment of Rao Castro, the 94-year-old brother |
| 1:13.0 | of the dictator who is now deceased, for murder of peaceful protests off the island of Cuba in 1996 |
| 1:22.0 | by men flying airplanes that were unarmed and were murdered at the order of Rao Castro. |
| 1:28.5 | But also the possibility that what we're looking at here is an island that is self-destructive |
| 1:36.1 | and needs to be persuaded. |
| 1:40.2 | And the professor alludes to the possibility of a military intervention by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps and so forth. |
| 1:51.4 | But there is a hesitation as to what model it will look like. |
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