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Haiti would not count as a warm water port for this purpose, because it would not serve the Russian mainland at all. Russia has plenty of foreign "warm water" p
by butlerm 5y ago
Haiti would not count as a warm water port for this purpose, because it would not serve the Russian mainland at all. Russia has plenty of foreign "warm water" ports it can use already.
Other than the unfortunate Haitians, who have suffered enough already, it is hard to imagine why a vaguely democratic decision by Haiti to become a Russian ally would meet with more than a collective yawn unless Russia planned to station intermediate range nuclear missiles there or something. Russia has plenty of allies in the area already.
The idea that the U.S. wouldn't "let" Haiti or Cuba or Venezuela have their own foreign policy is ridiculous. It does and they do.
- cycomanic 5y agoYou mean the Cuba to which the US has a constant trade emabargo/blockade? The one whose leader they tried for years to kill in the most bizarre ways? Yes sure the US let's them have their own foreign policy. Have a look at what happened in Panama or Nicaragua or Guatemala when people elected leaders which had policies that the US didn't like. Edit: Just to make it clear, I actually do not believe that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is due to the expansion of Nato (and even if it was it would be completely unjustified) it is due to Putin's megalomania. That doesn't mean we should forget that the US has been extremely aggressive about protecting their interests even by force and by violating international law. There is a reason why they are the country which has been involved in the most wars since WWII
- x86_64Ubuntu 5y agoLatin American has pretty much NEVER been allowed to pursue it's political destiny without the US interfering.