• STUPIDVIPGUY@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Because the US doesn’t have the right to wave around wepons of mass destruction in other people’s territory, especially for no obvious reason

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      1 year ago

      The USS PASADENA (SSN-752) doesn’t carry weapons of mass destruction. It is a nuclear-powered submarine, not a nuclear-weapon carrying submarine.

      And the reason it went to Cuba is:

      A U.S. Defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity to provide details of a military operation, said the Navy submarine made a scheduled logistics stop at Guantanamo Bay. It then continued south to participate in UNITAS, the world’s longest-running multinational maritime exercise.

      Agree with the reason or not, and agree with the base or not, it is a reason for being there and it’s not “waving around weapons of mass destruction in other people’s territory for no reason”.