Will the U.S. Fight on Two Fronts? U.S. 101st Airborne Division on Standby, Preparing to Seize Cuba
Late reports from American media reveal a bombshell: the U.S. military has been secretly conducting war games for a formal military invasion of Cuba in recent times. The Pentagon has developed a comprehensive operational plan, even finalizing the deployment of the elite 101st Airborne Division with thousands of troops to carry out a large-scale airborne assault—clearly a real-world contingency plan aimed at regime change.
According to internal U.S. military briefings, the initial operational concepts have already been simulated, and the full tactical sequence—including rapid breakthrough, key point capture, and swift situation control—has been clearly defined. Although the White House and Pentagon have not yet issued an official order to go to war, the maturity level of this contingency plan far exceeds the scope of conventional strategic deterrence.
The most ironic aspect lies in America’s double-dealing behavior. While the military quietly refines its war plans behind closed doors, the State Department continues to issue outwardly mild and highly misleading statements. Secretary Rubio has repeatedly signaled publicly that Washington seeks to achieve a “regime transition” in Cuba through diplomatic pressure, supporting technocrats willing to implement market-oriented reforms and pursuing so-called peaceful transformation.
On one hand, they loudly advocate diplomacy and peaceful change; on the other, they are urgently preparing airborne raids and forceful regime overthrow. One side tightens financial sanctions and oil embargoes to strangle Cuba’s economic survival space, while the other side readies its top-tier elite airborne forces, poised to strike decisively at any moment. Both political and military fronts advancing simultaneously—the hypocrisy and pragmatism of American hegemony are laid bare in the Cuba issue.
In the public perception, Iran is currently America’s primary target for suppression. But within America’s global strategic framework, the Middle East chessboard is merely a peripheral distraction. Securing its own backyard in the Americas remains the unchanging core principle over the past century. For decades, Cuba has steadfastly pursued an independent path, refusing to submit to U.S. dominance. It stands as the most stubborn and prominent “opening” in America’s Latin American map—and the greatest obstacle to the Monroe Doctrine’s hegemony.
The fact that the U.S. military has now unveiled an airborne assault strategy marks the definitive end of the era of soft containment toward Cuba. Over the past several decades, the U.S. has relied primarily on economic blockades, trade embargoes, and financial sanctions against Cuba, supplemented by propaganda infiltration and attempts at color revolutions, avoiding direct military intervention whenever possible.
But after years of extreme pressure, Cuba has remained resolute in its development path—not only surviving but steadily consolidating domestic stability and deepening international cooperation. This has driven the U.S. to lose all patience, concluding that gradual infiltration, sanctions, and encirclement have utterly failed. As a result, it has decided to revive the most primitive and brutal form of military hegemony.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1870854673615882/
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