We're Storming All The Beaches 90 Miles South Of Key West?

Doing What...Looking For Plantains & Cigars?


Crap like this story about the Russians offering to train Cuba's military personnel in "air defense" makes me spew my coffee out my nose this morning."

I'd also bend double laughing if my nostrils weren't stinging and I had to find the paper towels needed to clean off my monitor and desktop.

The Russian and Cuban military will exchange experience in organising tactical air defence and in training officers," Interfax quoted Russian Land Forces spokesman Igor Konashenkov as saying.

The two sides will "discuss the prospect of training Cuban servicemen at the tactical air defence academies and training centres in Russia, using upgraded Russian-made military hardware," Interfax quoted him as saying.

The delegation, led by the chief of Russia's tactical air defence headquarters, Lieutenant General Alexander Maslov, will also look at "ways to strengthen relations between the Russian armed forces and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba," Konashenkov was quoted as saying.

The delegation will be in Cuba from Monday until November 3, Konashenkov was quoted as saying. Reuters could not immediately reach Konashenkov for comment.

In 1962, Cuba became the focus of the deepest crisis of the Cold War after the Soviet Union installed missiles there, prompting a standoff with Washington. The island's government remains hostile to the United States.

In the past few months, Moscow has stepped up contacts with both Cuba and Venezuela, another South American critic of the United States.

Of course the Russians, in spite of their new found "oil wealth", are still basically flying post-end-of-the-cold-war relics like this TU-95MS "Bear" bomber:




Funny thing, but to me this thing looks like it might be better used to chop and puree limes and lemons to to add to a salt rimmed glass full of Tequila.

And another thing...can't the Russians afford to hire anyone with "Weed Eater" experience to clean out the cracks in the concrete tarmac?

Maybe the INS and Mr. Obama could "reach out diplomatically" and send them a few "guest workers" to mow the grass take care of the lawns and grounds...