Defense Minister Raul Castro said the reason Cuba plans to hold a series of defense exercises for the general population is so the United States will see it shouldn't dare attack the communist country. The exercises are "for (the United States) to observe closely, so it doesn't make the same mistakes it made in Vietnam and is now making in Iraq," Castro, the younger brother of Cuban President Fidel Castro, told Cuban media Tuesday. The exercises, to be held Dec. 13 to 19, are aimed at evaluating how prepared Cuban society is to face possible military action against Cuba during a second term by U.S. President George W. Bush.
| Right. We wouldn't dare. Attack Cuba. Heh. I'm sure that, given the ferocity of the Cuban military and the impregnable fortifications that'd be arrayed against us, it'd take us at least an afternoon to dismantle the regime. |
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