Four people riding in a speedboat registered in the U.S. were killed Feb. 25 in a gunfight with Cuban government forces after entering the country’s waters, according to the Cuban Embassy in the U.S.
Crewmembers aboard a speedboat registered in Florida entered Cuban waters and opened fire on Cuban Ministry of the Interior forces when they approached the American vessel, the Cuban Embassy said in a statement. Aboard the Florida-registered vessel, four were killed and six were injured in the gunfight; the commander of the Ministry of the Interior vessel was wounded in the gunfight, Cuba said.
“In the face of current challenges, Cuba reaffirms its determination to protect its territorial waters, based on the principle that national defense is a fundamental pillar of the Cuban State in safeguarding its sovereignty and ensuring stability in the region,” Cuban authorities said. “Investigations by the competent authorities continue in order to fully clarify the events.”
According to Cuban officials, the wounded crewmembers of the Florida-registered boat were evacuated for medical assistance.
I fully believe that a bunch of dumbass Floridian boaters would just pop off and fire on another boat after crossing territorial boundaries, 100%.
These dumb bastards are lucky that other countries aren’t going full Hegseth.
At this point of our government I really have to remove the “simplest answer is the most likely” logic and lean heavily towards ill intent.
My money is on a CIA influence in some way. I just can’t believe “Florida man” alone at this point.
When there is an established pattern of malice, vehemently attributing everything to stupidity is stupid.
the simplest answer is ill intent. i think it “helps” that they are now openly stating their ill intent anyway.
they happen to also be dumb enough to do shit like that too.
It’s certainly a possibility, no doubt.
I just read the article and couldn’t get past my first thought being ‘Florida Man’, because I have no good reason to think some dumbass Floridian wouldn’t do this.
I heard the whole Florida man phenomenon is just out there because Florida makes most of its police reports public, so its just really easy for journalists to access them and find whacky stories for a slow news day, anyways imagine being so fucking stupid and thinking you and your friends would be able to invade a sovereign country.
I don’t know enough to say for sure, but that’s interesting info.
Yeah as I said I heard this from some one I know but it makes complete sense and I have no reason to think the person who told it to me is lying.
because I have no good reason to think some dumbass Floridian wouldn’t do this.
marco rubio is a florida man and i bet he daydreams about doing this; single-handedly vanquishing the evil commies occupying havana w his bros. lol
Honestly, it’s likely both. Dumb ass Floridians that got the idea from a CIA op.
In all fairness, what military force can Cuba put up against the US?
I mean, the US couldn’t beat the Houthis. Now is probably not the time to be beating our chests. Not even Donald wants to risk a real war.
Pretty sure the gun fight was most of what they can muster right now
There is A LOT context missing here. The “speedboat” apparently had at least 10 people in it (4 killed 6 wounded, possibly some unwounded?) The people in the speedboat apparently had some fairly serious armaments. I doubt it was just some pistols as those aren’t very effective at the ranges that boats are engaging on the open water. Additionally there do exist rich Americans that will make trips to Cuba by boat and they are normally allowed even if they are intercepted by Cuban inter-coastal forces. So the fact that this time they fired at the Cuban forces, tells me there was certainly something else happening.
I fully believe that a bunch of dumbass Floridian boaters would just pop off and fire on another boat after crossing territorial boundaries, 100%.
These dumb bastards are lucky that other countries aren’t going full Hegseth.
This kind of take is brain dead though.
10 guys decide to invade a country. They obviously had no clue about Cuba and expected a few women in grass skirts.
