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Maybe. They are also possibly just ginning up more reasons to block normalizing relations with Cuba.

You're being downvoted as if the U.S. intelligence apparatus hasn't done this before. Using media statements to sway public opinion on specific issues is a standard part of their playbook and has been for decades.

Using media statements to sway public opinion is… a totally normal thing for organizations to do.

Exactly. And yet people in this thread are arguing against the idea that the CIA would do it.

This quote seems to suggest that they've ruled Cuba out:

> The director says he is seriously considering the "very strong possibility" that the syndrome is the result of intentional actions, adding that there are a limited number of "potential suspects" with the capability to carry out an action so widely across the globe.

> Maybe. They are also possibly just ginning up more reasons to block normalizing relations with Cuba.

Except, IIRC:

1. they didn't take the reports seriously at first,

2. they ruled out the Cubans fairly quickly, and

3. that may have been a goal of Trump, but he's not president anymore.

The fact they're a fascist dictatorship is reason enough. No need to "gin" up anything.

The US has diplomatic and economic relationships with plenty of oppressive regimes around the world, not sure why Cuba should be an exception. Aside from some 60-year-old egg on their face related to failed coup attempts, that is (though in this case, bacon may be the better breakfast food analogy).

Yeah and that's typically a mistake too. Cuba has nothing to provide us economically.

Name one good thing that having a "relationship" with the Cuban government would do?

It would be about as fruitful as cozying up to NK. It's a waste of time negotiating with fascists who have no plan on changing their ways.

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