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Pentagon planners have analyzed scenarios based on hypothetical U.S. attacks against Cuba, according to a report this Wednesday by CBS News citing various officials.
Assessments of this type are common and do not imply that the White House is considering the possibility of authorizing a military operation against the island, the aforementioned sources pointed out, who assured that among the possible scenarios analyzed is an aerial assault led by the Army's 101st Airborne Division.
These analyses are routinely organized by the Department of Defense and the commands in charge of combat operations, and they examine mission objectives, the number of troops required, the sequencing of events, logistical considerations, or associated risks.
These analysis sessions take place at a time when any operation against Cuba would pose a significant logistical problem for the Pentagon, as much of the U.S. military's attention and some of its most valuable offensive capabilities are already committed to other theaters, such as Iran.
It is for this reason that the sources consulted by CBS News considered it very unlikely that Washington would currently advocate for approving an attack against Cuba.
This information is published at a time when the diplomatic path advocated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio is at a standstill.
Rubio has bet on achieving a government transition in Cuba with a new temporary executive branch led by technocrats and willing to implement economic reforms, and to that end, he has activated a financial pressure campaign with new sanctions on the Cuban military apparatus and its conglomerate, Gaesa.
However, this past weekend, the Secretary of Defense asserted that, to date, the regime and its "corrupt elites" continue to refuse to reform.
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