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CAYMAN ISLANDS – Caribbean governments have made it a regular occurrence to engage with the American military for joint agreements on placement of military forces in their respective countries. Just such an agreement between the USA and Jamaica took place in Panama recently under the rubric of drugs and counter-terrorism. Perhaps it should have been under the cover for other real not imaginary things.
This agreement took place on the margin of the Americas Counter Cartels Coalition to formalize temporary placement of American troops on Jamaican territory which alongside the Cayman Islands and Bahamas, is one of the closest to Cuba. Bahamas is already part of the coalition but not the Cayman Islands, which is a U.K. territory that does not control its own foreign affairs and is under a new British prime minister.
A quiet entry of superior American troops, aircraft and armament into the Caribbean to their new island leadership chorus of supplication.
The Coalition is an invention of the Americans, promoted by the Americans and joined by most Caribbean countries relevant to the Americans. Somewhat like a puppet on a string, the Jamaican representative is not a military man or a minister of defence like Trinidad, being more used to a failed attempt to control crime in Jamaica and management of the police.
Cartels are not the main problem of the Caribbean but criminal gangs, poverty, unemployment and disasters are the top issues.
The complete ramifications of such an agreement has escaped him in the context of the USA and especially their former defence department, now clearly labelled, department of war. Trinidad provided a base for American forces that seized the President of Venezuela as well as other support tasks, but it is some distance away from Cuba.
Both Jamaica and Bahamas could provide useful platforms for an attack on the Cuban government which could see some collateral damage for the Cayman Islands in refugees and raids. If they are providing military support for America then it may be time to engage in civil defence manoeuvres especially with the onset of the hurricane season.
President Trump popularity is at the lowest, the Iranian war is dragging on and he is badly in need of a victory when he cannot even control his home renovation. The excellent Venezuela operation is now past history and that government has American representatives calling the shots in Venezuela.
The military use artillery, missiles and drone strikes to soften up an enemy before an advance or invasion. Another tool would be the embargo siege that cuts off an island from shipping, fuel, food and tourists. Even water is in short supply in Cuba.
Time is on the side of the American military who already have a base in Cuba and their perceived government enemy is in decline every single day.
They are looking for a second drone bee.
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