7/24/2019. Recall, back in 2016 President Obama tried to improve relations with Cuba by opening a U.S. embassy in Havana. Forty U.S. diplomats became ill — dizziness, nausea and headaches — and were recalled, as were sick Canadian diplomats. Now MRI tests have proven changes did happen in their brains and they didn’t all get sick due to simultaneous, over-active imaginations. Some scienti sts still contest the findings. The arrogance is amazing.

Let’s assume the obvious: 40+ diplomats in a new office in a country that’s been a historic enemy were made ill through a purposeful attack to drive them from the country.

The question is, why on Earth would Cuba want to drive away U.S. and Canadian diplomats? If they didn’t want them in Cuba, they never had to let them in. Cuba’s government hasn’t been especially dynamic.

From Wikipedia: Juan Esteban Lazo Hernández (born February 26, 1944 in Jovellanos) is a Cuban politician who has been the President of the National Assembly of People’s Power, Cuba’s parliament, since 2013. Previously he was Vice-President of the Cuban Council of State. He is a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba since 1980 and National Assembly of People’s Power member since 1981.

Russia and Cuba have been strongly allied in the past. Russia is meddling in Venezuela. In both cases Russia’s limited by how much money they want to spend, but low-cost trouble-making is right up ex-KGB Putin’s alley. Would Russia engage in a sneak attack without Cuban approval? Probably not, but as for the instigator, my money’s on Putin. (If true, what did Cuba get out of it?)

Another question: what was used on the diplomats? Some think it’s a sonic weapon, but with all of the brain damage symptoms, hearing a high pitched whine could easily be a symptom rather than a cause. If our government knows, they aren’t saying.

Was this a test of a new weapon? It’s chilling that the brain damage is long term and perhaps permanent. I hope the government does know more about this than they are saying. In any case, Trump’s right (again) in his negative attitude towards Cuba.