Ruben Gallego, Democratic senator: Marco Rubio is obsessed with Cuba, but it is not a threat to the US'

Ruben Gallego criticized U.S. reliance on military force to pursue political change in Latin America. He said Cuba is not a threat to the United States and argued that a new intervention to force regime change there is unlikely to be justified. He stated that starting wars to overthrow governments is opposed by nearly all Democrats in public office. He introduced a bill to prevent unauthorized operations similar to the Venezuela action. He said the January operation to capture Nicolas Maduro was militarily effective but produced poor political outcomes, replacing one dictator with another. He added that mismanagement of the war with Iran could harm Trump politically in upcoming midterm elections.

"The Arizona representative criticized the White House's strategy of turning to military force to pursue political change in Latin America. The United States should not start wars to overthrow governments, and I think practically 99% of Democrats holding public office are against this war, Gallego said."

"In March, the senator introduced a bill in the upper chamber, where his party does not hold a majority, to prevent Trump from launching an operation similar to the one in Venezuela without congressional authorization. Ruben Gallego at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago."

"Although the operation to capture Nicolas Maduro in January was militarily effective, the political results have not met expectations. What have we changed in Venezuela? We went from one dictator to another, so from a geopolitical standpoint it has been a failure and will continue to be a failure until Venezuela smoothly transitions to democracy, he added."

"Maduro is a horrible person, a corrupt one, he said, but that does not give us license to overthrow these governments. The senator predicts that the mismanagement of the war with Iran, increasingly unpopular with American vo"

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