Yeah this is what people don't understand. It's not a videogame where Ukrainian pilots can just hop into any aircraft and go. All these Abrams, Bradleys, Patriot systems, etc that we're sending over will require conversions and training/retraining for the crews and maintenance techs.

I've always thought this. If it wasn't for having to placate racist psychotic Miami Cubans, who just want Cuba to suffer because their grandparents pushed the poor and minorities of Batista's Cuba to revolution making them have to flee, Cuba would have gradually absorbed American culture and economics decades ago. They don't want Cuba to change via economic/cultural soft power. They want Cuba back via the sword and to get their family plantations back and to put the filthy poors/minorities back in their place. This pointless embargo, counterproductively, seems to have only cemented communism on the island. Stop giving a shit about Miami Cuban votes and end the embargo.

Tbf mugshots are almost never flattering and seem to add 20-30 years to your face. Especially if it's your first time being arrested and processed.

But those kids can take comfort in the fact that their future was squandered so grandpa could retire with 3 rental properties to bleed people dry and a garage full of classic muscle cars that he drove 35 mph on the highway because his reflexes were so degraded.

If they're so confident that their ideology is right then this shouldn't be necessary, right? You'd only resort to this if you're sure your ideas are unpopular and you're being paid to protect the interest of a small wealthy minority that seek to keep the people from having a democratic say in their country, right?