Manufacturing a Pretext for War on Cuba
May 19, 2026
The U.S. government is looking for another excuse to attack and invade Cuba. Recently, Axios published a report claiming Cuba had acquired hundreds of drones and is weighing attacks on Florida, Guantánamo, and U.S. warships.
Within hours, Florida politicians Mario Díaz-Balart and Carlos Giménez were calling for military action. Major media outlets amplified the story. Buried at the bottom of the same Axios report: U.S. officials themselves say Cuba is not an imminent threat and is not planning attacks against the United States. That detail didn't make the headlines.
This is a pattern with a history. A fear narrative is constructed, amplified through media, and used to justify aggression. The script doesn't change much.
Here's what the script leaves out: Cuba has never attacked the United States. Not before 1959, not after. What Cuba has endured is decades of economic warfare, sabotage, terrorism, and assassination attempts, and threats from Washington.
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"Here we go again. The U.S. government is manufacturing a pretext for war on Cuba," said Liz Oliva Fernández, journalist with Belly of the Beast.
"Axios just published a sensationalist report claiming Cuba could use drones to attack Florida, Guantánamo, and U.S. warships," she said. "But buried at the bottom of the same article is the real story: 'U.S. officials themselves admit Cuba is not an imminent threat and is not planning attacks against the United States.'"
"That hasn't stopped U.S. politicians from using the Axios report to call for military action against Cuba," Oliva Fernández said.
"Major media outlets are fanning the flames. That's how this works: create a fear narrative, then amplify it through the media, and finally use it to justify aggression," she added.
"Sound familiar?" the journalist said.
"Saddam Hussein and his regime are concealing their efforts to produce more weapons of mass destruction," said Colin Powell, then-U.S. Secretary of State, in archival footage.
"But here's the reality: Cuba has never attacked the United States. Not before the 1959 revolution, not after," Oliva Fernández said.
"We're not crazy nor suicidal!" she added, quoting Cuban leadership.
"Cuba doesn't pose a national security threat to the United States. The opposite is true. Cuba has endured decades of economic warfare, sabotage, terrorism, assassination attempts and constant threats from Washington," the journalist said.
"If Cuba is acquiring drones while Trump openly threatens military action, that's not evidence of aggression, that's self defense. That's what countries do when they believe they could be attacked," Oliva Fernández concluded.
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