Why Russia’s Warships in Cuba Matter to the United States | Opinion

Winston Churchill once said, “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” That saying especially holds true today as we watch foreign political influence spreading across the Western Hemisphere at an alarming rate. In recent weeks, a fleet of Russian warships pulled into Cuban waters, less than 100 miles off the Florida coast. The deployment of warships, including a nuclear submarine, is Vladimir Putin’s latest direct provocation to the West, particularly to the United States. We should not take this move lightly. It’s Moscow’s latest attempt to exert the type of influence in Latin America and…