Rubio Is Wrong About Cuba

His weak argument for putting Cuba back on the state sponsors list proves that it doesn’t belong there.

As expected, Marco Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Trump administration would likely put Cuba back on the state sponsors of terrorism list following Biden’s decision to remove them this week. His weak argument for putting Cuba back on the state sponsors list proves that it doesn’t belong there:

But Rubio cited the Cuban government’s support for Colombia’s FARC, a revolutionary group once considered a terrorist organization but removed from that designation in 2021 [bold mine-DL], and its friendliness toward Hamas and Hezbollah as justification for the designation. He also said Cuba hosts foreign spy stations, maintains strong ties to Iran and harbors fugitives from US justice.

As Rubio’s own summary shows, Cuba doesn’t actually support terrorist groups or acts of terrorism. He managed to discredit his own position in the course of defending it.