THE CAUTIOUS STALEMATE

The United States is playing a game of chicken with Cuba. Analysts say Washington intends to move with extreme caution. They call it treading lightly. This is just a way to describe the fear of a direct explosion.

The tension in the region is not going away. The gears of the military complex are always turning. The reality is bleak. There are no exits.

• The hollow rhetoric of caution.
• The constant threat of sudden escalation.
• The refusal to address the broken state of regional security.