Barry R. McCaffrey, president of BR McCaffrey Associates, retired four-star U.S. Army general and former director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy: “When the Russian navy pulled into Havana for a five-day visit in mid-June, it marked the seventh such deployment since 2008. This small political-military provocation is no threat to the United States. Two Russian combat warships and two support vessels were deployed. The Ukrainians (who possess no major naval warships) have sunk or severely damaged one-third of the Russian Black Sea fleet. These young Russian sailors will be far safer in the Caribbean. Putin has Russia in isolation and economic peril. The Russian armed forces have suffered a quarter million casualties in their criminal invasion of Ukraine. Cuba, North Korea, Iran and low-level Chinese support are Putin’s dwindling international partners. Russia is Cuba’s principal creditor. There is some tourism, but…”