Press Opinion Treats US Devastation of Cuba as Reason for More DevastationGregory Shupak, August 6, 2026, https://fair.org/home/press-opinion-treats-us-devastation-of-cuba-as-reason-for-more-devastation/The energy blockade that the Trump administration has imposed on Cuba is hammering the island. ‘A golden opportunity’At times, the punditry is explicit in its support for regime change in Cuba. But what’s most relevant here is O’Grady’s suggestion that “the outside” is inflicting “the economic costs of sanctions” so that Cubans can “escape tyranny.” “There is no ring of Navy warships sitting around this island blocking trade or humanitarian aid going into Cuba. That, to state the painfully obvious, is to end both Trump’s energy blockade and the longer-term embargo.