I'm still wrapping my mine around the reasons why we shouldn't be in Poland and why Russia should be in Cuba?
Who says we're not in Poland? You're conflating two different things. I'm confused that you think we're being kicked out of Poland. We could be in Cuba, too. Just stop the embargo and normalize relations. We've done it with Viet Nam and we really fought a war over there.
As long as you are parsing, the Viet Nam conflict wasn't a war but was "police action".
I'm not parsing. You're deflecting. You want to talk "war vs police action", when the topic is our relative positions in Poland and Cuba. Is Putin putting missiles in Cuba? That's a direct question. Got an answer?