Noisy Cricket get wicked on you.
According to reports, there is an “inaudible covert sonic device” being put to use on diplomats in Cuba. Sure the state department’s been hush about it. But neither of those things are what makes it strange.
The sound is described as being like a hoard of insects buzzing, or alternatively like metal scraping. Whatever it is, though, it causes permanent hearing damage to those targeted. And those targeted don’t just stop at the diplomats themselves, but also their families. But that’s not the weird part; the weird part is that they’ve also been targeting Canadian diplomats.
Canada doesn’t have the same relationship with Cuba as the U.S. does. Which pretty much rules out this being a plot by the Cuban government. That probably means its one of two things: 1. someone who thinks sabotaging diplomatic relations between Cuba and other North American Powers can be worked to their advantage, or 2. a splinter faction in Cuba smart enough to build such a device, but too stupid to realize what the ramifications of using it on diplomats would actually mean for their country.
I mean this seriously; we have one of the most blustery, oafish chickenhawks as President that we’ve had in the past century. Even then, Trump hasn’t bothered to try to scuttle the fledgling relationship. And, lets be honest, I know plenty of Cuban people Stateside who’d still love nothing more than to watch Raúl Castro die in a hail of ballistic missile fire that would make Ichiro Itano blush. They’d probably play the footage on a loop for a week or two, too. Whoever is responsible for using the device on diplomats is probably not paying much attention to how the wildcards in this scenario could play out.
Or maybe they are, and that’s how they want it to play out. Shadowy spy games have a tendency to work out like that. In truth, the one obvious loser in all of this is the current Cuban Government. Which makes one wonder who, exactly, would have anything to gain in jumpstarting a mini Cold War.
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