I mean last time I checked Cuba was not an ally or friend of the U.S.
2006-10-17 20:12:05 · 11 answers · asked by General Vic 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
It is on Guantanamo Bay Naval Station. The lease cannot be ended without US approval and we refuse to give up our toehold on the island. It is entirely self-sufficient and does not depend on Cuba in any way. It was decided to house the prisoners there, probably to ensure American safety in the highly unlikely event of an escape and to eliminate the possibility of protesters on the site. If it were in the continental US, there would be people chaining themselves to fences and stopping traffic miles away. The site below gives the history of the base.
2006-10-17 20:17:53 · answer #1 · answered by Kuji 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
In 1898 the United States kicked Spain out of Cuba. As a reward the US was "allowed" to lease the Naval Base, Guantanamo, for ever, for like a $1000.00 a year (I'm not sure of the price but it was cheap) We were friends with Cuba's governments (mostly dictators for the next 100 years. Then a communist named Fidel Castro took over Cuba (we supported him at first) he was as bad as the dictators but it was too late. We still had the lease and wouldn't give it up. The base gave us a strategic military base right in the middle of South America, good for our national interests. Now that we' re in this "war against Islamic Terror" we need a place to hold prisoners. If we bring them to the U.S. we would have to put them on trail and this would be ugly. It would tie up our courts, give the terrorists a platform for their B.S. and give them all the rights we have as U.S. citizens...free lawyers etc. They don't deserve anything, they're child killers with no hearts or souls. That's why we keep them in a prison in Cuba. Thank G-d we kept that lease or we'd be housing them in your back yard!
2006-10-18 03:27:02 · answer #2 · answered by teddy4050 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is located on the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, The Base is a hold over from the Spanish-American War (1898). We maintain that base precisely because we are not allied with the current Government of Cuba. We use that base to house Terrorists and POW's taken in operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. We do this specifically because we can maintain tighter security and we don't make our allies take unnecessary political heat for allowing POW's from those wars to be housed within their boarders. By not housing them in the US, there is less of a chance they will be unwisely granted rights under the US Constitution. Nor can they be afforded right that have not been given them under the Geneva convention.
2006-10-18 03:26:05 · answer #3 · answered by Democestes 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
PLEASE READ A HISTORY BOOK ONCE IN A WHILE....
START WITH THE CHAPTER ON THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR. That will explain the answer to your question why we have a base in Cuba.
2006-10-18 03:43:06 · answer #4 · answered by lana_sands 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You have the historical answers. Today's reality of this prison has nought to do with friendship or justice.
Dizzy.
2006-10-18 06:12:31 · answer #5 · answered by Dizzy 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the prisoners there will not attempt a 'prison break' as the area is remote.
2006-10-18 03:24:55 · answer #6 · answered by rizwano 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is strange. We know but cannot say because we may be at risk to be taken over there.
2006-10-18 03:18:34 · answer #7 · answered by doglas p 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
because there is a need
2006-10-18 03:15:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause its a better climate
2006-10-18 03:15:20 · answer #9 · answered by GOOCH 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
cause human rigths are not thier law
2006-10-18 03:17:18 · answer #10 · answered by allways_dejavu 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋