i know that he can't throw the u.s. military out of the military base at guantanamo, because the u.s. has some legalistic claim to it, and would put up a fight, but certainly the u.s. has no right to break the rules of the geneva convention there, and isn't it castro's duty to insure that international laws are not broken on cuban territory? why doesn't he bring it before the u.n.? is there some deal that we don't know about?
2006-11-12 09:29:04 · 4 answers · asked by domangelo 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
a lease is not a deed. the land is still cuba, isn't it?
2006-11-12 09:36:37 · update #1
Wow, what a bunch of arrogant, idiotic answers, not one real thinker out there. Cuba has sovereignty over all its territory, including the military base at Guantanamo Bay, and it has the right abrogate any lease it has made on land, any time it wants to. As for the prisoners at gitmo being civilians, the U.S. wants it both ways, calling them enemy combatants when it suits them and civilians when it suits them.
2006-11-14 00:40:08 · update #2
Do they actually still teach High school or just play football all day?????
a) Look up the Spanish American War
b) We lease the place in the same way the UK had Hong Kong.
c) Communist dictators have no right to lecture on human rights to the US or anybody else.
d) Were it not for a deal cut over the Missile Crisis of '62, we would have wasted the guy a long time ago.
e) Try acting like a American & not a Blue helmet....
f) if you actually read the Geneva Conventions, These folks are not covered under them. They are not considered civilians nor are they soldiers.
2006-11-12 09:49:40 · answer #1 · answered by lana_sands 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It isn't Cuban Territory, it is a United States Lease, therefore we own the land until the lease expires after 99 years. We leased it many years before Castro came to power.
2006-11-12 17:31:44 · answer #2 · answered by Black Sabbath 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The US has a long term lease on the land...
A legal legitimate uncontested lease with Cuba....
Just because the govt. of Cuba changed with Castro
does not mean the nation of Cuba ceased to exist and
no longer has to live up to its agreements...
The Geneva convention & the UN have nothing to do with it...
There are no international laws being broken...
Everyone with any education knows all about it...
2006-11-12 17:40:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
gitmo is actually US territory and considered a part of the US.
2006-11-12 17:31:18 · answer #4 · answered by truthseekeer 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋