2007-08-20 03:39:37 · 12 answers · asked by entropic v 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
we had an agreement with cuba a long time ago to have a base in their country.
we uphold the agreement and there isn't much that cuba can do about it.
it is, however, a hostile base, in that the base is constantly on an alert. they don't let their guard down over there.
we have bases in many countries around the world, actually, and many of those countries aren't very thrilled about it, but they deal.
like japan, for example....my husband is deployed there right now. japanese people pretty much hate them, at least where he is, right now, they hate them. they try to go to bars in town and get refused service all the time.
now, they went to thailand and had people waiting on them hand and foot....
we do what we do b/c past leaders made smart choices.....whether you agree with the choices they made, in the big picture, they were smart. it's wise to keep your enemies close and having a US base inside your enemies' countries is a good strategy....i think most would agree.
good thoughts, though!
take care.
2007-08-20 04:08:05 · answer #1 · answered by joey322 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We made a deal to rent the base for 4000 or so dollars a month back when we freed them from Spain. We still honor that deal with the legal government (though it doesn't exist anymore) and the communists can't do anything about it. Rather than go to war we both keep the status quo.
2007-08-20 10:43:46 · answer #2 · answered by One Voice In The Day Rings True 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The American government signed a lease for the land
2007-08-20 12:42:10 · answer #3 · answered by John 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More colonial occupied territory. We didn't free them from Spain but took Spain's place. The USA is empire and terrorist state. It was a deal made with a brutal dictator and therfore illegitimate. But those are exactly the types of people the US deals with. All the USA has is through shady backroom dealings and outright theft. So much for "earning" things "legitimately." Thats the brand of capitalism that exists today.
2007-08-20 10:43:12 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Its called using a legal loophole that allows your government to use no conventional ways of interrogation by doing it on foreign soil. Not because you rule, like your first answer, (he is just ignorant) but more like because your government is corrupt. Yes, maybe hard to swallow for some americans but true indeed
2007-08-20 10:45:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
We have a lease for the base, that is there. The prior government made it, and Castro is stuck with it.
2007-08-20 10:43:58 · answer #6 · answered by Beau R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
guantanamo bay has been there before we went to war with cuba. it is legaly U.S. soil so the cubans can't kick us out because they signed an agreement for it2 be ther before th war started.
2007-08-20 10:43:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its actually owned by The burger king guy, not America.
2007-08-20 10:43:39 · answer #8 · answered by The only good cat is a dead cat 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Either that or another illegal invasion.
2007-08-20 10:43:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
we have a lease agreement.
2007-08-20 10:43:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋