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Gaugamela

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4. We lease it from Cuba for a pittance, and they don't cash the checks. It's a valuable

Reply to madville (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 10, 2022, 01:10 AM

Jan 2022

natural harbor that we extorted from the Cubans at the end of the Spanish-American war. We have the whole eastern seaboard and 800 bases scattered all over the world, not to mention subs and aircraft carriers and F-35s and all the other toys. We don’t need it and the right thing to do by any measure of human decency is to give it back. Would we allow a Cuban navel base in Florida? Does any other country on the planet have hundreds of military bases all over the world?

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South Dakota Army National Guard deploys to Cuba [View all] Judi Lynn Jan 2022 OP

We need to close Gitmo and return it to Cuba. Gaugamela Jan 2022 #1

Just close the detention facility madville Jan 2022 #2

We lease it from Cuba for a pittance, and they don't cash the checks. It's a valuable Gaugamela Jan 2022 #4

Can't think of a better place to send them if Noem feels the need to deploy them somewhere. tirebiter Jan 2022 #3

How the US stole Guantanamo Bay Judi Lynn Jan 2022 #5