> We have no political control in Cuba even though we did take a portion of the island. I think the Chinese will be extremely happy with a similar arrangement.

> We have no political control in Cuba even though we did take a portion of the island. I think the Chinese will be extremely happy with a similar arrangement. Taiwanese government can continue, there will just be a nice, big military base right next door keeping an eye. I am sure all those folks captured and tortured in Guantanamo Bay in "independent" Cuba were very happy with the level of control the U.S. applied there. Something that would have still been hidden and a state secret if not for Wikileaks. But the guy who leaked it has now been made to pay for it and is now imprisoned and in isolation.