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I am not sure why this would affect that, as far as I know that part of Cuba is considered to be US soil.

• philwelch 12y ago
  Guantanamo Bay isn't US soil, it's Cuban soil indefinitely leased to the US for the purpose of maintaining a naval base. (The concentration camp is a side benefit, constructed to evade laws against building concentration camps on American soil.)
  • serve_yay 12y ago
    OK, I guess that is a distinction.
  • happyscrappy 12y ago
    Indefinitely leased is nitpicking but at least you got to say concentration camp twice.
    • vidarh 12y ago
      It's not nitpicking when it is what provides the legal foundation for Gitmo in the first place.
      • happyscrappy 12y ago
        Are there practical differences between ownership and indefinite lease? I mean can the lease be cancelled or terms changed unilaterally?
        • lazyant 12y ago
          ownership != sovereign soil
          • happyscrappy 12y ago
            Again what are the practical differences? All I can find is stuff about mineral rights.
            • philwelch 12y ago
              The practical difference is that any laws regulating the kinds of things that can be done on US soil do not apply to Guantanamo Bay.
        • maxerickson 12y ago
          The Castro government doesn't recognize the lease as legal. So at least in some sense it is being maintained unilaterally. (I'm having trouble finding something to link that is not charged, but I think that is a fair characterization of it)