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toey (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:15 PM Original message |
Can someone explain to me why we hold our "POWs" in Cuba? |
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enigami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. We have a military base there |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. We've had a military base there since before Castro. |
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SheepyMcSheepster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. why does cuba allow for the military base? |
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enigami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. What do you think Cuba could do about it? |
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SheepyMcSheepster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. not much |
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enigami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. He with the biggest army wins |
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SheepyMcSheepster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. but there must be some legal phrasing for this |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Our continued presence there comes down to this: |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Perpetual lease: |
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julialnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have to look into this |
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julialnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. the link was dead but this was the intro to article |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. So we don't have to abide by our laws? (nt) |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. that is the theory |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. Futhermore, they are not POWs and have no rights in Cuba |
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longship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. There is a reason. |
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SheepyMcSheepster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. here's bit of an answer |
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paula777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 05:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Wow, that's more than just 'a bit of an answer' |
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Shoeempress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. Because the Constitutional protections do not apply there as they are |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. in addition it gives any judge an easy out |
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ragin_acadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. it goes back to |
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saskatoon (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. why in Cuba? |
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datadiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. Out of sight |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. It is more modern than the Dry Tortugas |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
24. If they brought them onto U.S. soil they might actually have to have |
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