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0 pointsphilwelch11y ago0 comments

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.)

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serve_yay11y ago

OK, I guess that is a distinction.

happyscrappy11y ago

Indefinitely leased is nitpicking but at least you got to say concentration camp twice.

vidarh11y ago

It's not nitpicking when it is what provides the legal foundation for Gitmo in the first place.

happyscrappy11y ago

Are there practical differences between ownership and indefinite lease? I mean can the lease be cancelled or terms changed unilaterally?

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serve_yay11y ago

OK, I guess that is a distinction.

happyscrappy11y ago

Indefinitely leased is nitpicking but at least you got to say concentration camp twice.

vidarh11y ago

It's not nitpicking when it is what provides the legal foundation for Gitmo in the first place.

happyscrappy11y ago

Are there practical differences between ownership and indefinite lease? I mean can the lease be cancelled or terms changed unilaterally?

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