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philwelch
11y ago
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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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happyscrappy
11y ago
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Indefinitely leased is nitpicking but at least you got to say concentration camp twice.
vidarh
11y ago
It's not nitpicking when it is what provides the legal foundation for Gitmo in the first place.
happyscrappy
11y 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_yay
11y ago
OK, I guess that is a distinction.
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