Cuba wants Gitmo back as part of the deal with the U.S.!

[Ralphy1]

Seeing that we squeezed it out of them as part of a deal to stop the occupation after the Spanish American War I think they should have it back. After all, how would we have liked it if some foreign country occupied a small part of our country. Further, the rationale for having a base to operate in that part of the world to protect the U.S. and its interests no longer exists. So get on board with me to give Gitmo back...

 

[QuickSilver]

It's just costing us money... I agree...give it back. Why do we need a military base just 90 miles from us? Just build one on Key West...

 

[darroll]

It's just costing us money... I agree...give it back. Why do we need a military base just 90 miles from us? Just build one on Key West...

Bye Key West when the bad guys find out where their pals went.

 

[AZ Jim]

Let 'em have it!!

 

[Falcon]

We got it; let's keep it. It's good military strategy. It helped keep the Russian rockets out of that communistic island so close to us.

I have a good friend who travels to Gitmo several times a year and provides toilet articles for our troops stationed there. She's in the cosmetic industry
and has a good supply to donate. Screw the Castro brothers!

 

[Josiah]

I'm sure the Cubans will find a better use for it. Hey we gave Panama back the canal (yeah I know we built it). Who knows people around the world may stop referring to us as imperialists.

 

[WhatInThe]

They want and will probably get from this administration.

 

[Falcon]

Let's not forget who gave away the Panama Canal; The 2nd worst president we've ever had.

 

[AZ Jim]

I have to agree Jimmy Carter was second...but I can't decide who was first, Reagan, Nixon, or George Bush Jr.

 

[QuickSilver]

I have to agree Jimmy Carter was second...but I can't decide who was first, Reagan, Nixon, or George Bush Jr.

GW hands down....

 

[jujube]

I'm supposing they want us to take the criminals incarcerated there with us? If we do give it back, it should be a package deal.

 

[Josiah]

The Panamanians have done a good job of running the canal. I have no problem with decision to turn the canal over to them. I commend the British for giving up control of Hong Kong.

 

[Warrigal]

I'm supposing they want us to take the criminals incarcerated there with us? If we do give it back, it should be a package deal.

Only the ones you've actually tried and convicted of an actual crime.
The rest should be released immediately.

 

[QuickSilver]

Not to mention how much that clusterfutch is costing the taxpayer..


http://news.yahoo.com/new-report--gitmo-costs-u-s---2-7-million-per-prisoner-134148004.html

The United States government spends about $2.7 million per prisoner per year to operate the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba, theWashington Post reports.

That estimate comes from a recent study by the Miami Herald’s Carol Rosenberg, who has covered Gitmo since 2002. According to Rosenberg, the U.S. will spend $454 million this year to maintain the facility and pay troop salaries, among other fees — a little under half a billion dollars.