• Telodzrum@lemmy.world
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    The installation and its grounds are sovereign US soil. It doesn’t matter what Cuba says or wants.

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      It is most certainly not sovereign US territority. We began leasing it from Cuba in 1903.

      ETA: If it were US, the prisoners there would have rights. That’s the whole point of putting a prison there.

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        Leasing doesn’t mean that it’s not sovereign territory. It just means you pay the country for being there.

        I swear the opinion that Lemmy users have of their understanding of topics which are extremely obviously beyond their knowledge never ceases to amaze me.

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          I swear the opinion that Lemmy users have of their understanding of topics which are extremely obviously beyond their knowledge never ceases to amaze me.

          This part, he is right though. About himself. Hahahaha! Oh the shame!

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            That commenter is definitely toxic but I think they are right here by definition.

            https://pesd.princeton.edu/node/671

            It’s clear that the US has absolute unlimited control within the area. Cuba cannot and/or will not contest the US within that area.

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          The base, which is considered legally to be leased by the Cuban government to the United States, is on territory that is recognized by both governments to be sovereign Cuban territory.

          Source

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          lol so everyone else has shown how you clearly don’t understand sovereign territory, but it’s also pretty clear you have no clue what “leasing” means either. Do you think leasing somehow magically gives you ownership of something? Like if you lease a car from the dealership do you think you own that car?

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          For some legal purposes we treat it like soverign soil. But it isn’t actually soverign soil or we wouldn’t be leasing it.

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      You realise the US would have to care for all the deported people in what would now be a refugee camp.

      Technically as well they aren’t event getting deported just relocated to a camp in US territory.

      I suppose you could say they are concentrating the problem in one place.