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Caribbean-Latin America
Does Obama want to give Gitmo to the Castros?
2016-02-25
Why, yes. Yes he does
It didn't take long for the two Cuban-American presidential contenders to smell a Havana rat.

"You wake up this morning to the news that the president is planning to close GuantÄ‚Ä„namo ‐ maybe even giving it back to the Cuban government," Marco Rubio said Tuesday while campaigning in Las Vegas.

Dropping the "maybe," Ted Cruz said at a Reno rally, "I believe that President Obama intends to try to give the GuantĂĄnamo naval facility to RaĂşl and Fidel Castro as a parting gift."

Indeed, a diplomat familiar with the administration's Cuba maneuvering tells me the White House has seriously considered giving in to RaĂşl Castro's demand to hand over GuantĂĄnamo. America has controlled the naval base since 1903. Since the 1959 revolution, the Cuban government has said GuantĂĄnamo is an occupied territory that must be returned.

Most recently, RaĂşl Castro demanded turning Gitmo over as a condition for renewing relations.

White House officials say that, yes, Obama believes the detention facility should be closed down ‐ but no, not the naval base. RaÄ‚ÅŸl opened a US embassy last year anyway. So unless there's some secret deal to change all that during Obama's March 21 visit, let's assume that, for now, we still have the base.
Legacy™
Posted by:Frank G

#9  Congress could set up some kind of military development program at Gitmo that 0bean couldn't touch.
Posted by: gorb   2016-02-25 23:00  

#8  The military and the American public would fry him alive.

Even though Obama has the standard Leftist hatred of the military, he *is* the Command and Chief of the armed forces, and half of America voted for him twice.

This is a man in search of a legacy. At this point, I would be surprised if Gitmo did NOT end up in Cuban hands.
Posted by: SteveS   2016-02-25 21:18  

#7  Actually he could do it without Congress. The Guantanamo treaty says that the base would revert to Cuba if the U.S. "abandons" it.

The Commander in Chief could recall all troops and abandon the base.

But please, let's be realistic. This is NOT going to happen. The military and the American public would fry him alive.
Posted by: European Conservative   2016-02-25 17:21  

#6  I doubt even 0stupid could get Congress to roll over to agree with this.
Posted by: gorb   2016-02-25 14:08  

#5  We need to put whatever replaces Gitmo in four different places: Honolulu, San Francisco, Manhattan, and Martha's Vineyard, so that when the lawfare hits the fan and they get released, they're walking the streets in the areas that voted for that c***.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2016-02-25 13:01  

#4  EC,given Obama's hatred for America and especially its military, I don't think it is beyond him to turn Gitmo over to the Cubans. Having a Russian or Chinese base there would just be icing on the cake.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2016-02-25 12:05  

#3  I just don't think so. Gitmo is of vital strategic importance. You wouldn't want a Russian or Chinese leased naval base at the doorsteps of Florida.

Sorry, but not even Obama will do such an idiotic thing unless he wants to retire in Havana and miss out on all that money he will make with "speeches" in the next years.
Posted by: European Conservative   2016-02-25 11:50  

#2  Does Obama want to give Gitmo to the Castros?

As predicted here on the Burg quite a while back. Stay tuned for the 2017 ribbon cutting ceremony and ground breaking of the Obama People's Library and Re-Education Center.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-02-25 10:12  

#1  Is a frog's a$$ water-tight?
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2016-02-25 09:00  

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