Posted on 07/26/2015 11:56:09 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
During Monday’s flag-raising ceremony at the newly reopened Cuba embassy in Washington, D.C., Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez made a point to note to reporters that the reestablishment of diplomatic relations would not be complete for the communist dictatorship without the “return” of the entire Guantánamo Bay military base to Cuban sovereignty.
With the continued existence of a prison on the military base arguably the most major blight of President Obama’s record in the eyes of his liberal base, could handing it off to a rogue state be the President’s way to finally keep his promise to “close” Gitmo?
“The historic events we are living today will only make sense with the removal of the economic, commercial and financial blockade, which causes so much deprivation and damage to our people, the return of occupied territory in Guantanamo, and respect for the sovereignty of Cuba,” Rodríguez told reporters. His relatively conciliatory statements otherwise contrasted significantly with what was published in the pages of Cuban state newspaper Granma, where a bevy of celebrity attendees to the ceremony referred to the flag-raising as a “victory for our people.”
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Ending the lease on the base entirely would, of course, make the detention center go away. Whether President Obama can single-handedly end the American lease on Guantánamo Bay is a matter lawyers will contentiously debate. At least one attorney–Thomas Wilner, an expert on foreign policy–tells the Spanish-language CubaDebate that President Obama “does have the unilateral authority to do this,” though “it is highly unlikely that any head of state, Democrat or Republican, would end a deal like this without at least having the tacit approval of Congress.”
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Giving away a valuable American naval base?
A no brainer for the traitor in chief.
I’d snark: ‘Why not give away California?’ - but I don’t want to give anyone ideas.
At least he can’t give away the Panama Canal. Or precision missile technology secrets to China.
Put Obama in Guantanamo
Carter gave away the Canal, ultimately to the Chinese. Hussein MUST give away Guantanamo to the Castros.
That's only because other traitors came before him. 😱
Guantanimo or California...which to give, which to give Castro....
Well, considering that Mexifornia is failing like Cuba, and is communist like Cuba, and has a fossel narcistic idiot leading it like Cuba,is not the answer obvious?
and IIRC, gitmo was going to be closed day one.
Where will the AQ terrorists go? I have an idea...move them to the white hut where they can play “chop the head off Barbie” with the 0bama daughters.
I have believed from day one he would ultimately give Guantanamo to Cuba. I am only surprised that it took him this long. I thought it would happen within months of taking office the first time.
Not the first time my crystal ball was out of calibration. I thought Castro would die during W’s administration and he would oversee the return of Cuba to the free world. Again, didn’t happen.
I’ll say that is his plan.
We realize now that we supported the wrong side when we liberated Cuba, so are giving Cuba back to Spain.
Hell....he might give Puerto Rico to Cuba.
Empty the prison. (Inmates to white hut cabinet positions.)
Convert the base to bo’s personal retirement location.
Pretty cool digs.
And GREAT location (Cuba, Venezuela, other neighboring commies out the wazzu0.
Americans died in a war over fabricated reasons to free that damn place from Spain!
That base is payment enough for their sacrifice.
Well Carter gave away the Panama Canal Zone....In a bid for one-upmanship, Gitmo would help Obama cement his place in history as the Worst US President.
yep
Clinton and Carter beat this punk to giving those away
How about Rhode Island? Maybe this assclown could show his mettle and give Rhode Island to say,Bermuda?
He could swear that Bermuda threatened to invade so to keep them from devouring our depleated military he offers Rohde Island.
( I don’t really give a damn about that silly little state either so what the hell)
I think they already have.
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