With all the base closings...why not close Gitmo?

[Hobarticus]

Before it became America's Black Hole of Calcutta, it was little more than a cold war-era "bah fongu" to Castro, right? How much signifigance does place this really have?

So, why not push to have the base closed? Force the Pentagon's hand?

The prisoners will NEVER be released. They've made that clear. So, what'll happen if the base gets closed?

Why can't a Senator from a state getting clobbered with a base closing that will genuinely hurt his state ask this question?

[oldtime dfl_er]

1. jeez, do you hate freedom?

or is it just that you resent those hot chicken dinners they're gettin' down there in Gitmo?
(sarcasm)

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[barb162]

2. Gitmo has to stay open to piss off Castro

[lenidog]

3. Because it annoyed the living shit out of Castro

outside of that it really has no importance.

[Hobarticus]

4. How much does it cost to maintain this little thorn in his side?

I mean, is it worth it? I don't see him going anywhere anytime soon.

[wuushew]

5. Castro can make it disappear anytime he wants

The lease can be revoked at any time, by not accpeting American bribe money Castro gains the political sympathy of putting up with an American injustice on the island.

[Somawas]

6. Guantanamo is there to launch our invasion of liberation.

Face it-the neocons would get along just fine with Batista. And it would be nice to restore all those lovely Havana playgrounds from the old days. Casinos, hookers, life is good. Why go to Vegas in the middle of the desert when the biggest island in the Carribean is just 90 miles away!

[Cleita]

7. Not anymore.

Although giving Castro the metaphorical third finger was part of it, it was mostly about Soviet Russia. Ever since Russia tried to put missiles pointed at us on Cuba in the early sixties, Guantanamo has served to keep an eye on Castro's communist friends.

With Soviet Russia's passing into the history books, there's no reason to keep Gitmo open.

[Meeker Morgan]

8. Not to be difficult about it, but ...

... close Gitmo, and where do the prisoners go?

Leavenworth (and they get lawyers)? Back where they came from? Something else?

It's easy to say "close it", but no one can make it as if it never happened.

There has to be, dare I say it, an exit strategy. :grr:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

9. One word:

Halliburton.