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Castro: Cuba not cashing U.S. Guantanamo rent checks
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Posted on 08/17/2007 3:40:28 PM PDT by Hi Heels
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To: Hi Heels
The base was initially a coaling station for the U.S. Navy to protect the approaches to the Panama Canal.
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posted on
08/17/2007 4:01:28 PM PDT
by
paltz
To: Anti-Bubba182
Also of interest: On his recent tour of Latin America, Hugo Chavez--after insulting The U.S. as "Count Dracula!" and "a "genocidal killer!"--mentioned that Fidel Castro had advised against such insults. That raises an interesting point. Chavez is chomping at the bit to take over as the lefties' standard-bearer.
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posted on
08/17/2007 4:01:31 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
To: Hi Heels
Your Problem, Not ours. JO
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posted on
08/17/2007 4:01:58 PM PDT
by
fedupjohn
(If we try to fight the war on terror with eyes shut + ears packed with wax, innocent people will die)
To: shield; Eaker; hiredhand; Joe Brower; ExSoldier
I don’t see a problem Castro ya cuban killing piece of trash ....three party , out of state check with no ID ????
Surely there is some liberal bankin POS in Canookistan that will try and get yer money !
Dare ya to try and evict them Marines........:o)
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posted on
08/17/2007 4:03:02 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
To: All
Well, if we stop paying rent, they will have to try to evict us, right?
Then we can settle this hash once and for all.
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posted on
08/17/2007 4:04:29 PM PDT
by
Pistolshot
(Every woman, who can, should learn to shoot, and carry a gun.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Cool, it appears we have saved $2,348,940! Unfortunately, our dirt bag congressmen have spent that plus some on other useless items!
To: dfwgator
"That raises an interesting point. Chavez is chomping at the bit to take over as the lefties' standard-bearer."
I am sure he does and with the oil money behind him he is a lock to be the standard-bearer, unless he dies or is overthrown.
To: Hi Heels
Good. A penny saved is a penny earned.
To: Hi Heels
Question - how exactly did we end up with a base on Cuba, particularly considering the Cold War troubles (Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs, etc...)?
That part of the story was left out of my Public School education (a couple of decades back).
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posted on
08/17/2007 4:13:37 PM PDT
by
TheBattman
(I've got TWO QUESTIONS for you....)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
08/17/2007 4:14:29 PM PDT
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I hope they’re marked “Void after 90 days”. If they aren’t, they should be.
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posted on
08/17/2007 4:14:44 PM PDT
by
Slump Tester
( What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
On the other hand, the Republic of Cuba, as Castro explains, is not his government. So it would be dishonest for him to cash the checks.
(I’m one of those who thinks that any treaty the USSR signed with the USA became void once the USSR ceased to exist.)
But I agree — we should continue to send the checks.
To: Hi Heels
IIRC, we have a 99 year lease or something?
When that expires, we should turn the land over - to the anti-Castro Cubans! :)
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posted on
08/17/2007 4:27:34 PM PDT
by
Dragonspirit
(We fight it out as good friends now, but in 2008 we UNITE against our enemy!)
To: TheBattman
It was our price from liberating Cuba from Spain, a century ago during the Spanish American War.
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posted on
08/17/2007 4:34:13 PM PDT
by
NathanR
To: Hi Heels
I hope that they’re all stamped “this check void after 90 days”. :-)
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posted on
08/17/2007 4:36:10 PM PDT
by
meyer
(It's the entitlements, stupid!)
To: Dragonspirit
By sending checks we acknowledge the landlord.
To: EternalVigilance
"If we have to wait for the collapse of the (capitalist) system, we will wait," Castro wrote.
Idiot! Then the checks will be worthless.
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posted on
08/17/2007 4:39:05 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
To: NathanR
It was our price from liberating Cuba from Spain, a century ago during the Spanish American War. Oh, I thought it was in exchange for us giving Cuba a good sized piece of Miami..
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posted on
08/17/2007 4:39:10 PM PDT
by
Riodacat
(Ignorance is bliss. Knowledge, truth and reality sucks....)
To: Hi Heels
Possible, Castro estan muerto.
5.56mm
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posted on
08/17/2007 4:44:48 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: Hi Heels
"The Cuban leader, the last of the major Cold War figures still alive..." ARGH! Lady Thatcher ain't dead, folks!
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posted on
08/17/2007 4:49:52 PM PDT
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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