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Does Obama want to give Gitmo to the Castros?
 Why, yes. Yes he doesIt 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 GuantĂĄnamo ‐ 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. RaĂşl 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 2016-02-25 |
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