Leasing doesn’t mean that it’s not sovereign territory. It just means you pay the country for being there.
I swear the opinion that Lemmy users have of their understanding of topics which are extremely obviously beyond their knowledge never ceases to amaze me.
The base, which is considered legally to be leased by the Cuban government to the United States, is on territory that is recognized by both governments to be sovereign Cuban territory.
The installation and its grounds are sovereign US soil. It doesn’t matter what Cuba says or wants.
It is most certainly not sovereign US territority. We began leasing it from Cuba in 1903.
ETA: If it were US, the prisoners there would have rights. That’s the whole point of putting a prison there.
Leasing doesn’t mean that it’s not sovereign territory. It just means you pay the country for being there.
I swear the opinion that Lemmy users have of their understanding of topics which are extremely obviously beyond their knowledge never ceases to amaze me.
Source
Silence after a source is my favorite thing about discussions
Hence wikipedia’s become a target. Can’t have reliable sources interrupting the flow of bullshit.
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congrats on having sovereignty over that guy’s ass