• Telodzrum@lemmy.world
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    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.

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      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.

      This part, he is right though. About himself. Hahahaha! Oh the shame!

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        That commenter is definitely toxic but I think they are right here by definition.

        https://pesd.princeton.edu/node/671

        It’s clear that the US has absolute unlimited control within the area. Cuba cannot and/or will not contest the US within that area.

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      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.

      Source

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      lol so everyone else has shown how you clearly don’t understand sovereign territory, but it’s also pretty clear you have no clue what “leasing” means either. Do you think leasing somehow magically gives you ownership of something? Like if you lease a car from the dealership do you think you own that car?

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      For some legal purposes we treat it like soverign soil. But it isn’t actually soverign soil or we wouldn’t be leasing it.