From: Gene McAloon 

On Sun, 18 May 2003 13:31:50 +0200, Thees Peereboom  wrote:

>These is the *US* army in a *US* armybase on territory controlled by the
>*US*. I think it's way too easy to simply declare the US law not
>applicable. The law is not something to switch on and off whatever suits
>you best at a certain time.

Perhaps I didn't put it clearly. The US military base in Guantanamo belongs
to Cuba, not the US. We rent the place, paying rent money every year.

That may mean nothing to you, but in US law, if the territory in question is not
US territory, then US law simply does not apply. The Brits, and perhaps
your country in colonial times, did it differently. The Brits, for example,
apparently exercise sovereignty over its bases in Cyprus. The US has never
done that kind of thing. For example, when we gave independence to the
Philippines and retained some military bases there, we rented them.

Gene

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