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Originally Posted by yustr
Off topic but why do we even have a base in Cuba? I can understand it from a 19th Century perspective to enforce the Monroe Doctrine and all. I can even understand it from a mid-20th Century point of view. But why now? Naval Air Station Key West is 100 miles away - about 15 minutes in a F-18.
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because we can
it was originally seized because the spanish american war and at the time it easier to protect the entrance of the gulf. A lot of the military have since moved to Florida.
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