# A Few Good Men

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-good-men/243005>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 1, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-good-men/243005 "2004-05-01T16:16:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-good-men/243005/1 "2004-05-01T16:16:04Z")

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Just watched this movie again after a few years. Something in it kinda struck me as odd. How is that we can have a US military base in a foreign country that we are not on good terms with? In this case, Cuba.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-good-men/243005/2 "2004-05-01T16:21:52Z")

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The base was established in 1898 during the Spanish-American War.

After that, we just decided to keep it there no matter what Cuba thought about it. Yes, technically we have a hundred-year-old lease, but I doubt that Castro is much inclined to honor the terms.

[The official web site](http://www.nsgtmo.navy.mil/).

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**Author:** ![Ottoerotic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ottoerotic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ottoerotic)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-good-men/243005/3 "2004-05-01T18:46:51Z")

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I’ve heard that although we keep making payments to Castro for the leased land, he has never cashed a single check and keeps them in a drawer to show select tourists.

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-good-men/243005/4 "2004-05-01T19:28:58Z")

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A Straight Dope Classic: [How did the U.S. get a naval base in Cuba?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a940617b.html)

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**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-good-men/243005/5 "2004-05-01T20:07:04Z")

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> [@SpoilerVirgin](#):
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> A Straight Dope Classic: [How did the U.S. get a naval base in Cuba?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a940617b.html)

D’oh, I usually use Search too. Was too lazy this time.