no Isn't a treaty and a lease something that has to be agreed on by BOTH parties? Are these issues really a question in peoples' minds or is it that they are so unaware of the truth of what is really going on. Turn off Fox news before it's too late! Read less

no That is Cuban territory that was seized by the United States by threat and force. The US government threatened to continue its occupation of Cuba unless the Cuban authorities agreed to lease the land for America’s military base. No such treaty would ever be signed today. Read less

no Both Cuba and the United States agreed to the terms and conditions of the leasing of Guantánamo Bay in the 1903 Cuban-American Treaty. The Cubans chose their independence over a seemingly small piece of land as the United States threatened possible annexation. Read less

yes YES, it is just. A treaty was made years ago and his been followed since. That treaty is what makes leasing Guantanamo just. Read less

no I think it is an insult to the people and government of Cuba to continue leasing Guantanamo Bay. The Platt Amendment is completly unjust and only formalizes the US's unjust power over the Cuban people. I believe that the US should leave Cuba and allow the state to control the land that they own. Read less

yes Should we give Louisiana back to France or California back to Mexico? How about Alaska back to Russia? Once a deal is done, it is done. We cannot change everything our ancestors did nor are we responsible for the consequences of their decisions. The U.S. has paid in the extreme to have it. Read less

yes Absolutely it's just. Both countries agreed to the treaty and signed it. Just because some people today may think that the treaty shouldn't have signed back then, that really has no bearing on the legality of it or whether it is just. Read less

yes Yes, though I do find the treaty leasing Guantanamo bay to be legally just, I do not find that the actions performed there are ethical, nor should be necessarily condoned by the United States government. However, regardless of the actions that take place there, in my eyes, the treaty is just. Read less

yes The United States liberated Cuba with the help of rebel fighters. We were once in a position to take a lot more land from the Cubans, however, the 1903 Cuban-American treaty formalized the boundaries of Guantanamo Bay. The lease was "reaffirmed" in 1934 under the Treaty of Relations. Read less

no it is unjust for the United States to have control over a part of a country which in the US's eyes is independent. If Cuba is really independent the US wouldn't have a strong hand in their governmental and economic affairs. The treaty greatly benefits the United States will minimally benefits Cuba. Read less

no No, it is not just. Even in the terminology used the the US government, there are plenty of contradictions. A nation cannot be independent and sovereign while another country has complete jurisdiction and control within its borders. Read less

no Ironic how people speak of the Cuban economic embargo as the most outdated piece of legislation regarding Cuba & America. How is the world supposed to believe that a lease based on 'sovereignty' for Cuba is legitimate when America barely respects their right to function as a autonomous economy. Read less

yes It is legally just that the United States leases the Bay because of the binding nature of treaties, however it does not seem morally just, and I think that the United States should return the area Read less

no No it is not just. The lease of GTMO has established an unequal power dynamic between the US and Cuba that should not exist in a “sovereign” country, like the US claims Cuba to be. Protecting a country’s liberty should not mean exercising control over Cuba's land. Read less

no Cuba is not a US territory, and it is now independent country. While it might have made sense at the time but it is no longer just. Read less

no Even though Cuba should be receiving certain "benefits" from this agreement, the US has a much greater advantage in this agreement. I do not think the US should have "complete control" and the ability to intervene in all Cuban affairs. Read less

no The U.S. cannot claim that they respect Cuba's sovereignty while occupying an area of their land. Even if they say they lease the area from Cuba, Cuba is clearly against it and the U.S. must respect their validity. Especially since U.S. has re-established an embassy in Cuba, maybe it will change. Read less

no In a strictly legal sense, the treaty leasing Guantanamo Bay is just because there is no power governing over the two nations that have a set of laws that prohibit this type of treaty. From a moral and logical standpoint, however, it is extremely unjust to not grant Cuba full sovereignty. Read less