Guantanamo’s base itself escaped the prison-closure debate

Evidence

During years of debates over the closure of Guantánamo Bay’s prison, few have asked why the United States has such a large base on Cuban territory in the first place, and whether we should have one there at all. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 9

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 9
• XREF: connects to: The Guantánamo prison occupies only a tiny fraction of the base — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 6; Guantanamo’s prison occupies only a few acres of its vast naval station — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 6
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The Guantánamo prison occupies only a tiny fraction of the base — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 6; Guantanamo’s prison occupies only a few acres of its vast naval station — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 6