One of the guys deployed with my wife in GTMO, asked me to send him some cigars. He wanted me to buy him some Quarums and send them to him. I know he likes Acid's so I sent him some Kuba Kuba and an assortment from my stash. I just find it funny that here this poor guy is in "the promised land" of cigars and the best he can get there is Quarums and the store there is out of them and a few hundred yards away, across the mine field and armed Marines is the mother load of tobacco goodness. How sad!
How ironic, today I sent cigars to Cuba
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I said he asked for them, not what I sent.Quorums? He actually REQUESTED those?
Can you PM me his addy?
It's a shame that there are no Cuban cigars in Gitmo. It's a crazy world.
My nephew is in Iraq. I can't send him pork or images of naked women!
That's insane, an Iraqi may be insulted if he eats a BLT while reading Playboy?
At least I can send him stogies.
Thank the Mrs. for her service!
My nephew is in Iraq. I can't send him pork or images of naked women!
That's insane, an Iraqi may be insulted if he eats a BLT while reading Playboy?
At least I can send him stogies.
Thank the Mrs. for her service!
pm me his address.He will get some good stuff from me. It is not ironic that there are no Cuban cigars on a US Navy base on foreign soil, they are required to follow the laws laid down by their government. Sorry, I am hard core on this. Until the companies who were nationalized by Castro are compensated and a full accounting is provided to explain his political victims, Cuban cigars are a luxury. There are a lot of us in our 50's, 60's and 70's who feel this way and remember his "revolution". For the record, I was stationed on Guantanamo for 8 months in 1984 and refused to reup in order to make it a 2 year tour so I have seen the naval base.
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Taltos, I hear your point and agree, but it is ironic. Especially being the USA makes it illegal to buy a Cuban cigar yet we have a military base setup on their land! Sorry, but that is ironic Seems like a double standard - we can use their land but you can't buy anything from them. Not trying to debate politics in any way, just pointing out the obvious :ss
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Seems like a double standard - we can use their land but you can't buy anything from them. Not trying to debate politics in any way, just pointing out the obvious :ssRev.
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Isn't the biggest irony that Americans can't do business with Cuba but we still technically pay rent on Guantanamo?
That military base was put in place after our conflict with Cuba in order to protect our interests in the Carribean sphere of influence so I see no irony. Our placement in Cuba is strictly in our military interests and was part of a settlement after the conflict. I was military so I might see things differently than you see them.Taltos, I hear your point and agree, but it is ironic. Especially being the USA makes it illegal to buy a Cuban cigar yet we have a military base setup on their land! Sorry, but that is ironic
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I can debate this but this isn't the threads intention so I will regress. But, I would like to say thank you for your service to our country! :tu
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That's still doing business, but I do think it's more ironic that a nominally Communist government does business period than our government doing business with a country its citizens are forbidden to deal with.
I don't know the age of most of you folks posting in this thread but a major problem is that many of the brands of cigars that you enjoy such as Fuente, Sancho Panza, Cohiba, Hoya de Monterrey which are not of Cuban origin are being made by people who had to flee Cuba when Castro and his murderers nationalized the cigar industry. Do yourselves a favor and look at a copy of Perelman's Cyclopedia of Cigars and compare that to perelman's Cyclopedia of Havana Cigars. You will find that many of the brands have the same names, those are the names that Castro stole. The only way that we will see Cubans in this country is if reparation is paid to the original families and if an international court settles on trademarks. I don't know how to get it to you to understand that our naval base is there to keep an eye on an oppressive communist regeme. I am glad that we were there during the Cuban Missle Crisis since we were ready and willing to launch jets from theri home soil. I wish that Blueface and other Cuban expats could expand upon what I have posted for too long but it was needed to say this. Paul
I'm 34 and well educated. Actually, I'm an autodidact, I read a ton on my own and have read everything you've mentioned pertaining to the history of Cuba's revolution and the Don's that fled and took their brands to other countries. If we ever start allowing Cuban imports again the only thing Cuba can really do is ditch the trademarks they're infringing on and create new names for their brands. Whether Cuba realizes it or not they will still be successful with their tobacco endevours under a completely new unrecognized name simply for being Cuban.
All that aside, the Cuban missle crisis is well over and in the past. So... why are we still there? It's not our country it's theirs. And to say we're there to keep an eye is preposterous being our base doesn't "keep an eye on Cuba". Our satellites and intelligence are far more efficient. Our base is there to keep detainees without the protections of american law.
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All that aside, the Cuban missle crisis is well over and in the past. So... why are we still there? It's not our country it's theirs. And to say we're there to keep an eye is preposterous being our base doesn't "keep an eye on Cuba". Our satellites and intelligence are far more efficient. Our base is there to keep detainees without the protections of american law.
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Okay, after reading this thread so far, some of you have absolutely no clue about what you are posting about.
Taltos has made an excellent point.
Unfortunately, we don't have the SecFor in GTMO to slow anything down.
on another note, the "lease" is $2,000 a year to be paid in Gold - whoever said $1 has no clue.
The PRIMARY mission for GTMO was A REFUEL POINT.
Taltos has made an excellent point.
Unfortunately, we don't have the SecFor in GTMO to slow anything down.
on another note, the "lease" is $2,000 a year to be paid in Gold - whoever said $1 has no clue.
The PRIMARY mission for GTMO was A REFUEL POINT.
Ummm, Taltos said we pay $1! Apparently you haven't read very well before calling the rest of us clueless :sl
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With all due respect, if we ever allow Cuban Cigars into this country, the issue of reparation and repayment to the Dons who were run out of their country must be addressed. The issue of these cigars coming into the United States does come down to the original owners of the brand names getting control of those brands and getting their farms in Cuba back. As far as your opinion of our base on Cuba, you were born after the Cold War and some of your observations are not valid. Do some research on reparations and see if your concern is for Cuban Cigars or for the Cuban People.