(01-20-2026, 06:22 PM)Ninurta Wrote: The Chagos Islands in general, and Diego Garcia in particular, are at least as important, and probably far and away more important, than Greenland in terms of global stability. It is a central base for power projection and response to about half of the world, from Africa in an arc sweeping through the Middle East, Iran, Pakistan down through Southeast Asia into Australia... and is damn near untouchable to nearly all of the powers in that region. To give them away to essentially China via Mauritius Is one of the strongest acts of appeasement and cowardice that has taken place in generations.
Neville Chamberlain is probably fapping in his grave until his skin chafes at the prospect.
Trump really should ask the Chagosians if they would like to be under the protection of the US, since Britain is just throwing them to the wind, and put that proposition to a vote of the Chagosians.
I think it's likely that Comrade Starmer might very likely piss all over himself at that prospect.
This is just more evidence of what I've said before - that the UK government, much to the detriment of the people it is governing, is realigning itself with China in hopes that English will be swapped for Mandarin instead of Arabic in the next generation or two.
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Hmm. Maybe Falkland Islands next.
Regards,
Bally)