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More importantly, the whole reason that the UK owns the islands, and the reason it evicted the Chagossians, was because the United States wanted them to. The UK
by scythe 7y ago
More importantly, the whole reason that the UK owns the islands, and the reason it evicted the Chagossians, was because the United States wanted them to. The UK will not lose its place on the UNSC for doing the bidding of the US. The UK likewise will not give up its territory because they would much rather piss off the ICJ than the US. The islands are a UK colony only in name; they are a US colony in reality.
I feel bad for the Chagossians. I think they should be compensated much better and allowed to return home. But the relinquishment of Diego Garcia is not happening, and the argument that an archipelago over 2000 kilometers away is an "integral part" of Mauritius is clearly motivated reasoning.
- xxpor 7y agoGiven how little care is given to the Marshallese in the US, where we literally nuked their islands out of existence, I can't imagine anyone's going to care about BIOT any time soon.
- vinay427 7y agoThe US didn't "literally" nuke their islands out of existence. It did, however, render most all of it unsafe for inhabitation.
- xxpor 7y agoWhat do you call what Ivy Mike did to Elugelab?
- DeathArrow 7y agoI imagine Soviet leaders were jealous. US destroyed other people's islands while they had to destroy their own in the Arctic Ocean.
- zimpenfish 7y ago> The UK will not lose its place on the UNSC for doing the bidding of the US. Predicated on the US still being involved in the UN though? Which I wouldn't rate as a certainty any more - they were ignoring the fees for years and now there's an active "NIH" Government determined to pull out of every cooperative endeavour...