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2023-05-21 Britain

Britain's plan to hand over 'unsinkable aircraft carrier' island in the Indian Ocean to Chinese ally Mauritius sparks row with US

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-05-21 05:13|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
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#1 Absolutely shocking! Perfidious Albion at her very best. Yet another territorial abdication to the communists ?

If only former PM Harold Wilson could be here. He'd be so very proud.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-05-21 07:36|| 2023-05-21 07:36|| Front Page Top

#2 It's their property, it's their choice.

Posted by magpie 2023-05-21 08:08|| 2023-05-21 08:08|| Front Page Top

#3 /\ Right you are, and yet another in a long list of pi** poor choices.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-05-21 08:10|| 2023-05-21 08:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Guess the brits get the last laugh: we get Harry and Princess Attention Whore AND kicked off DeGar.
Hope we are smart enough to de-mil the entire base when we leave.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2023-05-21 09:18|| 2023-05-21 09:18|| Front Page Top

#5 WebNov 17, 2016 · The British government has extended the lease of the US military base on Diego Garcia, an Indian Ocean island, for a further 20 years. Tell the UK to go f itself. A deal is a deal.

Posted by Slavising Unineting5672 2023-05-21 10:36|| 2023-05-21 10:36|| Front Page Top

#6 "Foreign Office lawyers have advised that an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice saying that the UK should return the islands to Mauritius, which has been endorsed by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, means that a negotiated settlement will need to be found.

A source said: 'The legal advice is that we have to roll over to avoid a prolonged legal case..."

In sum, strategic military and defense bases and assets needed to counter China's growing regional dominance, which threatens the balance of power worldwide, must be subordinate to avoiding prolonged legal wrangling in meaningless world court proceedings! YJCMTSU, but it is proof the West is now led by ignorant, frightened children.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-05-21 10:54|| 2023-05-21 10:54|| Front Page Top

#7 The British government has extended the lease of the US military base on Diego Garcia

Not too different than the lease on Cuba, eh?
Transferable with ownership.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-05-21 15:03|| 2023-05-21 15:03|| Front Page Top

#8 In the U.S., any lease or rental agreements survive a sale.

Posted by Crusader 2023-05-21 15:29|| 2023-05-21 15:29|| Front Page Top

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