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Reform leader Farage questioning the Chagos Islands deal; allegedly Trump advisors are against it
The UK's deal to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius is “strongly supported” by the United States, according to the Government. In October, it was confirmed the islands would once again come under Mauritian control, although Diego Garcia would remain a military base for the US and UK, with Britain maintaining a 99-year lease over it. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesObviously the world's political mentality is still derailed and sick with the anachronistic though process of imperialist colonialism. We don't seem to know how to order our brain correctly when it comes to respecting the life and sovereignty of all people.
Posted 14 hours ago - Link - Report abuse -4These people.. these “leaders of Western powers” seem to assume the subjects of right to sovereignty should not be included as the fundamental starting point of their decision making process. They euphemistically reason over “deals” when in reality what they are talking about is “how much longer should we keep land that was robbed and belonged to others” .
Of course, they don't have this problem when it comes to Argentina's Malvinas Islands, as the well honed prepped and circumstantially conditioned will of the islanders serves British and US purposes for geopolitical expansionism and control of the world, they got the islanders believing and thinking just the things they needed to believe in order to fasten a bogus nearly fictional status quo, so that they can serve as a human political shield that hides the dirty work Britain this way need not show the world, in spite of every country's right to share it with the rest of all countries in complete equality. -
With Diego Garcia and Chagos, even as my Argentine brothers and sisters so naively attempt to draw parallels, bless their hearts, it is indeed the inverse situation, which however does not keep Britain and the US to engineer vocabulary easily maneuverable in their favor. Just like they engineered UN protocol and vocabulary, especially concerning Non Self Gov Territories . - And yet, the world sees it and tries to wrestle through it calling them on the lie that is the UN. That's why lately it has been operating like it was constantly churning to a halt that it can never break free from.
WHAT NEEDS TO BE REENGINEERED IS THE UNITED NATIONS
Trimonde, you are funny.
Posted 13 hours ago - Link - Report abuse +1“Just like they engineered UN protocol and vocabulary, especially concerning Non Self Gov Territories”
Posted 13 hours ago - Link - Report abuse +1What a load of old clap-trap. According to your specious reasoning, only those that have neither any interest or knowledge to have 'engineered UN protocol'.
Trimonde,
Posted 13 hours ago - Link - Report abuse +1You forget one fundamental rule, that this modern 21st century gives people the right to determine their own future. It should also be pointed out that Spain colonised south America against the wishes of the indigenous people and that Argentina was a breakaway splinter of Spain that wanted independance. Then boldly claim that everything Spain touched in the south Atlantic automatically became property of Argentina. WRONG, Argentina never got that right. Spain wrnt to war for four years with Argentina because it opposed the breakaway and did not indeed recognise Argentina untill 1863. Yet Argentina tried to assert sovereignty on the Falkland Islands in 1833.
Britain rightfully removed that garrison. They rightfully removed an invasion force in 1982.
Just remember the laws of the modern world.
Things have changed since you got out of your pram. The UN now recognises the right to self determination. Not taught to us by the British but documented in the UN charter.
The Falklands are completely unrelated to the Chagos islands and you know that.
You can never compare the two.
You will however continue to indoctrinate your children the lies and myths about your claim.
Time to accept that your draconian way of life is over. Move on. Start rebuilding good trade relationships with the rest of the world including us. Why, even Chile is going down that trade route now.
Your country will be left isolated in the years to come unless you change your political ignorance.
Is the first poster on drugs ?,
Posted 13 hours ago - Link - Report abuse 0Jack Jones,
Posted 11 hours ago - Link - Report abuse 0Yes, he is, it's called Indoctrination, a very powerful drug of persuasion used extensively across the whole of Argentina. It has the ability to confuse truth from fiction.
Regarding Chagos comprising Diego Garcia, in the Empire days these two groups of islands were administered from the same place but they are remote. UK is not splitting a territory on giving independence to Mauritius and keeping Chagos, they are two different territories.
Posted 10 hours ago - Link - Report abuse -1The population of Chagos mostly in Diego Garcia were betrayed by Labour- Wilson who agreed with USA a lease for a base on Diego Garcia with no population in 1966. This was wrong on the part of Labour, the population many residing now in Crawley near London need to be returned perhaps to the other islands. The cost of this was estimated to be about £60 million which is no big deal. THEN the population needs to be asked if they want Mauritius or UK. The ICJ resolution was propelled by UN general assembly third world envy and never looked into the situation in depth. It was only “advisory”.
USA lease needs to be revised. It would be good to keep UK sovereignty with a small population and not that of an Islamic ally of China with sovereignty over the territory!
The “rent” we would be paying for our own territory more than justifies getting USA to agree and taking the Chagosians back and keeping UK sovereignty on its own makes this worth it protecting the military base from Chinese or Russian surveillance.
The population of Chagos messed up by Mauritius want to remain British in general.
The deal by Surrender Starmer and Surrender Lammy is treason and compromises the activities on the military base, Labour betrays the Chagosian population for a second time as it betrayed the Falkland population in the past.
The $64,000 question, did the 2019 UN ICJ Chagos Opinion give any support to Argentina’s Falklands claim or benefit the Falkland Islanders?
Posted 9 hours ago - Link - Report abuse 0Falklands – Chagos Ruling (2 pgs): https://www.academia.edu/38498842/Falklands_-_Chagos_Ruling
As i see it, the Yanks keep their base for the next 99 years, and then after the 99 years are up they negotiate again if the base is still needed, if negotiations didnt go there way then i am sure they would probably refuse to leave, (Cuba/ Guantanamo for example ) no real infrastructure for the Chagos islanders to return, they would struggle to survive, the sea rising is also a major issue,
Posted 9 hours ago - Link - Report abuse 0Once again Patsy the ExPat comes in in his Trimonde with the Betts pic guise spouting the same bilge..
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