Posted on 09/05/2020 12:18:47 AM PDT by knighthawk
The Pacific nation of Palau urged the U.S. this week to build military bases on its island territory amid growing Chinese influence in the western Pacific region.
U.S. Pentagon chief Mark Esper visited Palau last week as part of a tour of the Pacific. It was the first-ever visit to the island by a U.S. defense secretary. During his visit, Esper accused Beijing of a “malign influence” in the region marked by “ongoing destabilizing activities” in the western Pacific Ocean.
Palau President Tommy Remengesau Jr. revealed this week that he sent a hand-delivered letter to Esper during his stay on Palau in which he urged the U.S. to build military infrastructure on the islands, which constitute an archipelago roughly 930 miles east of the Philippines.
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After World War I, the islands were made a part of the Japanese-ruled South Seas Mandate by the League of Nations. During World War II, skirmishes, including the major Battle of Peleliu, were fought between American and Japanese troops as part of the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign. Along with other Pacific Islands, Palau was made a part of the United States-governed Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in 1947. Having voted against joining the Federated States of Micronesia in 1979, the islands gained full sovereignty in 1994 under a Compact of Free Association with the United States.
My roommate from high school lives there. I think he has a place on Yap too. So beautiful.
Really nice people. Great fishing. Just watch the sea-going alligators that have snacked on the unwary.
We made a port call to Palau to celebrate the 60-year anniversary of the Battle of Peleilu. It’s a beautiful place with friendly people. It’s just like a US territory. We were in dress uniforms to greet the president who dressed casual and his chief of staff was wearing shorts and flipflops.
Great divIng area.
The area is littered with sunken jap ships and planes, great scuba diving.
Back in’94, we did a, “Drive-by shooting,” there on my ship USS Peleliu to commemorate the battle.
Not enough Spam and US dollars draining into the Micronesean Island?
Is this the place with the stone money? Its gonna cost ya!!! and you gotta get the money-rocks to the US Treasury!
Hopefully, it wouldn’t tip over.
I thought Palau was suing us over climate change?
Palau: On The Frontline Of Climate Change In The South Pacific
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