Posted on 10/03/2024 5:53:19 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Britain’s left-wing government announced a plan on Thursday to surrender sovereignty of a British Overseas Territory in the Indian Ocean that has hosted an important joint U.S.-UK military base and listening post for the past 50 years.
The United Kingdom is giving the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, from whom it bought the archipelago in the 1960s. The announcement is the latest development in years of sovereignty claims by Mauritius, now drifting into China’s sphere of influence, which until recently were not even recognised as legitimate by the UK or its allies.
Just last week, President of Mauritius Prithvirajsing Roopun barracked the United Kingdom at the United Nations General Assembly, saying: “We urge the United Kingdom to conclude expeditiously an agreement.”
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So why is the UK (and Canada for that matter) still part of Five Eyes?
Idiots...
Because the US Deep State needs to still use a fig leaf to circumvent restrictions on spying on their real enemies...
That could put Diego Garcia in a bad situation. Not good since we have B-2s there.
And AUKUS.
Reading quite far down in the article, I found that the Cadaver in Chief applauded the move (which, in the long term, threatens our strategic use of Diego Garcia).
China has been expanding across the world, for a long time. Buying mining companies, minerals, commodities companies, etc. in Africa, South America, and every tiny nation unheard of.
Panama is a good example. The Panamanians hired a Chinese company decades ago to run the Panama Canal. Both ends of the Canal have huge amounts of Chinese nationals. When I was there last, the Chinese population was estimated at 350,000 plus….and undoubtedly most members of the PLA.
How do they do it? Through expanding trade and commerce across the globe, and funding a countries infrastructure, growing it.
No "we" don't.
It's not our military except in the sense that we are forced to pay for it.
Our Deep State isn't the only Deep State panicking, is it...
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