Posted on 02/09/2025 12:27:11 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) warned the United Kingdom that it could damage its relationship with the United States if it threatens the future of the joint U.S.-U.K. military base on the island of Diego Garcia by ceding sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
Key excerpts of the speech are below:
“Do you know who is loving all of this? China, because China has a close relationship with Mauritius. And do you know what? It is going to get a lot closer.
“This is insane. This is cell-deep stupid. This is bone-deep, down-to-the-marrow stupid. Because the United Nations wants the United Kingdom to feel guilty, they want to give our military base and their military base to Mauritius. Now, the prime minister of the United Kingdom can stop this.”
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“Please, Mr. Prime Minister, don’t do this. Don’t do this. We will stand with you in telling the United Nations, who is upset with you, to go fill out a hurt feelings report because we are not doing it. We will stand with you. Please say no. Don’t give our military base away. It is going to really hurt the relationship between the United States of America and the United Kingdom.”
(Excerpt) Read more at kennedy.senate.gov ...
Tell the United Nations to go fill out a hurt feelings report, lol.
Diego Garcia is about as strategic as it gets.
Just tell the Brits if they do go through with it, the Argies get The Falklands.
F the UN, and the down the drain UK as well. Freaking brits got no ballz anymore, and are allowing their wank of a PM to put their Tiny Island Nation in grave danger.
They’re on their own. We’re not going to save them this time.
Falklands. That’s a great idea.
Don’t come crying when Ivan comes a knockin...
I have been on that island, interesting place.
We could leave NATO?
Have them give it away. We will take it if it’s that important.
Diego Garcia is stratgegically very important. To give it away would be insane.
And UK benefits from it as it is part of the protection of the vast quantity of global trade that plies the Indian Ocean ...much of which using the Suez Canal to “feed” Europe and UK
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Not to mention a key component of the GPS system is located there.
also, while Maritius is not the most rabidly insane of Moslem nations, nevertheless the very last thing the world needs is to permit or facilitiate or enable the further expansion of the Moslem “caliphate” or controlled, conquered areas of the earth. At least, not until there;’s a complete reformation in Islam to render it peaceable
Just take the islands and dare them to make war over it.
Kick the UK out of the 5 eyes.
You may forgive but always remember the bastard’s names. You’ll need them someday.
It’s essentially our base. If the Brits insist on giving it away, we should annex it.
“Just tell the Brits if they do go through with it, the Argies get The Falklands.”
They are still mad about the Suez Canal.
“Diego Garcia is about as strategic as it gets.”
Trump won’t let it go and if it means war against the remaining battalion in the UK military, so be it.
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