Thursday, October 03, 2024

Speaking of which...

I just linked to a piece about Diego Garcia the other day, and now comes the news that the United Kingdom has agreed to hand the Chagos Islands (of which the Diego Garcia atoll is a part) over to Mauritius.

That was the last British colonial possession east of Suez, so this is kinda historic.

As part of the conditions of the treaty, which is still being finalized, the UK/US base on Diego Garcia will be permitted to remain. That's a good thing because it's of enormous, and growing, strategic importance.

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