Starmer's October Surprise Chagos Islands Give Away - Stumped By Trump-s Triumph - Exploding On Him

Posted • January 10, 2025: Honestly, with everything happening in the United States this fall, election-wise, and watching Keir Starmer stumble headlong into 'most rapidly despised Prime Minister in history' territory, I'd completely spaced this particular October sin of his. And a most unwelcome, sprung-out-of-nowhere sin it was. No Time Like the Present for the UK to Give Away *gulp* Diego Garcia. In this world, there have been "giveaways" - like Oprah with her cars for you and you and YOU!! And then there have been "giveaways," or "givebacks' like, says, the Panama Canal. Or Bagram. Sometimes they work out okay, sometimes they don't. …Crumble, crumble, crumble. Our bulwarks and outposts against the evil in this world are dropping away, and we are doing nothing to keep them. And now another one of our stalwart outposts hangs in the balance.

Starmer has agreed that Britain will return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, subject to a treaty signing. They include our remote air and naval base at Diego Garcia, for which the Brits have signed a 99-year lease. The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more than half a century. The deal – reached after years of negotiations - will see the UK hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a historic move. This includes the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, used by the US government as a military base for its navy ships and long-range bomber aircraft… Only a month before the end of a heated presidential election cycle with dire consequences at stake for the world and our national security at risk, the Biden administration said, "Sounds like a plan to us." …"Oh, yay," said POTATUS, probably from a beach somewhere.

…US President Joe Biden welcomed the "historic agreement", saying it was a "clear demonstration that through diplomacy and partnership, countries can overcome long-standing historical challenges to reach peaceful and mutually beneficial outcomes". He said it secured the future of a key military base which "plays a vital role in national, regional, and global security." Sadly for Starmer, Trump beat the vegetable's stand-in handily. As one might imagine, he (as well as Sec State-designate Marco Rubio) is not inclined in the least to hand over our 'unsinkable aircraft carrier' as part of some feel-good progressive Labour deal, especially not with the Chinese not only marauding on the high seas but also having a presence already in Mauritius through different trade deals. One listening outpost allowed on any beach on the Diego Garcia archipelago becomes basically useless to the US for clandestine staging purposes.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫 - The US military, for all of its might, still faces physical limits of distance and time. Control of key landmasses enables logistical operations at scale. The US has one of the most important. China wants it. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJjmvSQWkAAp-Ye?format=jpg&name=medium -- More than 1,700 km from the nearest mainland (India), Diego Garcia is the largest island in the Chagos Archipelago. Originally discovered by the French in 1790, the British took control in the 1800's. For NATO countries, it is an indispensible piece of the global puzzle. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJjmwHpWoAA58yu?format=png&name=900x900 (…)

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