UK told to give back Chagos Islands in overwhelming UN vote

I've had enough. Let's burn the planet.

The problem is that we did a very evil thing to those people.

Really Tess? You can't see it?

US look this up!

Or, why don't you just say what you mean instead of posting vague shit?

Thanks for asking nicely.

Britain purchased the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965 for £3m, creating a region known as the British Indian Ocean Territory.

Between 1967 and 1973, it evicted the islands' entire population to make way for a joint military base with the US, which is still in place on Diego Garcia.

Just wait till they tell the US to give New Mexico back to Mexico.

Lol, who's going to make you? FFS, abolish that ridiculous organization already.

Straight outta wiki...

US can veto, right ?

dafuq UK can veto that

permanent members of UN sec counc can veto

Nope.

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That's one side of the story..

'The Chagos Marine Protected Area, located in the central Indian Ocean in the British Indian Ocean Territory of the United Kingdom, is one of the world's largest marine protected areas, and one of the largest protected areas of any type (land or sea) on Earth. It was established by the British government ...'

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Mauritius want the U.S. rent money for the base.

Follow the money?

From your link:


The establishment of the protected area was immediately controversial, as the largest island in the area, Diego Garcia, was forcibly depopulated to make way for a United States military base in 1968 and onwards, an action that has been described as "ethnic cleansing".[1][2] In a cable leaked by WikiLeaks, a US State Department official commented based on talks with British ministers and officials that establishing the reserve to restrict fishing would be the "most effective long-term way to prevent any of the Chagos Islands' former inhabitants or their descendants from resettling.

You awake? You taking the piss?

Diego Garcia is a US base, yet your post put all the blame on the Brits. Guess I'm just getting sick of us being blamed for everything.

What's this WE shit? Why are all white Europeans paying for what the brits spanish French and Dutch did?

The "key military base" is not British. It is a US base, called Diego Garcia, and we leased it from the bad teeth island. We aint giving it up. It is one of our most vital ocean Naval Bases

Actually it's what the US did in this case. Either way, I agree, I'm sick of all the 'blame the white man' crap.

Only because you associate yourself with your government. You are a civilian. You are not responsible for anything your government did. You are not them.

Yup.....we flash fried a few of them.

And a few of our own by all accounts.Not knowing the potential of Nukes.

awww jesus..........wrong ocean...wrong atoll...wrong everything