Originally Posted by
Chris Kebab
...may be "meaningless" - but that does not mean wrong.
The treatment, by the British Government, of the people of Diego Garcia is frankly a national disgrace, an utterly shameful piece of UK foreign policy.
I agree - the Chagossians were treated poorly. In direct contrast to the way Thatcher jumped to defend the sovereignty of a different Crown Colony a decade later!
But this is a wicked problem: There must be an airfield there to provide strategic power projection in the region and keep the US sweet, but it's near impossible to reconcile with the Chagossians' right to return.