Election 2024: The Fate of Democracy
Hursty What’s its strategic importance?
It’s strategic importance is that it’s strategically important Grant.
vinnyt77 It doesn’t even matter to them, the base stays there
It’s all to do with nuclear weapons and the African Nuclear weapons free zone which came about in 1996.
_"In early 2023, the United Kingdom and Mauritius renewed negotiations to settle the Diego Garcia sovereignty dispute. Noting the significance of the U.S. base on Diego Garcia, Mauritius had previously offered the United States a 99-year lease on the island in exchange for full sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago.
However, the offer included an explicit commitment that Mauritius support the “unhindered operation” of the U.S. military base, reviving outstanding questions about the inclusion of Diego Garcia in the African nuclear weapons-free zone.
The proposed lease thus raises an underlying tension in the sovereignty negotiations that challenges the principles of American and British nuclear nonproliferation. Under the current terms, the nuclear status of Diego Garcia must be settled before the sovereignty dispute can be addressed.
Last December, the U.K. dropped the negotiations, citing government concerns that ceding Chagos to Mauritius would endanger U.K. and U.S. defense interests in the Indo-Pacific. At present, the U.S. lease of Diego Garcia from the U.K. is set to expire in 2036_."
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If it looks like weeds and smells like weeds….
Wonder who Big Don has lined up on music duties. Gonna be a big ask to top last time around:
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Fauci been pardoned preemptively
Imagine my shock.
Watching live….
And now 5 members of his own family. Hahahaha.
Nothing to see here
It’s a bit ott
Infantino sat just behind the former presidents lol
He isn’t wasting any time at all
Has she dressed like a 1920’s gangster to troll us?
Bugsy Melainia
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From that picture it looks like it might be that auld wan from Poltergeist II.
Pie’s nailed it again.
We’re all doomed!
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Elon did an actual, unmistakable, Naxi salute. Wonderful stuff all round. We’re doomed.
Carrying out political diktats in public arenas… he’s really got those dictator vibes going on this time.
1,500 pardons for the Jan 6th clowns. He should pardon his attempted assassin too, he missed an all.
25% tariffs on Canada & Mexico coming in on February.
Nas in 3,2,1
Hannu will be FEWMIN at Trump’s 2 gender ideology.
So the nazi salute offends the Jewish community most, who are a big part of trump voting base. I highly doubt he intended it that way, his aspergers was of the charts yesterday.
If Trump has any sense he will stop him making any speeches again, maybe even sack him at some point for being such a dork. The EV mandate is scraped so it will end in tears. Trump will flood the market full of oil and make motoring cheap again, which is great in my book. EV’s are flawed esp in the states when they don’t have renewable infrastructure.