Comment by Symbiote
15 hours ago
The proposed treaty between Britain and Mauritius was conditional on the approval of the USA (due to the UK/US air base), and that approval wasn't given.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory
15 hours ago
The proposed treaty between Britain and Mauritius was conditional on the approval of the USA (due to the UK/US air base), and that approval wasn't given.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory
I guess all the startup founders must have gone to trump and begged him to stop it.
He told 'm to move to .si domains.
That approval would likely have been considered a mere formality under other administrations, but unfortunately intersected with the current administration's obsession over territory...
It should never have been a mere formality anyway.
Yes it should. We're not typically concerned in the self-determination of small islands halfway around the globe (well, except for Guam and the Marshall islands...), and it's an issue entirely between the UK and a former colony.
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