According to reports in the world's press, admitted by the US government,
the US military base on Diego Garcia had forewarning of the tsunami whilst
the countries in the greater danger had no warning because the greatest
military power on the planet lacked the resources to put through a phone
call!
This will come as no surprise to those who remember the 2000 Chagossians
that were illegally removed from their homes in the 1960's to make way for
UK-US airbase on Diego Garcia. They have no right to return to their homes.
Even their dogs were rounded up and gassed, all the animals were killed and
the islands left empty and uninhabited to make way for the American base.
Even though the UK courts have found their removal to be illegal they are
not permitted to return to their islands as there is "a need to uphold the
island's secure status." Or to protect America's ability to wage war within
the region.
Thatcher went to war for the sacred rights of the Falkland islanders - the
British government meekly allowed the people on Diego Garcia to be kicked
out of their homes by US imperialism.
To conclude America and Britain removed poor people from their homes in
order to set up a base from which to bomb and harm even more poor people!
The American military machine has some odd weaknesses. They can deliver
bombs and missiles to any region however remote, yet they lack the ability
to get food and medicine to remote areas. The public have raised millions to help the survivors of the tsunami.
Interestingly the New Your Times reports that
CIA detention facilities have been located "on Britain's Diego Garcia island in the Indian Ocean." This means that prisoners can be held indefinitely without legal counsel and without trial. American military personnel have written recently to the Guardian about what a paradise the island was for them....they didn't include any snaps of prisoners being tortured.
Posted by derekmcmillan
at 5:35 PM GMT