🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇳⚡️- UK PM Keir Starmer signed a deal today to hand the Chagos Islands to China-aligned Mauritius after 211 years. This reckless transfer threatens US access to Diego Garcia, a key base for Middle East and Indo-Pacific operations. It enables control over sea lanes and chokepoints like the Malacca Strait, Bab-el-Mandeb, and Strait of Hormuz, and in wartime could cut China off from African markets, oil, and their port leases like Gwadar, Hambantota, and Djibouti.
🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇳⚡️- UK PM Keir Starmer signed a deal today to hand the Chagos Islands to China-aligned Mauritius after 211 years. This reckless transfer threatens US access to Diego Garcia, a key base for Middle East and Indo-Pacific operations. It enables control over sea lanes and chokepoints like the Malacca Strait, Bab-el-Mandeb, and Strait of Hormuz, and in wartime could cut China off from African markets, oil, and their port leases like Gwadar, Hambantota, and Djibouti.
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