UK suffers defeat in UN vote on Chagos Islands
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UK suffers defeat in UN vote on Chagos Islands
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#2It's not really crushing unless it's the Security Council. The GA is just talk.
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#3Time to give up on the UN.
More and more irrelevant every day.
Re: UK suffers defeat in UN vote on Chagos Islands
#4This is a British source that describes why the Chagos islands are so contentious:
https://politicsfirst.co.uk/editorials/britains-shame-the-et...
Re: UK suffers defeat in UN vote on Chagos Islands
#5Time to give up on the UN. More and more irrelevant every day.
Really? That’s what you take away from this? Never asked yourself what hell European countries still doing in places like this? Unfortunately it’s not actionable but the message is clear.
Re: UK suffers defeat in UN vote on Chagos Islands
#6This is a British source that describes why the Chagos islands are so contentious: https://politicsfirst.co.uk/editorials/britains-shame-the-et...
Thank you for the link.
Re: UK suffers defeat in UN vote on Chagos Islands
#7Time to give up on the UN. More and more irrelevant every day.
Really? That’s what you take away from this? Never asked yourself what hell European countries still doing in places like this? Unfortunately it’s not actionable but the message is clear.
They discovered and conquered these places a long time ago. Those places basically belong to them. That’s how it works.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Really? That’s what you take away from this? Never asked yourself what hell European countries still doing in places like this? Unfortunately it’s not actionable but the message is clear.
They discovered and conquered these places a long time ago. Those places basically belong to them. That’s how it works.
Even if that is true which is rather debatable, is that how it should work? Just propagating the status quo isn't always the right thing to do.
Re: UK suffers defeat in UN vote on Chagos Islands
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Really? That’s what you take away from this? Never asked yourself what hell European countries still doing in places like this? Unfortunately it’s not actionable but the message is clear.
They discovered and conquered these places a long time ago. Those places basically belong to them. That’s how it works.
Your personal opinion? Moral judgment? International law... breitbart... where do you get this idea from, and what is the cut off line for this white-wash determinism?
Re: UK suffers defeat in UN vote on Chagos Islands
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
They discovered and conquered these places a long time ago. Those places basically belong to them. That’s how it works.
Your personal opinion? Moral judgment? International law... breitbart... where do you get this idea from, and what is the cut off line for this white-wash determinism?
I don't know exactly where the line is, but I know the US/UK keeping the islands doesn't cross it.