Should the Chagossians be allowed to return to Diego Garcia/Chagos Islands?

[politicus]

Do you think the Chagossians should be allowed to return to the islands they were evicted from to make way for the US air base on Diego Garcia?

They lost their case in the House of Lords in 2008 and the Brits made the whole area outside Diego Garcia a nature reserve in 2010. So not a snowballs chance in hell, but what do you think?

Excellent documentary. Sad story, knew the broad strokes, but not that it was this slimy.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagossians

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YexsPpNmLh0

[King]

No because alien conspracy theory NWO is based at Diego Garcia.

[SNJ1985]

Option 1, obviously; given the fact that I don't even support keeping overseas U.S. military bases open.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Another one of Perfidious Albion's many crimes to be reversed.

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

I can't think of a valid reason for not allowing them to.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Of course they should be, and of course they won't.

[politicus]

Of course they should be, and of course they won't.

It's interesting what would have happened if the House of Lords' ruling in 2008 had gone the other way. It was 3-2, so not a clearcut case. It woud definitely have caused trouble for British-American relations. I wonder what the Obama-administration's position would have been? (Bush's take on it is more predictable). The US government has always been able to say that they have no responsibility, since it was entirely a British decision, but this would have moved the ball to their court.