The US and the UK forcefully removed the people of the island to build the base.
this post was submitted on 21 Mar 2026
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I prefer the term ethnic cleansing
"claiming capabilities" is a weird way to talk about something someone did.
welcome to western media
The Diego Garcia base in the middle of the Indian ocean.
2000 miles away from Iran. A similar attack with the same distance could reach Germany, but maybe not the UK mainland.
Diego Garcia was rumored to be being used as a forward operating base of the B2s. The idea being is that they were safe from being attacked while on the ground due to distance. There goes that plan.
Neither missile hit the base, it added, though neither Iran nor the U.K. specified how close the missiles came to Diego Garcia.
Funny, the US is the other way around.
Claiming capabilities they only have in their imagination.
"Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak." ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Guess the Iranians read the book. Trump only colored the pictures.