FW: The anti-imperialism of fools

[Bradford DeLong]

>At 07:36 AM 6/19/2002 -0700, Brad wrote:
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>>What's happening to the Chagos Islanders?
>
>
>They were forcibly removed from the archipelago when the Diego 
>Garcia airbase was built in the 1970s.  Right now they sue for 
>reparations, and scored some initial victories in the British courts.
>
>wojtek

Ah. Any chance that they'll win in the long run--not get their island 
back (which I think is very unlikely), but at least get some 
compensation?

Brad DeLong