Subject: The Pirate King loses his bomber base?
Apparently, the UK will keep the airbase, on a 99 year lease.

Maybe the Pirate King will invade, just to be sure.


‘Act of great stupidity’: Trump launches another tirade against a NATO ally. This time it’s the UK

The so-called “special relationship” between the U.S. and U.K., and President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer, was left looking bruised on Tuesday after Trump posted a tirade against London’s decision to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

The islands include Diego Garcia where a joint U.K.-U.S. military base is stationed. The deal, which was agreed in May 2025, saw the British government agree to hand sovereignty to Mauritius, but to lease the military base on Diego Garcia for £101 million ($135.7 million) a year.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/2...

The latest excuse for aborting the raid on Iran is that Saudi and Qatar would not let US warplanes transit their air space. That didn't seem to be an issue last summer either. So, the real reason is yet to be revealed.

Steve