Re: How the hijacking off Somalia relates to Russia's interest in Georgia

Francis A. Miniter wrote:

Oh, and the USA? It has an enormous naval base on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia.


Hmm. Granted I was looking at it through the lens of a periscope while anchored briefly in the harbor, but it didn't look all that large to me. Some quonset huts on one tip of the horseshoe and a handful of palms on the other, IIRC.

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