Comments on: Britain Named Most Prolific Invader http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/britain-invader/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=britain-invader Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Julia Czerwinski http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/britain-invader/comment-page-1/#comment-27669 Julia Czerwinski Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:20:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=146121#comment-27669 so do you think maybe that honduras was invaded? so do you think maybe that honduras was invaded?

]]> By: David Evans http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/britain-invader/comment-page-1/#comment-26422 David Evans Fri, 09 Nov 2012 23:26:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=146121#comment-26422 Thank you Jeb for that info and link. I'm very glad to hear you did do a story on Diego Garcia and the Chagossians. I'm only sorry the story doesn't get heard at a higher profile. I'm sorry the story hasn't been kept up with by the media here in the States. David Vine lamented that no one knew about it here and three years later, the story is still essentially unknown. NPR did a story on it in 2008, but did not follow up when the Chagossians' fortunes were quickly reversed by special orders of the British Government. There has been no coverage (of substance) since the islands were declared the World's Largest Marine Park in 2010. A very odd omission by the US media (Nat Geo may have had a very small blurb). Of course the lack of coverage is because of the Defense situation on Diego Garcia, but as a Nation, we need to have this event in our consciences. Not doing so makes any accusatory finger pointing at other Countries' Human Rights violations a farce. Of course we should continue to stand for Human Rights around the world as best we can, but there is no excuse that the Chagossians' plight is not a discussion we are having here. I worked at Diego Garcia in 2004 doing environmental surveys (my facebook/NPR icon photo was taken while working at DG).  http://refractum.blogspot.com/p/galleries.html  Now, the Chagossians' case is coming up before the European Court of Human Rights and should be decided on soon. Will the US media cover it?  How can this story approach a level of awareness here in the United States? How can we afford not to have the chance to know about it? I'm a marine scientist, but I care about this issue and the Chagossians... and about what this says about us as a country. Thanks for your time, I always look forward to "The World" (and sometimes I even get the Geo-quiz). ~DJE Thank you Jeb for that info and link. I’m very glad to hear you did do a story on Diego Garcia and the Chagossians. I’m only sorry the story doesn’t get heard at a higher profile. I’m sorry the story hasn’t been kept up with by the media here in the States. David Vine lamented that no one knew about it here and three years later, the story is still essentially unknown. NPR did a story on it in 2008, but did not follow up when the Chagossians’ fortunes were quickly reversed by special orders of the British Government. There has been no coverage (of substance) since the islands were declared the World’s Largest Marine Park in 2010. A very odd omission by the US media (Nat Geo may have had a very small blurb). Of course the lack of coverage is because of the Defense situation on Diego Garcia, but as a Nation, we need to have this event in our consciences. Not doing so makes any accusatory finger pointing at other Countries’ Human Rights violations a farce. Of course we should continue to stand for Human Rights around the world as best we can, but there is no excuse that the Chagossians’ plight is not a discussion we are having here. I worked at Diego Garcia in 2004 doing environmental surveys (my facebook/NPR icon photo was taken while working at DG).  http://refractum.blogspot.com/p/galleries.html 

Now, the Chagossians’ case is coming up before the European Court of Human Rights and should be decided on soon. Will the US media cover it? 

How can this story approach a level of awareness here in the United States? How can we afford not to have the chance to know about it?

I’m a marine scientist, but I care about this issue and the Chagossians… and about what this says about us as a country.

Thanks for your time, I always look forward to “The World” (and sometimes I even get the Geo-quiz).

~DJE

]]> By: jeb_sharp http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/britain-invader/comment-page-1/#comment-26416 jeb_sharp Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:13:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=146121#comment-26416 Here's a link to a story we did a while back about the Chagossians: http://www.pri.org/theworld/node/26626 and also a longer interview with anthropologist David Vine about his book Island of Shame. http://www.media.theworld.org/pod/history/history15.MP3 Here’s a link to a story we did a while back about the Chagossians:

http://www.pri.org/theworld/node/26626

and also a longer interview with anthropologist David Vine about his book Island of Shame.

http://www.media.theworld.org/pod/history/history15.MP3

]]> By: David Evans http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/britain-invader/comment-page-1/#comment-26413 David Evans Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:07:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=146121#comment-26413 Well done! Though they were removed and exiled in the early 1970's. It is distressing and disturbing how few people in the United States know about the deported and exiled Chagossians, removed for the creation of the US Base on Diego Garcia. It is perplexing that no morally responsible media outlets will cover their story here in the States, though their reasoning is clear. Maybe 'The World' would cover it. It is very much a current story and not just "History." This is a moving musical treatment of Chagos history: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgM9jMK-qRM&feature=g-upl Well done! Though they were removed and exiled in the early 1970′s. It is distressing and disturbing how few people in the United States know about the deported and exiled Chagossians, removed for the creation of the US Base on Diego Garcia. It is perplexing that no morally responsible media outlets will cover their story here in the States, though their reasoning is clear. Maybe ‘The World’ would cover it. It is very much a current story and not just “History.”

This is a moving musical treatment of Chagos history:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgM9jMK-qRM&feature=g-upl

]]> By: GuyFlaneur http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/britain-invader/comment-page-1/#comment-26409 GuyFlaneur Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:18:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=146121#comment-26409 'Bloody Mary' was NOT the wife of Henry VIII.  She was his daughter, Mary I of England. She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. ‘Bloody Mary’ was NOT the wife of Henry VIII.  She was his daughter, Mary I of England. She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon.

]]> By: GuyFlaneur http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/britain-invader/comment-page-1/#comment-26410 GuyFlaneur Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:18:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=146121#comment-26410 'Bloody Mary' was NOT the wife of Henry VIII.  She was his daughter, Mary I of England. She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. ‘Bloody Mary’ was NOT the wife of Henry VIII.  She was his daughter, Mary I of England. She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon.

]]> By: GuyFlaneur http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/britain-invader/comment-page-1/#comment-26411 GuyFlaneur Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:18:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=146121#comment-26411 'Bloody Mary' was NOT the wife of Henry VIII.  She was his daughter, Mary I of England. She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. ‘Bloody Mary’ was NOT the wife of Henry VIII.  She was his daughter, Mary I of England. She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon.

]]> By: GuyFlaneur http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/britain-invader/comment-page-1/#comment-26408 GuyFlaneur Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:17:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=146121#comment-26408 'Bloody Mary' was NOT the wife of Henry VIII.  She was his daughter, Mary I of England. She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. ‘Bloody Mary’ was NOT the wife of Henry VIII.  She was his daughter, Mary I of England. She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon.

]]> By: Chris Woolf http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/britain-invader/comment-page-1/#comment-26405 Chris Woolf Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:27:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=146121#comment-26405  I'm stumped on this one.  However, Mary was not known for her beauty, but she was known for her devotion to her catholic faith, so that would reduce the likelihood.  I’m stumped on this one.  However, Mary was not known for her beauty, but she was known for her devotion to her catholic faith, so that would reduce the likelihood.

]]> By: Brenna Norris http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/britain-invader/comment-page-1/#comment-26404 Brenna Norris Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:55:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=146121#comment-26404 Is it true that Baronet William Norris had an affair with King Henry VIII's wife Mary (Bloody Mary)? I am distantly related to him and had heard this. Is it true that Baronet William Norris had an affair with King Henry VIII’s wife Mary (Bloody Mary)? I am distantly related to him and had heard this.

]]> By: Chris Woolf http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/britain-invader/comment-page-1/#comment-26403 Chris Woolf Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:37:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=146121#comment-26403  Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure Monaco would have been blockaded during the operations against the revolutionary French in that neck of the woods in 1799.  No-one should forget the horrors of the siege of Genoa.  Come to think of it, I’m pretty sure Monaco would have been blockaded during the operations against the revolutionary French in that neck of the woods in 1799.  No-one should forget the horrors of the siege of Genoa.

]]> By: Chris Woolf http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/britain-invader/comment-page-1/#comment-26402 Chris Woolf Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:34:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=146121#comment-26402  Mauritius of course captured from the French in 1810. As the French colony of Ile de Bourbon, Mauritius was a mainstay of French power in the Indian Ocean for over 100 years, and the source of much meddling in the affairs of British India.  Mauritius of course captured from the French in 1810. As the French colony of Ile de Bourbon, Mauritius was a mainstay of French power in the Indian Ocean for over 100 years, and the source of much meddling in the affairs of British India.

]]> By: Chris Woolf http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/britain-invader/comment-page-1/#comment-26401 Chris Woolf Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:32:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=146121#comment-26401  This is a toughie. Without googling, I suspect there were peripheral operations along the Caspian coast in support of the occupation of Baku and Astrakhan in 1918/1919, as part of the intervention against the Bolsheviks in the old Russian empire.  This is a toughie. Without googling, I suspect there were peripheral operations along the Caspian coast in support of the occupation of Baku and Astrakhan in 1918/1919, as part of the intervention against the Bolsheviks in the old Russian empire.

]]> By: Chris Woolf http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/britain-invader/comment-page-1/#comment-26400 Chris Woolf Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:28:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=146121#comment-26400  Great question. The only operation I can imagine here was the forcible deportation of the inhabitants of the main island, Diego Garcia, which I recall happening either at the end of the 1950s or early 1960s, to make way for the big airbase leased to the United States.  Great question. The only operation I can imagine here was the forcible deportation of the inhabitants of the main island, Diego Garcia, which I recall happening either at the end of the 1950s or early 1960s, to make way for the big airbase leased to the United States.

]]> By: Chris Woolf http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/britain-invader/comment-page-1/#comment-26399 Chris Woolf Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:25:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=146121#comment-26399  The British South Africa Company fought successive wars against the country's main peoples, the Shona and the Ndebele, in the 1890s.  The British South Africa Company fought successive wars against the country’s main peoples, the Shona and the Ndebele, in the 1890s.

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