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In reply to the discussion: Diego Garcia is a small island in the Indian Ocean [View all]hootinholler
(26,449 posts)68. It's no big deal
They're only looking at the metatarsals.
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Then why don't you make sure, before posting an incredibly dumb OP?
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2014
#39
The black President and his NSA hombres are about to pull off the deal of the century
BlueStreak
Mar 2014
#76
It's tragic what they did to the people from Diego Garcia who last I read, are still trying
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#91
I would imagine that a person would have at the very least, the courage of their own implication...
LanternWaste
Mar 2014
#101
There's an American naval presence there for refueling, it's unlikely they would have landed
okaawhatever
Mar 2014
#4
Didn't they find a fuel spill about 2-miles wide that was consistent with jet fuel?
R B Garr
Mar 2014
#17
Thanks for the info! It's made me realize how much I trusted the media reports without question
R B Garr
Mar 2014
#25
Diego Garcia, because of the British and US presence there, would likely have radar
No Vested Interest
Mar 2014
#12
That's where with the Brits help we screwed the Chagossian people out of their home...
Agony
Mar 2014
#18
one more reason that we have no lock on the moral authority to tell others what to do
Agony
Mar 2014
#129
That's why the Queen of the Moon, still angry about NASA bombing her, issued her famous edict
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2014
#32
That would be like trying to hide a stolen Ferrari by parking it in the middle of Times Square.
Gravitycollapse
Mar 2014
#28
Well, if we did want to steal a commercial airliner, that would be the place to hide it.
bluedigger
Mar 2014
#35
... diverted to an undisclosed location 'with the intention of using it later for another purpose'.
jakeXT
Mar 2014
#37
You may have set the bar for mistaking teasing and humor for crankiness. nt
pinboy3niner
Mar 2014
#85
Forgot to mention that my older brother did 4 years, 3 months in the Marines just before Vietnam
pinboy3niner
Mar 2014
#131
Diego Garcia is a British principality. It serves as a refueling point for long range bombers. nt
bluestate10
Mar 2014
#122