Diego Garcia, ethnic cleansing in the service of America's eternal wars

As Trump threatens Iran, Washington is militarizing Diego Garcia, the Chagos Island in the Indian Ocean built on ethnic cleansing, British colonialism, and military adventurism. US President Donald Trump's recent threat to strike Iran if it does not end its nuclear program has rekindled interest in a long-standing US asset: Diego Garcia. B-2 stealth bombers have been deployed to the island, nominally a British territory but in practice a US garr…