From Rusty Wyse@21:1/5 to All on Sun Dec 26 11:16:41 2021
Peter Elliott
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Lives in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (1959–present)Dec 9
Why does Cambodia ban US visits to Ream Naval Base? Why did Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen say the naval base is “not a place for thieves or robbers”?
So Cambodia has done a deal with China to refurbish the Ream naval base. In response the US sanctioned the two top Cambodian guys there. Consequently Cambodia banned US visits.
The upshot is that because of their lack of care in the first place and their belligerent tone once things got away from them, the US has been kicked out of Cambodia and China is flat out building a navy presence there.
Which is pretty significant when you look at a map. I just have to wonder how the US let Cambodia get away from them so easily. Having a quick read of the US government website they spent most of their time calling Cambodia out for human rights stuff and
generally being a dick. Now it’s blown up in their face and PLAN is in the Gulf of Thailand and also with an emerging BRI deal to put a channel across Thailand to get access to the Bay of Bengal. Go America…