Spratly Islands...Who's the rightful owner?
The Eastern Hemisphere
15-03-2005, 03:41
As you can see several countries have laid claim to them.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/pg.html
Who has the more legitimate claim?
Facts about the various claims
http://cat.middlebury.edu/southchinasea/scs-intro-t5.html
Neo-Anarchists
15-03-2005, 03:46
Me. I own them.
The world is just very confused. They'll come to eventually.
Turangawaewae
15-03-2005, 03:50
Vietnam although in reality China's military dominance will ensure that they are the "owners".
The Eastern Hemisphere
15-03-2005, 03:51
Me. I own them.
The world is just very confused. They'll come to eventually.
I hope so, but there are supposedly large deposits of oil under those islands, and you know how people get when it comes to oil....
Mystic Mindinao
15-03-2005, 03:52
They are close to the Phillipines. But I want a solution like what was done for Svaldbard after WWI: give sovereignty to one nation, but allow anyone to extract minerals, live there, or ship goods. There is just one condition: the sovereign will provide no services, but instead the government of their home nation.
Trilateral Commission
15-03-2005, 03:54
Thesis:
The United States has the best claim, based on the 1862 American expedition to these islands by Robert E. Lee and the permanent American colony established by Jimmy Carter.
Sources: the internet
What's with all the who-owns-islands threads?
Are countries really that desperate these days for some extra land to fuck-up?
Imperial Guard
15-03-2005, 05:00
What's with all the who-owns-islands threads?
Are countries really that desperate these days for some extra land to fuck-up?
Yes
Wong Cock
15-03-2005, 05:41
What's with all the who-owns-islands threads?
Are countries really that desperate these days for some extra land to fuck-up?
It's not the land. It's the oil and the fish to exploit and the reefs to fuck up.
The Eastern Hemisphere
15-03-2005, 06:30
It's not the land. It's the oil and the fish to exploit and the reefs to fuck up.
Yes exactly, because of these valuable resources, I don't see this dispute being resolved anytime soon. Some of the nations have small garrisons on the islands, that doesn't help matters.
Marrakech II
15-03-2005, 07:00
What's with all the who-owns-islands threads?
Are countries really that desperate these days for some extra land to fuck-up?
There is oil/fishing rights off the Spratleys. Only reason for a dispute