Thank you so much for bearing with me on this.

No, man.

Thank you.

Are you insane?

Okay, okay.

Express myself.

What are you saying?

All right.

Here we go.

And hello and welcome to colonial outcast, a podcast that focuses on the destructive

and self-destructive nature of empire and imperialism, amongst other things.

Here, we like to open on action. so we are now all acquainted with this absurd humanitarian

aid port and Gaza idea, you know, that it will take months to construct, which is absurd

because I have many Navy-C-B friends.

CB stands for Construction Battalion, who say they could construct a temporary port in no time,

unless, of course, they don't

want the port to be temporary, which would require more intensive construction process.

So people have been talking about the natural gas reserves and the Gaza Marine Base, and they've

also been talking about how it could be used to forcibly relocate people from the Gaza Strip.

We're going to touch on these things in this episode, but our main focus today is going to be

on the strategically vital island of Cyprus. As a side note, if you ever wonder as a layperson,

if a place is strategically important, just look to see if there are any NATO or U.S. or British

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