Rabie, it isn,t a matter about resources.
It is just a piece of what we consider our land and that is enough
reason to want it back.
And of course if you want a more “poetical” answer, after 1982 we have a stronger reason: the islands are bathed with the blood of all our young soldiers that died there.
I just write these no to start a political discussion, just to answer you about the reason of the claims.
And about the people, there is no argentines because when the british took the island in 1833, they destroyed the little argentine village that was there and after that they brought their own people to colonize the islands
Hmm. I have a feeling of de ja vue here. Haven’t we has this discussion before?
What interests me is the ideal that the feeling is stronger in Argentina because of the blood of the young Argentine soldiers who died fighting for them. I see no mention is made of the blood of the young British soldiers who died fighting for them in this statement. I accept that being from Argentina your feelings go out only to all things Argentinian but you must accept that to Brits, our thoughts go out to all things British and so far as international law is concerned that includes the Falkland Islands.
What is most tragic is that it has always been and in fact still is the policy of successive British governments to persuade the Falkland Islanders to accept at least a modicum if not total Argentine rule. It was a slow old road and it could have taken decades if not centuries to acheive. It might not have been acheived at all but that policy was actively persued by the British Government. As with Gibralta the onus is on the population of the territory to decide for themselves what they want not some tin pot general trying to deflect domestic strife. What Argentina did in 1982 put back the possibility of Argentine rule over the Falklands decades if not made it an impossibility.
So what if the Falklands are closer to Argentina than they are to Britain? The Faroe Islands are closer to Britain than they are to Denmark but they still belong to Denmark and Britain respects that. Argentinas claim is based on geography, a peice of paper that nobody can produce and a promise. Britains claim is based on international law and the wishes of the population.
Phil 🙂
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