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Totally agree, I find it amusing how the lefties on here try to dress up their wishy washy spinelessness, and basic disrespect for the servicemen who lost their lives as fiscal prudence.
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Tricky Dicky
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It's all about money.
Not while the locals consider themselves British there should not be negotiations at all. If they decide otherwise, then it would be different.
Would you be happy coming under the rule of one of the countries that our country was born from, just because that is the way it used to be?
100% agree.
Tricky Dicky
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I don't understand this argument about what the locals want. They're not indiginous. If they decide they want to be Nigeria for a bit, do the islands become part of Nigeria ? I doubt anyone would stand for that. We have a duty to look after them as Brits, resettle them here if they want it, but I just don't get this argument - I'm not saying it's wrong, it just doesn't sound right.
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Nobody in the world whatsoever is indigenous apart from Africans if you apply a rule of time, so how long does somewhere have to be inhabited for the population to become indigenous ? the Islands were always uninhabited, they are outside Argentinian territorial waters , they really dont have a claim on them , or if they do, then so does chile.
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Fair enough, so why should they "belong" to anyone then ?
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Well you can apply that logic to anywhere really cant you ?
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If a majority of the citizens want to be British / Argentinian, then let the people decide. It's a thing called democracy! Besides , Argentina hasn't got the power to start another war due to its unilateral disarmament.
Tricky Dicky
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Absolutely. The Argies are making a noise about this due to election and oil potentail - they'll do nothing about it, they couldn't if they wanted to, their air force is no bigger, and possibly smaller than 30 years ago. We want the money from the oil, although presumably most of that goes to the oil companies rather than the country.
I'm sure the UK could come to some better and mutual agreement between us, the 'locals' and the Argentines. I'm not necessarily suggesting it's totally cut free btw.
Also, why dont the locals want more/total autonomy? Why do they feel a need to be attached to the British? Why not be a Falklander? I feel there are better ways around the current situation.
As an aside I have just had a corned beef sandwich. I only get this luxury when my wife is away as she hates the smell of it.
Try it with some sweetcorn relish - yum !!!!!
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Did the corned beef come from Argentina?
That does sound nice but Picallili is my relish of choice today.
Germany would be good? Every day could be like a Max Moseley private party.
Glawstergull
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I think they have found a source of natural gas quite close recently but that aside we only nicked them whilst "Argentinians" was nicking "Argentina" from the native indians.
British settlers wishing to remain so.
daveinprague
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As a point of public expenditure, I frankly dont think the amount of people on the islands warrants the amount we will need to spend to defend them into perpetuity.
If they are so keen to remain British, they can move to some windswept, craggy part of Scotland or Wales.
If they are so keen to remain British, they can move to some windswept, craggy part of Scotland or Wales.
Don Quixote
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The huge loss of life of the war means that it can't be given to Argentina now, otherwise it will be as if people died for nothing.