Not sure if this should be under conspiracy, but I present it to you here: not long ago someone told me that the real reason for the Falklands war was
OIL! I did not believe them until I started doing some research, and this is what I came up with.

The inhabitants of the Falkland Islands are preparing for a South Atlantic oil rush which they hope will make them among the richest people in the
world.
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So now we know why the British were so anxious to fight for their tiny island in the early 80's. Argentina had just occupied their nest, and Mother
goose needed to protect her golden eggs.
Oil billions beckon Falkland Islands
In a speech given by the then governor of the Falkland Islands:

Yet the Falkland Islands were important enough for England to go to war over with Argentina. Why?
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