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Originally posted by stumason
reply to post by InsideYourMind
Irrelevant what it is "in your books", to be honest.
What say you about Hawaii then? It's "half a world away" from the US and, unlike the Falklands, actually belonged to someone and has an indigineous population when US Marines turned up and forced the Hawaiian King to submit.
Originally posted by davesmart
Originally posted by artistpoet
reply to post by EvanB
Yes you can tell when Cameron lies
His lips move
haha
im sure that bugger was got caught trying to sing the national anthem
and he did not know the words
In this case, cameron is starting another fight over who owns the land with the argentinians
Originally posted by stumason
reply to post by InsideYourMind
Showing a total lack or even a basic appreciation of History there...
1982 - Argentines invade the Falklands to distract from domestic issues. Thatcher had already been in power for 3 years prior, although admittedly the Victory helped her in the next election, but as surely as a defeat would have destroyed her. Nothing to do with "as soon as the Tories get into power they start something in the Falklands".
Originally posted by stumason
Current era - Argentina has been prattling about the Falklands since about 2007-2008, during the end of Blairs tenure and continuing during Browns' reign or terror. Again, has bugger all to do with the Tories.
It seems, rather than being interested in facts, you are prattling this line due to party prejudice.
Originally posted by InsideYourMind
Opinion exists throughout history, that is a fact. The truth of the matter is that the falklands/maldinas or whatever you want to call them, are nothing to do with britain. The use of the word invasion implies that someone from "elsewhere" is an attacking force. Thatcher was behind the falklands war, thus being the invader, just because a british map labels the falklands as british territory doesn't me so for everyone else. Argentina has disputed for many many years that the islands are their territory and they decided to take action to get rid of the colonialist's.
Originally posted by InsideYourMind
Go look at a map and tell me why britain should have the falklands?
Originally posted by InsideYourMind
Tell me why it becomes a headline, a moment of debate, and a priority everytime the Tories are in power then please.
Originally posted by InsideYourMind
I would have to say to look at facts from the otherside, it is fact that the falklands are off the coast of argentina, they are not off the coast of the UK... If argentina claimed an island off the coast of britain, you think the government would like that?
Your such a plank.
They aren't "off the coast" of Argentina any more than the UK is "off the coast" of Spain. Again, proximity has nothing to do with it. The islands were settled by British people and no Argentines were there, they were uninhabited. The Argentine claim is based upojn Spains claim, which itself is derived from a Papal Bull dividing the "New World" between Spain and Portugal. If anything, their attempts are more "colonial" than anything we are doing.