It will not matter soon.

The Imperial Empire is almost dead.

Imperial military footholes will not matter. England wants all that oil. I dont think the Chinese will allow them to have it when they are sole superpower very soon.

They do not have a large enough population to justify self determination or lay claim anyway. This is nothing more than an english publicity stunt.

We all know this will not stop Argentina's claims

Argentina clearly doesn't care about the islands inhabitants or there rights to decide there own future, those people have been the islands only inhabitants they have the right to decide who they're governed by, Argentina have been bulling them for many years, they have invaded once and are now seeking to starve them out by refusing port entry to all ship flying the Falklands islands flag across the whole of South America, not exactly a good start to gain support by those you wish to rule,

It is more than obvious that it is there land & resources they want and not the people of the Falklands to be governed by them, they couldn't give a monkeys about the people who have lived there for over 200yrs, i feel sorry for those Falkland Islanders, and i hope if it should ever come to them being invaded again by Argentina that the British will help them out again and kick there arse all the way back to Argentina,

Its not right, and i'm sure more people are over looking the situation in the Falklands because of there hate for the Brits, but people should understand these people have done nothing wrong, they have the right to self determination under UN law, and they have been living on those Island before Argentina was ever a country, the Islands where uninhabited when they settled there, they have more right to be there than Argentina does in South America who massacred almost all of the native inhabitants there, its absolutely laughable when Argentina and other SA countries call the British imperialistic for having settler on those islands, they stole all of there land and now want to steal the Falklands

Heck this thread will turn into the same old anti Brit thing, but back to the OP good for them they will vote and say they want to remain British and I do not think any Law in any country on the planet will say "No they now belong to the Argies".
Anyhow if anyone tried to invade again I bet there would be many signing up to kick whoever off our Island again (including me).

Double post.

Good. I hope they gain sovereignty, and join the commonwealth. At that point, I guess Argentina becomes the imperialists, huh?

It was at Argentina's folly that they invaded 30 years ago, and I hope for the sake of all Argentinians that their leaders aren't so foolish as to give it another go.

Argentina for all intensive purposes is a 3rd world country with beautiful women. The only time they ever even make the news is when they're crying over a 2 mile big island. Who cares what the Argentinas "say" they're going to do?


P.s. my dad just got back from Argentina, said the food sucked