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Originally Posted by Claymores
The Malvenas should obviously be part of Argentina IMHO. Just because we sent settlers out there many moons ago doesn't make it "British" any more than if Argentina had colonised the Western Isles of Scotland.and hold them as national territory.
At some point you've got to say 'end of empire' and hand back things like India or South West Africa.
The Malvenas are Argentinian - it's just that the military Junta of the time made a mistake by trying to take the Malvenas back by force to distract their population from the domestic problems. It had the reverse effect as they were outed we were stuck with Thatcher/Tory domination for many miserable years
Shas - if you fought there then fine and I respect your courage and will.............I'd still rather give it back, it's not the end of the world that the settlers' descendants have to be repatriiated. I'm pretty sure the Argentinian government would offer them full Argentinian passports and not require them to leave anyway.
You jokingly moaned about how Iraq/Afghanistan had cost you money - give the Malvenas back and you're quids-in.
I'll continue to call it the Malvenas
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Slight difference with the other bits of the old empire is that there are no indigenous natives wanting to break away rather the locals down there decided unanimously to remain part of the UK.
Its not about what anyone wants really, its simply a way of staking a claim on natural resources in the area. It also provides the UK with a great stopover point for when its decided the other resources in the world are running so low its time to rape Antarctica. Its planning for the future of our children and our childrens children.
You can call them what you like but if you look at it's history it was named the Falkland Islands in 1690, they werent settled till 1764 by the French and its from their name for the islands the name Malvinas is derived, - Iles Malouines.
The money I lost out on due the party in Iraq was a personal allowance that due to commitments imposed by Uncle Tony I was unable to claim. But hey ho he got his consultancy fees out of it, so alls well with the world.