[Claymores]

Originally Posted by Shasown

Obviously you have never been there, the islands are quite scenic and beautiful, somewhat like Northern Scotland.

So what you are proposing is forcibly removing the islanders back to the UK mainland, then handing the islands back over to Aregentina, after all the money we have sunk into them, not to mention the lives?

Yeah great idea.

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