[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Nedusa

Interesting point to note is that our staunchest ally the US does not support our claim that the Falklands are British, our so called special relationship doesn't extend as far as siding with its closest ally given the war that was fought and the British servicemen that gave up their lives to keep the Falklands British.

No the US is happy to sit on the fence on this one and instead recognise only the de facto status of the Falklands islands ie Britain is occupying them at the present time ( in other words the US will not say publicly that the UK has a sovereign right to these Islands.

Interesting eh....!!!!!

especially so given Puerto Rico