What's your thoughts on the conflict between Argentina and the UK over the Falklands Islands?
Argentinian President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner seems intent on pursuing the issue of ownership of the Falklands / Malvinas Islands. The UK Government have rejected the call to hand over the islands and the islanders themselves have expressed a desire to remain as part of the UK. I don't know where else Argentina can go with this or how far they're prepared to go. What do you think about the situation?
I think the whole thing revolves around the desires of the islanders, they wish to remain part of the UK, and not part of Argentina, so be it.
Yet the Argentinian government don't recognise them as having a say in the matter
First of all, I think the Argentinian people should thank the Brits and particularly Thatcher for getting rid of a truly heinous junta that ruled the country with an iron hand. Democracy came back to Argentina much earlier than it ever would have.
Second, if there was no oil and gas involved, I don't think there would be as much passion from the government, although I think the Argentine populace truly thinks the islands belong to them. But the Islanders themselves don't want to be part of Argentina.
This may be a stretch, but I think there is a parallel with the Spanish American War in 1898. Although we did not "seize" Cuba, we did invade on what turned out to be false pretenses. If we had claimed the Island, how would that have looked today? The War made the US a world power, but we acknowledge today that maybe it was not a moral fight. Much of the language in the newspapers of 1898 was similiar to what you can read in the Argentine press today. American were outraged that Spain still had "colonies" in the Western Hemisphere. Argentina is similiarly outraged that Britain has territory so close to their shores.
History repeats itself, and lives are lost. Great question.
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