Increasing Tension Between the UK and Argentina over the Falkland Islands

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-16939043

Another desparate political ploy by Argentina?

Good move by Argentina, I totally back them 100% in their fight for the Falklands. I hope the UN will take this matter seriously and not just ignore the rights of Argentina.

What an idiot this woman is. She goes on as if the Falklands are Argentina's at the moment and that Britain is getting ready to invade them for natural resources. I hope she gets humiliatingly slapped down at the UN as a complete ****ing idiot.

Good move by Argentina, I totally back them 100% in their fight for the Falklands. I hope the UN will take this matter seriously and not just ignore the rights of Argentina.

As do I. It is vital we negotiate with Argentina, it should go something like this:

Britain keeps the islands, Argentina ****s off. Everybody wins.

what is the
falklands doing for people in the UK?
I PERSONALLY, DON'T care who owns it.

Are you an Argie, by any chance?
They have no right to the Falklands.
The UN will not take it seriously. Even if they did, what do you expect? An agreement on sanctions towards the UK? 'Cause I know at least one country that will veto that one

Its damn shameful that the silly bint is doing this for nothing more than a few extra votes.
'Give peace a chance'... It wasn't the Uk that started the war. How can she sit there and act as if its wrong for Britain to protect the people of the Falklands against Argentina - The historical aggressor?

The Falklands will remain British (for lack of a better world) until the day the islanders get bored of it.

I'm sorry but I don't argree with you're conclusion. I never claimed that there are laws currently in place that directly and overtly forbid any kind of Argentine settlement on the islands. But merely that the strict rules in place on emigration, with regards to speaking fluent English and having a guarantee of a job, effectively make emigration to the islands, practically speaking, very difficult for an Argentinian. Yes the same rules apply to people of all nationalities, but they aren't all going to face the same level of discrimination from potential employers.

In any case, this is really not relevant. My original point was that the only reason the population of the Falklands are staunchly pro-British is because there are barely any ethnic Argentinians left there. The statistics back this up. Only 6% of Falklands Islanders are of South American descent, and nearly all of those who are, are Chilean not Argentinian. This belittles Britain's self determination argument because the population is an artificially constructed, politically motivated one.

Are you an Argie, by any chance?
They have no right to the Falklands.
The UN will not take it seriously. Even if they did, what do you expect? An agreement on sanctions towards the UK? 'Cause I know at least one country that will veto that one

Its damn shameful that the silly bint is doing this for nothing more than a few extra votes.
'Give peace a chance'... It wasn't the Uk that started the war. How can she sit there and act as if its wrong for Britain to protect the people of the Falklands against Argentina - The historical aggressor?

The Falklands will remain British (for lack of a better world) until the day the islanders get bored of it.

Ignore ajtiesto. He's one of these keyboard warriors who claims to hate the UK and sympathise with terrorist masterminds who mean it harm; look at his posts on the Abu Qatada thread to see what I mean. Best ignored.

Good move by Argentina, I totally back them 100% in their fight for the Falklands. I hope the UN will take this matter seriously and not just ignore the rights of Argentina.

The population there would probably really resent being called "artificially constructed" seeing as how many of them have been there for 5+ generations

If you refer to my previous post and link you'll find that in fact 40% of the population of the Falklands has emigrated there in the last 30 years. Five generations would consist of approximately 150 years. 150 years ago the population was approximately 1100, today it is 3140. So in fact a maximum of about one third of the current residents 'have been there for 5+ generations', and that's assuming that none of the original settlers have left and been replaced by later immigrants.

Think about what you've just said for a moment.

Seriously think about it.

Surely noone is that dumb.

Before you try playing that card, please consider that the average birth rate on the Falklands is 1.1.

Argentina renamed their top flight football league 'Belgrano', and have the gall to accuse Britain of 'militarisation'. Argentina really are the most ****ing pathetic, hypocritical, whiniest country on Earth.