The Argentinians invaded the islands in the 80′s with no provocation or warning. Held the inhabitants under military rule against their will as they are British Citizens. The British military traveled half the world to reclaim the Islands and free it’s residents. The military junta got their a**es kicked in the process having lost the gamble that Britain would not protect their own. They gambled and lost…. suck it up, get over it and move on. No amount of whining on their part will force another British government ( Tory at that) to allow them to try and steal it a second time. It would be the same as Germany complaining about losing Poland just because they lost the war they started. This has no relation to any situation in Ireland’s history at all…. Who btw. where invaded by the Normans after they had invaded Britain NOT the British as you may wrongly wish to believe. And the family name of the Normans lord who invaded first? Fitzgerald who was one of the Marche Lords who invaded southern Wales.

So what’s going in Argentina that Christina needs the same distraction that the junta used in the past?
It would be funny if nativists took Argentina to the UN to get the Spanish invaders to shuffle back off to Europe.

The Argentines have NO claim on the Falklands whatsoever, the majority of people who live there have done so for 9 generations or more, they have built the economy of the islands which were mostly uninhabited when they arrived bar a scattering of fishermen from Pattagonia and a handful of European whalers. The British took the islands from Spain not Argentina (which didn’t exist before 1812). The French were in control of it before the British took it back from them too. The people of the islands have stated their desire to remain British and the war in the eighties and the way they were mistreated by the Argentinians ensured that they will never accept the islands being handed over to Argentina. If Argentina is stupid enough to try another stunt like they did in the 80′s then they will end up getting their arses kicked again. I think Argentina is a fantastic country with a lot to offer but they are wrong on this the Falklands and it’s people are almost 100% in favour of staying as they are and that’s not going to change no matter how much the Argentinians jump up and down and shout and burn flags and going to the UN will make no difference.

It’s amazing how many “republicans” are willing to sacrifice the basic principle of self-determination out of blind hatred for Britain and Margaret Thatcher.

Ask the people of the Chagos Islands if the UK government ever gave them the same respect as they give the Falklanders. Exiled since 1973 they where shipped off to make room for a US military base.

Also unlike the Falklanders the Chagos people are indigenous to the islands. There are approximately 3,000 Chagossians living in the UK and Mauritius because of this exile which is a similar population to the Falkland Islands. They are shown no respect by the UK government, no battleships and fighter jets sent to help them.

So if the UK actually cared about the rights of self determination surely these people would be permitted to return to their homeland. But of course they don’t because the original colonial nations usually don’t care about self determination whether it is the UK, France, Spain etc. Its why they were imperialists in the first place.

Both Argentina and the UK have legitimate claims to the islands but of the two countries it is the UK that has shown no respect to other territories regarding self-determination, so don’t just demonize Argentina over this issue.

they should have a referendum/ vote to see who they want to be governed by and let that be that, britain have had their hands on these islands for too long now and we know too well on this island that people who are fiercely proud to be british don’t usually change their minds….

Rumour has it, theres supposed to be 8 billion barrels of oil near the islands. I wonder will America put in their claim on the islands soon.
It’s Argentinian land so the brits should return home.

Las Islas Malvinas Argentina!

Naming a football team after the Belgrano?
Thats it Argentinians. Egg on.
Unburry the hatchet once again.
They probably watched the movie “The Iron Lady”.
Looks like Maggie will be haunting them for many years to come.

I have a fair solution. Let the brits keep the falklands and give the oil the argentinians.

You can’t just ship in boats full of nationals on an island and then claim sovereignty, over it
This just leads to war and conflict

Come on journal.ie