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2006-08-31 06:58:29 · 31 answers · asked by keefer 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Why??It's not for The UK to decide.The people of the Falklands are the only ones who can decide their future,after all we are in the 21st century not the 17th when Govt's could trade people and territory without consulting the people.I am from Gibraltar and only a few years back in 2002 Mr T Blair and Mr Jack Straw tried to make a deal with the Spanish Govt of their then Great Allie Mr Aznar to share sovereignty of my little country.Thanks to the strength of my fellow Gibraltarians who threw ourselves onto the streets and campaigned against this shoddy deal we managed to stop it.NOBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO FORCE PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR COUNTRIES NATIONALITY!!!!!!
2006-08-31 08:09:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the Malvinas have belong to Britain for a long time. Then all of sudden Argentina, wants the Falkland Islands? The citizens in the islands are British citizens!!
2006-08-31 07:03:25 · answer #2 · answered by alfonso 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
NO, because the Falkland Islands were never the property of Argentina.
To suggest that they should be given to Argentina because they are close is also wrong as the distance is some 200 miles of open water.
If there were some indigenous people ( which there are not) then one could argue that the islands might be handed to them but will the Spanish descendants in Argentina give back Argentina to the original inhabitants?
2006-08-31 07:08:54 · answer #3 · answered by Bill(56 yrs old) 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Of course, they historically belonged to Spain, when Argentina got it's independence from Spain the Malvinas came with that as they were part of the territory. Early on though Argentina did not have a navy capable of battling the British naval force, and so, when the British invaded the islands there was nothing the Argentinians could do to defend their territory. They have claimed the islands ever since and even once went to war over them (and lost). They still claim their territory and eventually will be strong enough to battle England and recoup their territory. The fact that they can't yet does not mean they accept the British arrogance and abuse.
This is a future war in the making.
[edited to add a little history since most folks don't seem to know that]
The Spanish government's claim was continued by Argentina after the latter's independence in 1816 and the independence war in 1817, until 1833 when the United Kingdom took by force control of the islands, following the destruction of the Argentine settlement at Puerto Soledad by the United Statesian sloop USS Lexington (December 28, 1831). Argentina has continued to claim sovereignty over the islands.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands
2006-08-31 07:04:25 · answer #4 · answered by Eli 4 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Why?
1. The Falkland islanders want to be British
2. We won the war
No need to put The Malvinas in brackets - this British territory is the Falkland Islands
2006-08-31 07:09:57 · answer #5 · answered by fatface 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
No, because what's done is done and there are UK citizens living there who have the right not to be displaced.
But if the Argentines start a war, the UK should send a bunch of unarmed kids with no coats to defend them like the Argentines did when UK took them.
Actually, while a lot of Argentines are pissed about the whole thing and would like them back, a lot of them couldn't care less about them in the first place and are angrier with the Argentine politicians who sent the kids completely unprepared to die for no reason there.
But for pete's sake, stop fishing in Argentine waters...
2006-08-31 07:04:13 · answer #6 · answered by Aleksandr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Didn't the UK gain control of the Falklands before Argentina was an independent nation? That would mean that they took them from Spain and have no obligation whatsoever to help the territorial ambitions of a nation who never could have had a legitimate claim on them. Rule Britannia!
2006-08-31 07:07:21 · answer #7 · answered by Crusader1189 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes. There is no logical argument for the Falkland's being British except of course that the majority of the population are British. But since that majority population was planted like in Northern Ireland and Gibraltar, its a false democracy.
2006-08-31 11:03:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Neither. The islands belong to the islanders. they have been interior the islands for 9 generations. The infrastructure, financial equipment and society of the islands grew to become into outfitted fullyyt via the islanders. this is their abode. they desire to be a British territory and that i think of the worldwide could appreciate their desires.
2016-10-01 03:27:39 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The people of the Falklands who have lived there all their lives don't want to be part of Argentina, and who can blame them.
2006-08-31 07:06:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋