http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,334165,00.html
2007-09-22 01:36:38 · 18 answers · asked by Snowth 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Well, it's got to be more than something like fishing rights, that's for sure. What exactly is anyone's guess. Oil may not be the reason, since no oil [as far as I know] has ever been round in the Sothern hemisphere, which is where the Falklands are.
No, it's got to be something else; oil is a may-be, coal and other mineral deposits etc may be part of it.
One thing is for sure, the Americans did not hesitate to give us everything we needed to win that war.
At the time of the Falklands War [1982] there was still the Cold War going on. The Americans are committed to the south and have bases in Antarctica [south Polar regions].
SURTASS LFA Why the United States Needs SURTASS LFA ... Early in the 1982 Falklands conflict, for example, the British Royal Navy established regional maritime ...
http://www.surtass-lfa-eis.com/WhyNeed/index.htm
United States Navy The following article begins our contribution to the United States Navy, ... into warfare against the British Navy during the Falkland Islands Conflict. ...
http://www.wheelmeon.org/navy.html
Operation Highjump: The Great Antarctic Expedition By mid-1946 the United States Navy was rapidly becoming a shadow of its former .... expeditions by the Royal Navy, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, ...
htp://www.south-pole.com/p0000150.htm
The whole issue of the Falklands is very complicated and reasons for why this or that are hard to understand and/or pin down.
2007-09-22 22:23:38 · answer #1 · answered by Dragoner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Niggle is spot on. It was about a principle. If a part of your national territory was to be invaded then the only logical course of action would be to retaliate. In those days (1982) the eyes of the world were upon us. Margaret Thatcher, towards the end of her first term as PM was extremely courageous in swiftly analysing the situation and sending a professional British Army Task Force to the South Atlantic. The Queen also did her duty by ruling, listening, advising, and by sending her son Andrew, serving with the Navy at the time, to the Falklands to see action and serve with the other soldiers. This galvanised the nation like no other time. Just as importantly, it exposed the harsh reality of a military junta and life suffered by the Argentinians at that time. We were admired by both the Americans, and the Soviets who nicknamed Thatcher "The Iron Lady". As Margaret Thatcher herself said after the conflict, we found ourselves, proving that we could do things on our own. We had "The Falkland's Factor"
Since then we have seen the demise of the Soviet empire, the widening of the Common Market, and a flourishing Argentina, living under democratic rule. Even Chile, who helped us by allowing us to use the Punto Arenas area, have done away with their hated military junta, and they too live peacefully.
Today, we turn our attention to other threats, there will always be these, but back in 1982 Britain did its duty and we were not found wanting.
2007-09-22 02:35:27 · answer #2 · answered by Barry K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well theres no doubting the falklands value in terms of natural resources, but the falklands is, like it or not, a british territory. Argentina invaded it and occupied it illegally. How would you expect the government to react if Argentina invaded the isle of white? The fact that the falklands is thousands of miles away and near argentina is irrelevant. The island is inhabited almost entirely by british nationals aswell.
2007-09-22 01:44:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The conflict replaced into approximately Argentina taking the Falklands, as quickly as the united kingdom gained it back there replaced into no element in going after Argentina because of the fact the united kingdom did no longer like it and it replaced into no longer had to start invading the country.
2016-10-09 15:38:47 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure was, eventually when the polar ice cap melts and world demand requires the oil and mineral wealth, the Antartic & Artic will be about as safe as Danial was in the lions den.
The only way the UK can guarentee a slice of the action - Keep our soverity over the Falklands.
2007-09-22 01:45:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anchor Cranker 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
it was about maggie the iron lady flexing her muscles. But it did show how f**king good our boys really are when it comes to a standup fight. But there were a few cockups such as the galahad.
2007-09-22 05:51:16 · answer #6 · answered by jj26 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was about Thatcher clinging to power.
Nothing gets the right-wing juices flowing like a bit of jingoist flag waving.
2007-09-22 01:45:16 · answer #7 · answered by Noodle 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Not at the time. Maggie wanted to protect all those pesky sheep!!!. Oh, forgot about the seagull ****.
2007-09-22 07:53:37 · answer #8 · answered by flint 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fishing rights but oil could have been a factor as well.
2007-09-22 01:41:43 · answer #9 · answered by 2012 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It was about propping Thatcher up a little while longer.
2007-09-22 01:43:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋