The Fackland are Argentinian??

Question

In the environment geographical YES!!!

It is not logic question It is question of accepting each patrimony The islands malvinas they are Argentinean

Pirates of the world

Now that it continues?? The antartida argentina...
God us free of the pirates

I am against the war. And the malvinas will be forever English (politically). But Great bretaña this staining their image. Problems with scotland, Ireland, France, Spain. In definitive you are the pirates of the world. And god aids them. thank you for their attention...

Answer 1

They are British

Answer 2

Even though the overwhelming opinion here is that the Falklands and it's dependencies are British, I still feel I need to add my voice to the crowd.

Argentina is in part basing it's claim off the backs of the Spanish, in truth the Falklands have been British and occupied by Brits since before Argentina even existed, so right there your claim is baseless.

To the person who said that before the sheep the Falklands were covered in trees, that I would like to see, having been there and seen nothing above a bush on the islands I find it hard to believe trees were ever there, maybe a lot of bushes an penguins but no real trees.

As to the simple person who said we would never have won if the US hadn't helped, sorry Mack but the only thing we got from the good ol US of A during this conflict was outdated satellite info and some Sidewinder missiles (that came at a hefty price), which we used to shoot down US supplied A4's and French supplied Super Etendards.

Having been to these islands I can tell you the inhabitants DO NOT want to be Argentine, only to be left alone and determine their own destiny.

To the honorary US/RN Matelot yep we still have beer and spirits (For Senior Rates and Officers), onboard pussers grey war canoes and I have more than a few good stories, so pull up a bollard the dit spinning is about to begin.

Answer 3

Because some idiot of an Argentinian Scrap merchant decided to fly the Argentinian Flag on South Georgia ( a former whaling station teh military junta of Argentina decided to invade the Falkland Islands and it ended with a senseless war with a lot dead and injured on both sides.
Needless to say the British won even though the French were supplying the Argentinians with exocet missiles during the conflict.

The Falkland island are neither British or Argentinian they belong to the people of the Falkland Island.
They are a United Kingdom Overseas Territory by choice and we will defend the rights of these people as long as wish to remain under our Flag and protection.
Goegraphical position doesn`t come into it nor do the wishes of the British or Argentinian Governments, But the wishes of the people who live there through threy`re own goverment.

Answer 4

Let's see if I remember the history correctly...can't remember the dates..

1. Discovered by the British, claimed by the British and used as a staging post for sailing ships going round South America into the Pacific.

2. Left without any residents on the Islands when a Spaniard (?) landed on the Island and farmed parts.

3. Spaniard left the Islands, saying that it was a French colony (nobody living on the islands).

4. French didn't want the Islands so said it should be Argentine (which is the basis for the Argentinian claim).

All the above happened 19th century and earlier.

BTW The Falklands were originally heavily wooded, but somebody introduced sheep...

So for me the question isn't what has happened, but what do the people living on the Islands want, If they said they wanted to be part of Argentina I'd have no objections at all. I can't understand why anybody would want to live there in the first place!

Answer 5

FACTS ABOUT THE FALKLANDS!

The Islands were settled by the British, the language spoken by the Islanders is English, the taxes paid by the Islanders is paid to Great Britain. The British Military are stationed there.

As for the British having problems with the Scottish & Irish, well we didn't disappear* our people or problems the way you did under a military Junta, Democracy is alive and well in Great Britain.

France & Spain are members of the European Union as is Great Britain any "problems" will be resolved democratically without resorting to an armed invasion.

Worse comes to the worst we might give the Islands to our Allies Chile as they are the nearest foreign land mass, rather than hand then over to Argentina.

* = More than 11,000 people disappeared during the military's seven-year systematic crackdown on dissidents, known as Argentina's "dirty war." Human rights groups put the death toll at 30,000.

Answer 6

Argentina continues to believe that these islands (Falklands or Malvinas) belong to them. The British, of course say absolutely not. Both countries fought a terrible, stupid war over them that was started by an Argentine military dictator trying desparately to stay in power. He ordered patriotic, and mostly inept troops, air and naval forces to invade. The result was a major defeat of the Argentines.

The good that came from this was that the Argentines seem to have finally turned away from military governments forever. They still have problems electing honest and intelligent people to any office, but at least they are not dying in the mud or being hunted down like animals in their own country. (see: Dirty War)

Many Argentines will still say the Malvinas belong to them, but the government seems willing to use diplomacy to settle the question sometime in the future. They are in no rush.

Argentina now allows ships and plans to fly to the islands from and to Argentina. Before the war they would not allow this.

I know this is more than you wanted, but I had the time to write.

Final Word: At least by possession - The islands belong to the UK and are called The Falkland Islands by them, not The Malvinas.

Answer 7

The Falkland is not Argentinian because the British clamied this and hundreds of years ago when Britain ruled 1/4 of the worlds surface. It just showed how much the people on the Falklands want to become Argentinian...NOT! When they invaded our territory , the people on the island were shouting out to the UK ' we want to remain British,come and same us' and that is what Britain did. They beat the Argentinians against all the odds and thousands of miles away from home with only limited supplies and limited numbers of military vehicles and men. It just shows how much Britain will protect it's overseas territory and it also shows the Britain can fight anywhere,against anyone and against all the odds.

Answer 8

To the gimp RAYn whatever,the yank,your soldiers may have all the gear,but they have no F*****G idea how to use em,our boys had to show you house to house,our SAS the worlds best armed service bar none went to Iraq the first time to pick up your useless special forces that failed to rescue your own people downed in a copter,so go take your face for a s**t,took you nearly 4 bloody years to get your lazy arses to help in WW2,then another dummy american on cnn claimed they were in the war 4 years before us,the only way you knuckleheads know where a country is,is when you buggers invade it....we kicked the argies *** and if we had the same amount of men as you,you would still be a colony...bow down and kiss the Queens butt my ignorant colonial boy....Falklands as british as british gets....

Answer 9

They may be part of the continental shelf of Argentina but if you wish to look at things that way Argentina and a whole load of other countries belong to the USA, Great Britain is French soil, etc etc is it not strange that Argentina was not really interested in the Falklands (thats how it is really spelt, puta) until el general Galtieri and his nazi-sympathizing government needed a war to divert attention from major political issues at home

Answer 10

The Falkland Islands may be closer to Argentina than the UK, and there have been many good answers on here, buts lets give the Falkland Islanders what the good people of Gibraltar had, a vote!!!!! a say so on which country they want to be with!!!!! its called DEMOCRACY and btw the people of Gibraltar voted 99% to stay with the UK, oh but I forgot Argentina hasnt got that good a history when it comes to democracy

Answer 11

They were discovered by the English settled by the Spaniards who were driven out by the Americans and then settled by the British where do the Argentinians come into the equation?.Oh yes they go there to commit suicide by British bullets.