To think that we should give the Faulklands back to Argentina?

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Ok I don't know much about the Falklands war but from what I can gather we stole them from Argentina. I think we should give them back but of course it's complicated.
Can anyone fill me in on why Britain took them in the first place? Thanks.

and Crystal Palace, apparently.

Lunatic, that sounds a far more sensible approach.

We sent HMS Dauntless earlier this year and they accused us of militarising the South Atlantic
That along with our "Prince in the uniform of a conqueror" on his search and rescue helicopter!

I think England needs to surrender to France right away and leave NI, Wales and Scotland to do there own thing

While we're at it shouldn't the Argentinians give Argentina back to the indigenous peoples?

A HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAAAAA! The OP well cheered me up.

I shall now read the thread

We need someone who can do sums and stuff to tell us the relative debts/stability of English banks v. French banks before we decide whether to surrender to France. If their banks are in less shit than ours, it might not be a bad idea (but vague perusal of the finance pages makes me suspect it is).

I thought the Americas belonged to the Vikings - didn't they get there first (well first after the people already there)

Who mentioned Argentinian men - they are good looking - and they can all dance.

Not sure I have a towel big enough for Argentina - do you think I could swap a bungalow in the UK for an appartment in Buenos Airies? I would be one of the few portenos who could pronounce the president's name.

Weren't the Germans trying to buy Corfu from the Greeks a little while ago?

Or did I imagine that?

maryz

The thing I find most sad is that if Argentina were to invade again (thankfully that doesn't look likely), that I very much doubt we could liberate the islands again.

We simply don't have the naval power anymore, nor the required aircraft carriers to mount an assault.

I think we could Niceguy, it's been said by experts in Argentina that the whole Argentine army only has enough ammunition to defend their border with Panama for 24 hours!

"Which is exactly what Thatcher did"

Thatcher did not 'sabre-rattle'. Galtieri's lads jackbooted themselves into position unannounced, annexed the islands by force and Thatcher sent the task force to evict them. Unelected dictator Galtieri was the one not only rattling his sabre but using it.

I'm sure you'll find there's a small village of people in remote deepest darkets Wales who are the last remaining descendents of aboriginal British people. If we are going to give te UK 'back' to anyone it should be them. Forget all these Johnny-come-lately Celts, Romans, Saxons, Vikings and Normans. Bah!

The Argentinian claim to it is based on Spanish colonialism, I think, which to my mind puts them in a hilariously hypocritical position. They themselves wanted to be free of colonial control, but they're happy to try to reap the benefits of it where it suits them.

Oh the irony of the Argentinian PM speaking Spanish.

Sorry Lunatic but the celtic tribes arrived in Britain around 6th century BC when the "native" population was probably already 1-1.5 million. Who we really need to track down is someone with "beaker people" ancestry.

I loved learning about the beaker people when I was at junior school.

What is a 'beaker person??'

We were all originally descended from the apes a million billion years ago - a few of those cute rescued Orang-Utans could rule Britain from Monkey World -and do a better job than the current government

I mentioned good-looking Argentinian men - i would like a fit rich polo playing Argentinian boyfriend if there are any free....

I can't help feeling very annoyed that Cristina K is one of the few powerful female politicians in the world yet is just SO.... ANNOYING!!!

niceguy2 staying pally with the Americans is one way of having the military firepower behind us should the Argentinians ever really kick off. They didn't help out last time but times have changed.

They did help out with the Falklands last time! One thing they did was lend us us some super-dooper secure telecommunications system that was so secret that even top brasses in their security forces panicked when they realised that British CEOs in Port Stanley were using it to negotiate the Argentine surrender with Downing Street.