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Argentina's leader tells UK to give up Falklands
Associated Press ^ | Jan 3, 2013 5:53 AM EST

Posted on 01/03/2013 4:26:01 AM PST by Olog-hai

Argentina’s president called on Britain on Thursday to relinquish control of the Falkland Islands, accusing London of taking part in an act of “blatant colonialism” in claiming the wind-swept archipelago.

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner published an open letter in the Guardian newspaper urging Prime Minister David Cameron to honor U.N. resolutions which she says backs her case for the return of the islands, which Argentina calls the Malvinas. She has made several similar demands in the past. …

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: argentina; falklands; malvinas; phonyclaim
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Whaddaya know. A Nazi turns to the biggest modern-day Nazi organization for help with a false claim. It is Argentina with the illegitimate claim of sovereignty over the Falklands (never mind the made-up name) who is guilty of “blatant colonialism”, not the UK.
1 posted on 01/03/2013 4:26:08 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Maybe the UK can put a price tag on it and sell it, in real gold and silver. ARgentina should be in a good position to fork over it’s CASH. (sarc)


2 posted on 01/03/2013 4:29:25 AM PST by rovenstinez
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To: Olog-hai
μολὼν λαβέ
3 posted on 01/03/2013 4:31:47 AM PST by ltc8k6
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To: rovenstinez

Was it the British who coined the phrase, “don’t cry for Argentina “?


4 posted on 01/03/2013 4:33:13 AM PST by Morris70
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To: Olog-hai
I guess Cristina figures that Cameron does not have the balls of the Iron Lady…
5 posted on 01/03/2013 4:33:23 AM PST by cartan
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To: cartan

very few “leaders” do,


6 posted on 01/03/2013 4:36:36 AM PST by Joe Boucher ((FUBO))
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To: Olog-hai

What do the people living on the Falklands want?


7 posted on 01/03/2013 4:39:30 AM PST by Venturer
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To be part of Britain, like they always have been. Argentina never had a claim to those islands.


8 posted on 01/03/2013 4:44:46 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Typical....

When your domestic problems get to be too much, direct attention to a foreign “enemy”.


9 posted on 01/03/2013 4:47:58 AM PST by The Working Man
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To: Olog-hai

Whaddya know.
Socialist NAZIs up to their old tricks again.
Can’t fix the economy? Divert everyone’s attention and beat the drums of war.


10 posted on 01/03/2013 4:55:35 AM PST by Bon mots (Abu Ghraib: 47 Times on the front page of the NY Times | Benghazi: 2 Times)
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To: The Working Man

Bingo.


11 posted on 01/03/2013 5:04:48 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (In the game of life, there are no betting limits)
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To: Olog-hai

Christiona, the socialist harpie, is having political problems and she’s doing what all liberal politicians do when faced with problems; she’s diverting attention from the REAL problem to something else.


12 posted on 01/03/2013 5:05:17 AM PST by BuffaloJack (Children, pets, and slaves get taken care of. Free Men take care of themselves.)
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To: BuffaloJack

Coupla old subs and a batallion of Boy Scouts with BB guns will secure the place.


13 posted on 01/03/2013 5:08:31 AM PST by Flintlock (PARANOIA--means having all the facts.)
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To: cartan

Cameron doesn’t have the Iron Lady’s Army and Navy.


14 posted on 01/03/2013 5:17:43 AM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Venturer

What do the people living on the Falklands want?...To remain English.


15 posted on 01/03/2013 5:18:24 AM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Olog-hai; Venturer

They were Spanish before Argentina’s independence (hence the Argentine claim); a British ship stopped there and planted a flag (hence the British claim).

That the people there want is irrelevant, because then the newcomer simply inundates it with settlers to claim they are answering a majority’s needs/desires. Happened in the north of Ireland, in Gibraltar, Morocco is doing it in Western Sahara, etc.


16 posted on 01/03/2013 5:20:50 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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You’re an idiot. How far back in time do you want to reverse history?


17 posted on 01/03/2013 5:43:27 AM PST by madball
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“You’re an idiot.”

Beautiful; you worked so hard to graduate 8th grade and that’s what you come up with?

“How far back in time do you want to reverse history?”

As far back as modern demographics will bear. Hispanics are turning back the clock on the European settlement of the Americas; if Europeans won’t settle this land then the descendants of the original inhabitants will get it back. Nothing political about it; just nature taking its course.


18 posted on 01/03/2013 5:55:18 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2

I would do the same with Puerto Rico. MAKE it independent. Statehood is not their business-they are not entitled to an opinion.


19 posted on 01/03/2013 6:07:00 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: kearnyirish2

It comes down to this. The islands belong to whomever is willing to fight for it and win. It’s like that all over the world and history. Does Argentina want to get into another war with the UK? We shall see.


20 posted on 01/03/2013 6:11:01 AM PST by Flavious_Maximus
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