Posted on 01/29/2022 7:57:26 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
3,000 people live there-middle of nowhere-expensive to maintain. The last war over the place cost the Limeys $500k per person to save. They're keeping it just to prove a point. Think Guantanamo without credible threats to change. Now the Brits have cut down their military where another rescue mission would be impossible. All this based on principle. At this point any 'solution' to this dilemma will not happen without the bigger issue of 'saving face'. There is a way out and it will have to involve the US.
Sure.
I agree with your point (because it’s factual except for the last sentence).
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> At the end of the 99 years Argentina gets control. <
One problem here is that your plan recognizes the Falklands as really belonging to Argentina.
The Falklands situation is quite different from the Hong Kong situation. Hong Kong was always a Chinese city.
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You should have not included the last sentence and “really”.
Uhh, Argentina was a totalitarian regime — frantically looking for a distraction (like BeijingBiden is pushing CNN to talk up Ukraine as vital to US interests).
So, if the local BLM thugs marched into your neighborhood and declared an independent state, it would be “ego” if US authorities took it back. After all, it is not like any of the rest of us give a darn about your area.
BS Think a little deeper on this.
Wait whut?! Dude, you’re like way off in never never land. Come back to earth. Where, as the OP points out, there’s really no good reason for England to be in the Falklands. It accomplishes NOTHING. Costs them money. And is just silly. And has absolutely NOTHING to do with BLM or the Ukraine.
BS yourself. Think AT ALL on this.
Their Navy air did a great job. They sunk six British ships.
The islanders are British. The islands have been British for 200 years. Not a single Argentinean has ever been born on the island.
There is a way out of what? And whatever it is, it has nothing to do with us, so why do you think we should get involved with, whatever it is?
I’m being proactive. Proactive is a good way to get rich. Just ask DJT. This issue won’t go away. Not our problem? We had to take a stand that nobody liked in ‘82.
Are the islands profitable? Doubt it. Correct me if I’m wrong.
3,000 islanders-what do the Brits owe them if it’s too expensive ? As I remember they bombed a few military hangers on the mainland but wouldn’t drop any bombs on the capitol. They should have done that just to make a point but the US wouldn’t let them. . Public opinion did a 180 in favor of the low-life generals when they attacked. It shows how easy people can be manipulated.
You do know that oil has been found off the coast of the Falkland islands.
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