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If you look at the countries' like Spain and Argentina you will find historical precedence for having trampled upon their national dignity and pride that have never been addressed let alone resolved. England, certainly more arrogant and aggressive in flouting international law, because they could, having made an indelible mark on the nations they did with as they pleased, the history of which is made part of the nation's identity passed on from generation to generation.

While the facts of England's having flouted international law with impunity, the facts remain obscure and not known as well as they should.

Like some old, volatile domestic dispute that remains just beneath the surface, the slightest provocation will have the details come flooding back with abandon.

And in times of a nation's crisis the same phenomena can occur with countries under economic, political duress will cause similar phenomena.

Have you researched the details in which England took Gibraltar from Spanish hegemony? It's not pretty, that remains very much on the minds of the citizenry like some pulsating, deep-seated wound that never leaves their psyches.

Ask an American Indian wherever you might find one, how he feels about what happened hundreds of years ago of what the Europeans did to the Indian nation (despite the innumerable casinos granted.

These is exactly the way countries victimized by England, including Spain /Gibraltar feel, despite England being in control of Gibraltar for as long as they did. All very true. These issues are deeply imbedded within the psyche of countries like Spain and Argentina, their natiojnal hono such as Spain ado come up during national crises that otherwise remain dormant