Argies looking to take Falklands...

[KrazyHorse]

through diplomacy?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/03/30/argentina.falklands.ap/index.html

What a load of trash. The two most bloody-minded peoples in history have been the Romans and the British.

If the Limeys have fallen so far that they'll be willing to sit down with a bunch of South American pinko scum about giving up territory that British soldiers have died for in living memory then I'll become a damn nihilist. If I can't believe in British stubbornness then I might as well stop believing in anything at all.

[DRoseDARs]

For the uninitiated, why do either country - much less the UK at 8,000 miles away - give two sh*ts about these islands?

[Nubclear]

Maybe because the UK can't let other nations just annex its territory?

[CerberusIV]

Maybe because of what might be under the water within the territorial limits of the Falklands.

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by Tacc
Maybe because the UK can't let other nations just annex its territory?

Funny, because that seems to be exactly what Britain did to Argentina in 1833...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/falklands/story/0,,1516277,00.html

...

But today's official history makes clear that Britain's claim to the Falklands is not as strong as has been made out. Sir Lawrence points out that Britain relied, not on prior discovery, but on a small settlement established in 1766 but abandoned in 1774. When Britain recognised Argentinian independence in 1825, it did so without any claim to the Falklands, which were then under an Argentinian governor living there.

Britain seized the islands by force in 1833.

...

1833

Britain seizes control of the Falklands

1982

April 2 Argentina invades the Falklands

April 5 British taskforce sets sail as diplomatic talks are started

May 2 Belgrano sunk in the first major action of the war

May 21 British military forces land on the Falklands near Port San Carlos and head towards Darwin and Goose Green

June 14 British recapture Falklands - the union flag flies over Port Stanley

...

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by CerberusIV
Maybe because of what might be under the water within the territorial limits of the Falklands.

Aquatic sheep, perhaps?

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by DRoseDARs


Funny, because that seems to be exactly what Britain did to Argentina in 1833...

And we all see the result of that, so why would Britain let Argentina do it to them now?

[DRoseDARs]

Because sheep-rearing is not enough of a growth industry to justify giving one sh*t, let alone two, over these islands 8,000 miles away.

[Tassadar500]

Originally posted by DRoseDARs
Because sheep-rearing is not enough of a growth industry to justify giving one sh*t, let alone two, over these islands 8,000 miles away.

The Falkland Islands have a booming economy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/world/americas/01falklands.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

[Fake Boris]

Let me guess, it's election year?

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by Lord Nuclear


The Falkland Islands have a booming economy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/wo...hp&oref=slogin

Another answer with a cited source, that's all I wanted. KH's CNN article also mentions an oil exploration deal that yielded squat, so that doesn't leave much else for the islands' importance.

[Dauphin]

Re: Argies looking to take Falklands...

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
through diplomacy?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/03/30/argentina.falklands.ap/index.html

What a load of trash. The two most bloody-minded peoples in history have been the Romans and the British.

If the Limeys have fallen so far that they'll be willing to sit down with a bunch of South American pinko scum about giving up territory that British soldiers have died for in living memory then I'll become a damn nihilist. If I can't believe in British stubbornness then I might as well stop believing in anything at all.

It's easy to discuss things, and politics to do so. Britain won't give up anything however.

[DrSpike]

If Canada had anything to give up I'm sure they would be equally stubborn.

[DRoseDARs]

Well, there's that rock between Canadiastan-proper and Greenland that likewise no one else in the world gives two sh*ts about.

[Dauphin]

Hans Island.