Comment on UK responds to Argentina new president’s pledge to ‘get back’ Falkland Islands
tal@lemmy.today 10 months agoThere are lots of islands out there. Shound countries go around seizing control of any islands near them?
Comment on UK responds to Argentina new president’s pledge to ‘get back’ Falkland Islands
tal@lemmy.today 10 months agoThere are lots of islands out there. Shound countries go around seizing control of any islands near them?
PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 10 months ago
No?
Sorry, I’m not quite sure where you’re going with this is all.
My viewpoint will naturally be heavily skewed being British, but it’s globally recognised as British territory as has been earlier noted, and the last two referenda on the topic to my knowledge have overwhelmingly resulted in the residents wishing to remain effectively British - so no I wouldn’t support Argentine (or anyone’s) efforts to retake it.
My point is - if I may make a haphazard analogy - that if the Irish Sea was believed to be rich in some valuable resource and Argentina had ownership of the Isle of Man, then I can see how the Brits would be frustrated at potentially losing out over all the money that’s on their doorstep, even though it didnt belong to them.