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Was the Falkland War British aggression or was it justifiable?

The Falklands belong to Argentina. They just happen to have been seized, occupied, populated and defended by Britain.
Belongs to the indegenous (South) American people.

Spain colonized this continent. The Brits came much later. Argentina is a country of immigrants. During the 19th and 20th centuries especially, Argentina was the country with the second biggest immigration wave in the world, with 6.6 million, second only to the USA in the numbers of immigrants received (27 millions) and ahead of such other areas of new settlement like Canada, Brazil and Australia.The majority of Argentines descend from multiple European ethnic groups, primarily of Italian and Spanish descent (over 25 million individuals in Argentina, almost 60% of the population have some partial Italian origins), while 17% of the population also have partial French origins, and a sizeable number of Germans.Argentina is also home to a significant population of Arab and partial Arab background, mostly of Syrian and Lebanese origin.

A study conducted on 218 individuals in 2010 by the Argentine geneticist Daniel Corach, has established that the genetic map of Argentina is composed by 79% from different European ethnicities (mainly Spanish and Italian ethnicities), 18% of different indigenous ethnicities, and 4.3% of African ethnic groups, in which 63.6% of the tested group had at least one ancestor who was Indigenous.
 
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You should probably change the title to Argentinian agression or justifiable seeing it was Argentina that invaded.

Simple thing is the majority of the population want to be part of Britian.

To put it in perspective if the majority of Kashmir voted to be part of Pakistan and India invaded would it be agression on the part of Pakistan to try and kick india out?

Lol you wonder why he wont take your advice?
Of course its easier to blame the U.K and U.S as imperial,hegemonic, evil powers, while poor saint holy argentina was attacked by the evil brits. that sells better than saying Argentina military junta invasion of falkland islands and british reaction. :devil:

Did you even read my post?

Throughout the history of Man, peoples have been displaced. The question becomes, how far back in time do we go to "fix" it? Any date we pick would be completely arbitrary and very impractical. We should look to the will of the people currently there (in any country) when examining this.

Some good examples - British "Imperialism" in the Caribbean and Central America. Britain claimed several islands and chunks of land, in places like Barbados and British Honduras. A few decades ago, the people in those countries decided they did not want to be a part of GB anymore. British Honduras became independent Belize. Likewise, Barbados gained its independence in the 1960's. Interestingly, the British possessions in the Caribbean are some of the best run, cleanest, and happiest of nations in the generally poor Caribbean and Central America. The British yoke (despite naysayers) was actually very light, and also progressive.

But unlike Barbados, the people on the Falklands want to be a part of GB. I think their wish should be respected.

Lool As I said before, it doesnt mater, the evil brits should be blamed for everything.:p:
 
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Belongs to the indegenous (South) American people.

Spain colonized this continent. The Brits came much later. Argentina is a country of immigrants. During the 19th and 20th centuries especially, Argentina was the country with the second biggest immigration wave in the world, with 6.6 million, second only to the USA in the numbers of immigrants received (27 millions) and ahead of such other areas of new settlement like Canada, Brazil and Australia.The majority of Argentines descend from multiple European ethnic groups, primarily of Italian and Spanish descent (over 25 million individuals in Argentina, almost 60% of the population have some partial Italian origins), while 17% of the population also have partial French origins, and a sizeable number of Germans.Argentina is also home to a significant population of Arab and partial Arab background, mostly of Syrian and Lebanese origin.

A study conducted on 218 individuals in 2010 by the Argentine geneticist Daniel Corach, has established that the genetic map of Argentina is composed by 79% from different European ethnicities (mainly Spanish and Italian ethnicities), 18% of different indigenous ethnicities, and 4.3% of African ethnic groups, in which 63.6% of the tested group had at least one ancestor who was Indigenous.

Problem: Although Fuegians from Patagonia may have visited the Falkland Islands in prehistoric times, the islands were uninhabited at the time of their discovery by Europeans.

Claims of discovery date back to the 16th century, but no consensus exists on whether these early explorers discovered the Falklands or other islands in the South Atlantic. The first recorded landing on the islands is attributed to English captain John Strong, who, en route to Peru's and Chile's littoral in 1690, discovered the Falkland Sound and noted the islands' water and game

The Falklands remained uninhabited until the 1764 establishment of Port Louis on East Falkland by French captain Louis Antoine de Bougainville, and the 1766 foundation of Port Egmont on Saunders Island by British captain John MacBride. Whether or not the settlements were aware of each other's existence is debated by historians. In 1766, France surrendered its claim on the Falklands to Spain, which renamed the French colony Puerto Soledad the following year. Problems began when Spain discovered and captured Port Egmont in 1770. War was narrowly avoided by its restitution to Britain in 1771.

Both the British and Spanish settlements coexisted in the archipelago until 1774, when Britain's new economic and strategic considerations led it to voluntarily withdraw from the islands, leaving a plaque claiming the Falklands for King George III. Spain's Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata became the only governmental presence in the territory. West Falkland was left abandoned, and Puerto Soledad became mostly a prison camp. Amid the British invasions of the Río de la Plata during the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the islands' governor evacuated the archipelago in 1806; Spain's remaining colonial garrison followed suit in 1811, except for gauchos and fishermen who remained voluntarily.

Thereafter, the archipelago was visited only by fishing ships; its political status was undisputed until 1820, when Colonel David Jewett, an American privateer working for the United Provinces of the River Plate, informed anchored ships about Buenos Aires' 1816 claim to Spain's territories in the South Atlantic. Since the islands had no permanent inhabitants, in 1823 Buenos Aires granted German-born merchant Luis Vernet permission to conduct fishing activities and exploit feral cattle in the archipelago. Vernet settled at the ruins of Puerto Soledad in 1826, and accumulated resources on the islands until the venture was secure enough to bring settlers and form a permanent colony. Buenos Aires named Vernet military and civil commander of the islands in 1829, and he attempted to regulate sealing to stop the activities of foreign whalers and sealers. Vernet's venture lasted until a dispute over fishing and hunting rights led to a raid by the American warship USS Lexington in 1831, when United States Navy commander Silas Duncan declared the dissolution of the island's government.

Buenos Aires attempted to retain influence over the settlement by installing a garrison, but a mutiny in 1832 was followed the next year by the arrival of British forces who reasserted Britain's rule. The Argentine Confederation (headed by Buenos Aires Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas) protested Britain's actions, and Argentine governments have continued since then to register official protests against Britain. The British troops departed after completing their mission, leaving the area without formal government. Vernet's deputy, the Scotsman Matthew Brisbane, returned to the islands that year to restore the business, but his efforts ended after, amid unrest at Port Louis, gaucho Antonio Rivero led a group of dissatisfied individuals to murder Brisbane and the settlement's senior leaders; survivors hid in a cave on a nearby island until the British returned and restored order. In 1840, the Falklands became a Crown colony, and Scottish settlers subsequently established an official pastoral community. Four years later, nearly everyone relocated to Port Jackson, considered a better location for government, and merchant Samuel Lafone began a venture to encourage British colonisation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands#History
 
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All we need now is find some oil in the South Atlantic and then we can all have ........
Just Imagine...
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Race is on to tap 1bn barrels of oil in the Falkland Islands
British oil companies are leading the quest to find oil around the Falklands despite threats by Argentina
By Andrew Critchlow, Commodities editor
3:00PM BST 18 Apr 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...n-barrels-of-oil-in-the-Falkland-Islands.html
 
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All we need now is find some oil in the South Atlantic and then we can all have ........


Ahahahah....true. our oil giants like BP(the worlds 4th largest oil and gas company) and our Anglo Dutch Shell(the worlds secound largest oil company) are already present in the area exploring for oil. They are leading the way in doing this, afterall few countries have the expertise to carry out such deep sea oil exploration and extraction, much less argentina. Only a matter of time before we start extracting oil there. Haters gonna keep hating while we move on..:enjoy:
 
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