Falkland's sovereignty 'not up for discussion' Britain warns after new Argentinian president vows to 'get them back'

There was a fight for them and they're still British. There was a referendum and the islanders overwhelmingly want to stay British.

'Get them back'. What does 'back' even mean in this statement? Of all the countries that have ever legitimately ruled the Falklands, Argentina was never one of them.

The penguins have a better claim to the Falklands than Argentina...

Just a reminder: that there was no one living in the Falklands prior to the UK and France showing up. My understanding is that no one even wanted the islands until they found oil nearby. While it's weird that the UK has a colony all the way down at the tip of South America, there's no reason to argue for Argentinian ownership of the Falklands. Hell, Argentina taking ownership of the Falklands is more colonialist than UK maintaining ownership due to the population being mostly British and French.

I met an Argentinian, and she is still upset about the Falklands. It made an impression on me that Argentines are still not over it. Don't get me wrong, she is a nice lady, but I'm guessing that nationalism is Argentina's past time instead of fixing their own more critical domestic issues. Tribalism is a time tested tool used to distract and manipulate people, anyhow.

Because “getting them back” worked so well for the (not for long) ruling regime of Argentina last time around. Lol.

Are we just doing out of order reruns of the 20th century?

Lol I was wondering just yesterday how long it would take this guy to bring up the Falklands after getting elected.

Normally right-wingers in the UK would be pleased to see someone like him elected, but because of the Argentina-Falklands connection, they're going to hate him lmao

On a differrent note: What would anybody want of the Falkland Islands? I mean, it is a lousy island with 3000 inhabitants and half a million sheep, and they live of fishing, wool, and day tourism from cruise ships.

On the one hand, maintaining a military presence equivalent to more than half the number of native inhabitants costs the British a shitload of money. On the other hand, starting another bloody war with the UK in the middle of an economic catastrophe over a piece of rock with sheep does not make any sense for Argentina, either.

He has said he wants a diplomatic solution similar to the one that Britain reached with China over Hong Kong.

Wonderful example. What happened to Hong Kong is something that no place in the world really wants to experience.

This happens every couple of years, as a populist move in Argentina to avoid tackling the real issues.

The UK will have a nice chuckle, will make some empty threats about protecting its people if needed, and we'll all move on.

What worries me is that this seems to improve the opinion of those in power, and last time the Falklands came up Theresa May loved every second of it because she could act out her Thatcher cosplay fantasies.

Well, if another curbstomping by Britain is what it takes to run this addle-brained right wing moron out of office in short order, then perhaps that's a silver lining.

Argentina: we will retake Las Malvinas!

Royal Navy: Oh really? Try it. We'd really like a chance to demonstrate the combat effectiveness of our QE2 Class Carriers. And Bob here hasn't shot his destroyer's deck guns since '82 and he's bored!

RAF: (Rapidly dusting off the Vulcans and Nimrods)

Royal Marines: (Lights up a Benson & Hedges cigarette)... Right... (Slaps knees and stands up)... Grab yer Bergens and Bayonets lads!

Soooo trouble in Middle East is back from standby and Argentina is making demands about the Falklands. How about we just stop there and let other famous Conflicts in pease. * sweats in german *

Uh, last I checked, Britannia rules the waves, not the Falklands. Checkmate, Margaret.

"Now we have to see how we are going to get them back. It is clear that the war option is not a solution."

If more people actually read instead of knee-jerk reacting to click-bait headlines they might have a better understanding of what is going on around them.

Yeah, Argentina is about to explode into civil war. That place is going to be real dangerous in the next few months.

Oh so THIS is how ww3 starts

@thehatfox What's he going to use as his main military weapon for this conquest? Harsh language?

I think this one is just populist sabre rattling.

Maybe we'll have a nice Article 5 party this time.

Step 1: dissolve central bank

Step 2: piss off capitalists

Step 3: ???

Step 4: profit

There are so many of those things, I say everyone gets to keep an emotional support island

Ok compromise. Argentina gets them back but the British museum gets whatever they want from them first.

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The guy might be a nutjob but I don't think he's talking about getting them back through war, Argentina has next to no military.

Having colonies in the year 2023 is ridiculous though, I don't know why so many comments act like Britain is in the right here in any way whatsoever.

Say what you will. I find it a bit insane that a country can just own an island like that which is nowhere even near their mainland. If you just look at the map it's quite obvious to who that land belongs to.

Something like Hawai is a more difficult case since it's in the middle of ocean. Maybe it should just be a sovereign nation.

EDIT: Though since most people living there are native born Falkland islanders that speak English and voted to stay as a part of the UK then it's perhaps something we should leave be as it is. Kind of similar case as with Israel to be honest.