Quote Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat View Post
Well Britain simply showed up one day and proclaimed the Falklands theirs. That much is true.

Such is imperialism.

In this the Argentinians are right. I still remember dear old Soulforged (hope he is well), our Buenos Aires law student, arguing at great length the legal history of the Falklands. The poor guy was right too.
It's just that more overriding sentiments for me are the sheer passage of time and the nature of colonial landgrabbing, most of which can scarcely be undone anymore. And for most Britons, self-determination.
Quite so. On the other hand, Argentina could be argued to have asserted it's right in 1982 and to not have been up to the task.