with Britain accusing Argentina of “colonialism†for pursuing its claim.
Funny.
The fact is that the Falklands matters not a whit, not to either side. It has no strategic importance to the British. It has no economic importance to the Argentinians. It makes slightly more geographic sense for the island to be Argentinian than British. And if the population (of a few hundred) really wish to be British, they have every right to sell their property at market rates and take a plane ride- the Argentinian air force would probably provide the trip free, even.
The only real importance those damn islands have is electoral.
Eh? You're saying they should leave? Why?
Because Argentina, apparently, REALLY REALLY wants the Falkland Islands. To stop them getting it cost lives- like, thousands of lives. The benefit of them not getting it was... negligible. The convenience of a few hundred people? Any more than that?
So? I REALLY, REALLY want £10 Million, doesn't mean I'm going to have it. Just because a country wants something doesn't mean they should have it. George W wanted to have Iraq's oil supply, does that mean (by your logic) he should have had it?
The benefit of Argentina not getting the Falklands was
not negligible: Losing the war was what toppled the military Junta, an horrific organisation that costs thousands (probably a lot more as no-one knows the final tally) of Argentine lives, mostly young people who had done no wrong. Please tell
Las Madres De La Playa de Mayo that the end of the Junta was negligible.
Yes there are only a few hundred people living on the Falklands - so what? If there was only one person and he or she wanted the lands to remain British, then so be it. What the people who actually live there want should surely be the driving force over the future of the Islands, not what others want, particularly not an Argentine president who's trying desperately to cling to power and is using this as a smoke screen to disguise how badly things are going for her at home.