Britain Threatens Argentina with WAR over Falkan Islands

[presence]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...ina-to-keep-the-falkland-islands-8439971.html

David Cameron has warned that he is ready to fight another war with Argentina to prevent that country seizing the Falkland Islands.


He told BBC 1's Andrew Marr Show: "I get regular reports on this entire issue because I want to know that our defences are strong, our resolve is extremely strong."


Asked if Britain would fight to keep the islands, he replied: "Of course we would and we have strong defences in place on the Falkland islands, that is absolutely key, that we have fast jets stationed there, we have troops stationed on the Falklands."


He added that the UK’s defence budget is still one of the five largest in the world, despite recent cuts.


The war of words over the islands known to the Argentines as Los Malvinas has heated up since the re-election of the combative Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner as Argentina’s President.


Last week, she published an open letter to David Cameron alleging that Argentine was “forcibly stripped” of the islands by the Royal Navy.

 

[Confederate]

The war of words over the islands known to the Argentines as Los Malvinas has heated up since the re-election of the combative Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner as Argentina’s President.

It's Las Malvinas, not Los Malvinas. Bad journalism.

 

[Bastiat's The Law]

What makes the Falkland Islands so valuable?

 

[green73]

It's Las Malvinas, not Los Malvinas. Bad journalism.

The Independent is a shit paper.

 

[Cowlesy]

It's Las Malvinas, not Los Malvinas. Bad journalism.

And it's not Las Malvinas, it's The Falkland Islands.

Argentina should really think this through or Great Britain will have to whoop them again.

 

[sailingaway]

And it's not Las Malvinas, it's The Falkland Islands.

Argentina should really think this through or Great Britain will have to whoop them again.

this. What makes it such a big deal is that the people who live there are British and want to remain so.

 

[presence]

this. What makes it such a big deal is that the people who live there are British and want to remain so.

Illegal Israeli Settlements in the West Bank

 

[Cowlesy]

this. What makes it such a big deal is that the people who live there are British and want to remain so.

Yes. It'd be like Canada saying "Well, Alaska borders us, so, yeah we're taking it."

 

[presence]

Yes. It'd be like Canada saying "Well, Alaska borders us, so, yeah we're taking it."

Luis Vernet

 

[Confederate]

And it's not Las Malvinas, it's The Falkland Islands.

It's Islas Malvinas in Spanish, regardless of whether one believes the belong to the UK or to Argentina.

 

[phill4paul]

And it's not Las Malvinas, it's The Falkland Islands.

Argentina should really think this through or Great Britain will have to whoop them again.

Just Great Britain?

 

[alucard13mmfmj]

It would be interesting if WW3 started with the Falklands... instead of Iran.

 

[Confederate]

Yes. It'd be like Canada saying "Well, Alaska borders us, so, yeah we're taking it."

Not exactly...

The Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas have been part of France, Spain, Argentina, and Great Britain over time. Alaska has never been a part of Canada or Britain.

 

[PatriotOne]

What makes the Falkland Islands so valuable?

"Forget what they tell you on the news. War is about oil...it's ALWAYS about oil." Quote from my former boss and a retired Rear Admiral in the Navy in 1999.

I wonder if that still holds true in 2013.

 

[Danke]

And it's not Las Malvinas, it's The Falkland Islands.

Argentina should really think this through or Great Britain will have to whoop them again.

So it was a mistake to fight the British in 1770's?

 

[Demigod]

Yes. It'd be like Canada saying "Well, Alaska borders us, so, yeah we're taking it."

Not the same at all.It would be like Cuba saying we are taking Guantanamo back and you saying ,let the US military stationed there have a vote who they want to belong to.It is a really strange case but both sides have a point.

Anyway the UK threats are worthless without US support they could not invade Malta let alone fight a war.Not that the socialist Argentinians have any bite to their bark either.It would be like watching two 80 year old grandmothers with bad hips and sight fight,SAD.

 

[presence]

"Forget what they tell you on the news. War is about oil...it's ALWAYS about oil." Quote from my former boss and a retired Rear Admiral in the Navy in 1999.

I wonder if that still holds true in 2013.

“Great Britain has transformed Las Malvinas Island into a key military base for the control of the South Atlantic, the inter-oceanic access and projection into the Antarctica securing the exploitation of the natural resources of the South Atlantic that belongs to the Argentinean people,” an Argentinean Ministry of Foreign Affairs communiqué said.
Buenos Aires has no doubt that the militarisation of the zone – a bit disproportionate by all accounts – has nothing to do with the defence of the 2,500 British citizens living in Las Malvinas. But it has everything to do with the control of the vast natural resources in the area.


The British government announced an ambitious plan to drill in the area

Luis Vernet

 

[sailingaway]

Illegal Israeli Settlements in the West Bank

I don't pretend to be an expert on the Falklands, but my understanding is that when they were settled it was not illegal, or no more so than our settling North America, and long settled, and the people there want to remain British.

 

[compromise]

The US is allied with both Britain and Argentina. I guess this is what Jefferson meant by "entangling alliances".

 

[S.Shorland]

Thank goodness for our nuclear submarines.Even though I think only one of them works at a time.The Argies will invade before we finally build our new aircraft carriers.