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England stole Las Malvinas in 1982 from Argentina and nobody gave a damn. Funny how things work when it's "you" and not "them".

• HideousKojima 6y ago
  99% of Falkland Islanders support British rule (and this had 92% turnout of registered voters): https://www.reuters.com/article/us-falklands-referendum/falkland-islanders-vote-overwhelmingly-to-keep-british-rule-idUSBRE92B02T20130312 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-falklands-referendum/falk... Not being tied to the economic basketcase of Argentina is a good thing, it seems. It's kind of like how Spain will occasionally bluster about Gibraltar, despite the overwhelming majority of Gibraltar supporting British rule.
  • jotm 6y ago
    It's just so fascinating how this is accepted as truth, yet Crimea having a pro-Russian majority is touted as absolute bollocks, propaganda, brainwashed people. Pretty much the same situation, completely different reaction from the same people. I believe both of these to be correct (Falklands pro-UK, Crimea pro-Russian), fwiw.
  • dieortin 6y ago
    > It’s kind of like how Spain will occasionally bluster about Gibraltar, despite the overwhelming majority of Gibraltar supporting British rule Well, I guess that’s what happens when you replace the population of Gibraltar by British settlers. They will probably be pretty happy to be under British rule. Are you going to apply this logic to the areas colonized by Israel too?