I don't recall the German government pursuing claims for the lands they considered their lebensraum a few short decades after WWII. I don't recall them holding

I don't recall the German government pursuing claims for the lands they considered their lebensraum a few short decades after WWII. I don't recall them holding rallies and strident speeches calling for their return. I don't recall them enlisting their diplomatic allies to petition for their return and grouping together to ban vehicles bearing the relevant flags from trading or passing through (in addition to all the other things that Argentina does to make the lives of the islanders difficult). Nor do I hear anyone calling for the reestablishment of the British Empire. There seems to be only one group engaged in Gorilla-style patriotism here. This is about the right of a free people not to be bullied by large neighbours: those who would seek, and have sought, to dispossess the islanders of their land and livelihood. It's most certainly freedom at issue here, and there are those of us on this side that think the behavior of your government is shameful in the extreme. We payed a lot more than rent over the matter last time, and will do so again if necessary. Considering how clear cut the issue is, and the hundreds of deaths that were involved, it's telling how trite you are regarding this despicable campaign against the Falklands by your bully government. The British papers wouldn't be writing anything about it at all if the farcical claim over the Falklands wasn't being pushed all the time by the Argentine government in domestic speeches, regionally (Mercosur bans) and in international fora. All this from a region in receipt of foreign aid from the British government: grow up. It's relevant to the discussion because the tinpot government of "Cristina" (first name basis? or just a supporter?) is betraying totalitarian tendencies in other areas too. Democracy is pretty corrupt in the West, but take a good look in the mirror because you aren't even in the upper half http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index Your police can't be trusted with witnesses, politicians are assassinated and short decades after an unprovoked war you are banging the drums again; I don't see why you expect anyone to be friendly or not to get angry about it. You are right though, we are a bit off topic, because the Falklands already belong to the "kelpers" as you put it, and they say they are British.