Falkland Islands: Loss echoes across Argentina 40 years on
The war lasted two months and killed nearly 1,000 soldiers - more than 600 of whom were Argentinian.
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Posts from UK Man in thread „The Falklands invasion - 40 years ago.“
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It's not the Spanish who fucked it up, surely? Peron laid the seeds back in the 40s and the country is now reaping that poison harvest.
I like your suggestion that the Brits should have claimed the mainland which is in fact the premise of my book.
Okay....the ruddy foreigners except the Brits spoiled it.
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Honestly, I agree with you, Splinter . It has always seemed strange for one country to own and control islands so close to another country.
Threatening, even.
More offensive historically is when the indigenous people of a country are used and abused by incomers from other countries. At least the Falklands weren't inhabitted when the Brits came along.
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The Brits should have gone further and claimed the mainland as well. The Brits gave them many things which helped make Argentins one of the top five countries in the world. Then the Spanish came along to fuck it up.
Wanting the Falklands to be Argentine is nothing but a joke to be honest.
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This speaks about a people which has reached good sense and maturity, a thing that I see it lacks in my own country.
Great post Carlos.
If the politicians had the maturity that you show then Argentina would be ranked in the first world. Sadly I see very little changing for the good in the foreseeable future.
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They had ceremony here. I only think it right they remember the poor sods who fell in battle. However it ended up all rather 'tacky'.
