• TheLurker@lemmy.world
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        No they didn’t. You have gone from misrepresentation to straight out lying now.

        The UK twice offered Argentina to take the matter to the International Court of Justice. Twice Argentina refused and instead STARTED A WAR. Then got is arse kicked and have been bitching about it ever since.

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            1 year ago

            It is literally in the Wikipedia article you keep linking all over this post.

            So I guess that proves you didn’t read your own sources. You just cherry picked and misrepresented sections of it.

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            1 year ago

            I’m not sure that this link really helps your case, given these key points from the description:

            The resolution by the British representative, Ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons

            demanded an immediate cessation of hostilities between Argentina and the United Kingdom and a complete withdrawal by Argentine forces

            Resolution 502 was in the United Kingdom’s favour by giving it the option to invoke Article 51 of the United Nations Charter and to claim the right of self-defence

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              I’m not sure that this link really helps your case

              The parts you quoted were about self-defense and stopping the fighting, not about the ownership of the islands.

              I quote it because it also talks about negotiations that should be begun when it comes to the ownership of the islands, in lieu of continuing the fighting.

              I’m already on record about stating that the fighting was wrong, though I don’t know how long anyone would expect a nation to wait for a diplomatic solution.

              This press release from the UN goes into more detail on the basic structure of what I’m arguing about: https://press.un.org/en/2021/gacol3347.doc.htm

              (I really shouldn’t bother with attempting nuanced conversation on the Internet, it never ends well.)

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                  but surely you realize that Argentina shouldn’t expect (or want) to gain sovereignty over the Falklands

                  No, quite the opposite actually. I believe they have more of a claim to the islands than anyone else, via Spain’s ownership of said lands that Argentina inherited when they gained their independence from Spain, as well as the proximity to Argentina, and finally to the fact that Great Britain was speaking with Argentina about turning them over, before the stupid war was started.

                  Now, having said that, IANAL, so don’t know what the law would say about that. Really don’t think we’ll resolve the issue here on Lemmy.

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                    1 year ago

                    I fail to see any tangible benefits of ceding islands inhabited almost exclusively by British and French people to a former Spanish colony, but perhaps you know more than I do.

              • reddit_sux@lemmy.world
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                1 year ago

                Why return or timeshare/coop, why not sovereignty under British support which is happening right now. And which the people staying there demand.

      • Apollo@sh.itjust.works
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        You keep saying this, I’m starting to question your ability to read or understand english.

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          The UN asked Great Britain to give the island back to Argentina, but they refused.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands_sovereignty_dispute

          That’s what you understood after reading the page you linked?

          I should have been more precise in my language, and that say that the UN wanted them to negotiate a peaceful end to the war and ownership, but generally speaking, yes, based on follow up votes/press releases that the UN made on the subject (like this one).