Zaelaa@lemmy.zip to pics@lemmy.world · 4 days agoAfter beating England, Argentine football players waved a banner which said: "The Malvinas Islands (Falkland) belong to Argentina"lemmy.zipexternal-linkmessage-square248linkfedilinkarrow-up1425arrow-down124
arrow-up1401arrow-down1external-linkAfter beating England, Argentine football players waved a banner which said: "The Malvinas Islands (Falkland) belong to Argentina"lemmy.zipZaelaa@lemmy.zip to pics@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square248linkfedilink
minus-squarestark@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 days agoSo what should have been the right move then when Argentina invaded the islands? Should Thatcher just have abandoned the people on the Falklands and let them fend for themselves?
minus-squareZMoney@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoNo, those 907 people absolutely had to die so that Britain could keep its frozen rock halfway around the world.
minus-squarestark@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoI doubt the regime that threw dissidents out of helicopters would have just let the British Falklanders live peacefully among the Argentines.
So what should have been the right move then when Argentina invaded the islands? Should Thatcher just have abandoned the people on the Falklands and let them fend for themselves?
No, those 907 people absolutely had to die so that Britain could keep its frozen rock halfway around the world.
I doubt the regime that threw dissidents out of helicopters would have just let the British Falklanders live peacefully among the Argentines.