the problem is that the Argentine public will believe this twaddle
Cokecan, I think that you are underestimating the Argentine public, if my recent trip and the comments in their newspapers are anything to go by.
Clarin is very pro-government but even their comments section has little in the way of support for this ridiculous declaration in the UN. La Nacion is even less supportive, most of the comments refer to the Falklands situation as a smoke screen to divert attention from inflation and unemployment.
I was in BA last week on business, and, as all of my contacts know that I served two tours down south, it's a subject that comes up every time. Not one person that I met supports military action to recover the islands, a few think that diplomacy is the way forward, but the majority say that it's up to the islanders to decide. The conversation soon moved on to football, a much more dangerous subject.
The situation may be different in the provinces, but the more informed Argentine can see this twaddle for what it really is, a distraction.
TTFN