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Old 4th Apr 2015, 21:17
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Courtney Mil
 
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OK, CAW. History reume once again.

1764 French established Port Louis
1766 British established Port Egmont, France surrendered their claim to Spain
1770s squabbles between France, Britain and Spain about their various claims
1881 Spain quits the Falkland Islands
1886 Argentina claims all of Spain's former territories in the South Atlantic. On what basis?
1829 Argentina grant settlement rights to a German, even though Argentina have no rights to the island and have, thus far never settled them.
1831 USA kick him out and declare the "government" invalid
1832 Argentina continues to try to hold the islands, but is defeted by a mutiny; not an external force.
1833 Britain re-establish control of the islands.

But all of that is irrelevant, CAW. Since then, settlers have made The Falkland Islands their home. Many generations. Ask them who they wish to belong to. Or just invade by force again.

I admire your balls for stating your case in public, but it's a pathetic claim, well past its sell-by date. How about handing South America back to the nations that Spain conquered?
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