Britain, China and the Falkland Islands: Why the US must weigh in

Saturday, February 12th 2022 - 12:15 UTC

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By Dov S. Zakheim (*)This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War. Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory, on April 2, 1982. Read full article

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Trimonde
“Why should the U.S. weigh in?”
Oh brother ! There you have it ! The truth ! Tag-team bullies ripping off, raping opportunities of crisis, and lying defamatorily about the defenseless around the world, so as to convince others they're just doing the right thing.
I don't even know where to start with this one! There are just so many juicy angles on that statement as it relates to Britain's dispute with Argentina that there's no way a terrible writer such as myself can do it justice.
Maybe because the US either doesn't really want the world to start digging into uncovering the details of what happened between 1831 and 1833 . How Britain cowardly took advantage of the brutally ransacked Argentinian settlement after the attack . Maybe The US doesn't really want Latin America reminded again what the Monroe Doctrine was really about, and what its lie was seeking to establish in reality. Maybe because Britain doesn't really give a flying sh... about Latin America as it is steeped in xenophobic social racism, so it doesn't care for the continent having more reasons to distance itself from them, while it continues getting closer to Russia China and soon Iran and others.
Feb 12th, 2022 - 07:07 pm - Link - Report abuse -5
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Roger Lorton
Our history goes back further than 1833. Try 1592.

https://falklandstimeline.wordpress.com/
Feb 12th, 2022 - 10:20 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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imoyaro
Peronists should always be opposed.
Feb 13th, 2022 - 02:17 am - Link - Report abuse +2
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Terence Hill
“Maybe because the US either doesn't really want the world …”

'As late as 1886 the Secretary of State found it necessary to inform the Argentine Government that as “the resumption of actual occupation of the Falkland Islands by Great Britain in 1833 took place under a claim of title which had been previously asserted and maintained by that Government, it is not seen that the Monroe Doctrine, which has been invoked on the part of the Argentine Republic, has any application to the case. By the terms in which that principle of international conduct was announced, it was expressly excluded from retroactive operation.”
P.60 Sovereignty and the Falkland Islands Crisis D.W. Greig
Feb 13th, 2022 - 10:08 am - Link - Report abuse +2
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bushpilot
Patrick,

Why don't you tell us all the truth about, “the details of what happened between 1831 and 1833.”

Tell us all about it. I bet you won't.

Also, please tell us more on, “How Britain cowardly took advantage of the brutally ransacked Argentinian settlement after the attack”.

I'd be interested in more details about that, since you brought it up.
Feb 13th, 2022 - 10:45 am - Link - Report abuse +2
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Steve Potts
Trimonde

Your words - Maybe because the US either doesn't really want the world to start digging into uncovering the details of what happened between 1831 and 1833 . How Britain cowardly took advantage of the brutally ransacked Argentinian settlement after the attack .

Conquest of the Desert

According to Carlos Martínez Sarasola, an Argentine anthropologist, up to half of the indigenous people living in Patagonia were killed during the conquest.

And reference the Monroe Doctrine:

In 1886 the Argentine government asked the United States to apply the ‘Monroe Doctrine’ to Britain’s presence on the Falklands and were told by the US Secretary of State that, ‘the resumption of actual occupation of the Falkland Islands by Great Britain in 1833 took place under a claim of title which had been previously asserted and maintained by that government. It is not seen that the Monroe Doctrine which has been invoked on the part of the Argentine Republic, has any application to the case. By the terms in which the principle of international conduct was announced, it was expressly excluded from retroactive operation.’ ( Report of Foreign Affairs submitted to the National Congress in 1887, Buenos Aires, 1887, p193-201).
Feb 13th, 2022 - 04:54 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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