Hi Phoenix,
I'm not criticizing who has the right or who doesn't, but the reason why the UK is all too happy to defend, as you put it, a "self governing" population who make their "own decisions".
My personal interest is null as to who gets sovereignty, or who gets the oil as for me I know for a fact that I will get neither. That isn't the question here.
If you look at some posts in this thread you will notice that there are some people from South America who think there might be another conflict. What do they have to do with the rights to sovereignty or oil? Nothing either, but it's these people (as well as I, as I'm here in Brazil also) that will pay the price, as it always is.
The politicians don't go into battle as did our ancient Kings once did, on the front lines crying out the battle charge leading their men. On the contrary they sit safely in their offices moving the pieces around on a table top, just as a child would playing the game of 'War', only in this case real lives are being lost and not little plastic figures. Why? It isn't to save a people. In this case, it's to have access to oil.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...l-dispute.html
Once again read "oil" when a government uses the words "national interests". As for 'speculation' as to the UKs' actions, the politicians and top brass of the UK are telling us in clear terms why they are there.
Of course the British will fight for sovereignty of the group of islands, otherwise taking the oil would be just plain plundering from a foreign nation. And we wouldn't want that now, would we?
In the conflict in 1982 over 1,000 lives were lost to save a population of 1,800, who incidentally took no part in the war!
The point of the thread is that we, the people, are not really all that important to governments, in fact we are considered a burden, unless of course we are worth $billions, as oil is.
Best regards,
Steve
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Originally Posted by Phoenix
Bottom line is, it will always be the Fakland Islands and the islanders will always be protected by the UK, that will not change. You can speculate the motives as much as you like but this has been the case for nearly 200 years, long before anyone knew what oil was. You seem to forget the the people living there are self governing and make their own decisions, I think they are due a bit more credit than is given.
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