s+g - that may be, but when I refer to self-determination, I refer to the islanders seeking citizenship of a country that WANTS their citizenship. It's a bilateral thing. I'm sure there are many cases of the UK cutting adrift countries that it was no longer able to support. The UK still wants the Falklands, and the Falklands still want the UK - case closed.
I like Besty's reasoning, repeated by Azazel above. Regardless of the rights or wrongs of issues such as these, eventually idealism must give way to pragmatism. I personally believe Argentina has no claim to the Falklands, because it was barely a country itself when these "skirmishes" took place. Even if there is some tenuous claim because of where a flag was or wasn't planted, or where a plaque was or wasn't erected, the fact is the Islands are British, period. It's best to get used to the idea rather than continue to throw tantrums at the UN and cause diplomatic tension. If the Islanders wanted to become Argentinian, that would be different. I would be fully supportive of their rights to choose Argentina as their new "parent" nation. However, they overwhelmingly want to remain British, so it's a non-starter.
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