▲ 409 ▼ After beating England, Argentine football players waved a banner which said: "The Malvinas Islands (Falkland) belong to Argentina" (lemmy.zip) submitted 3 weeks ago* by Zaelaa@lemmy.zip to c/pics@lemmy.world 255 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child) A simple rule of thumb in geopolitical disputes is to see who England is supporting, and support the other side. Corollary: a simple rule of thumb when trying to figure out why some historical tragedy occured is to ask what England was doing at that time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deft@lemmy.wtf 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child) Maybe for some things that works but the island is deep in international waters and Argentina never had any cultural ties to the place. It's purely economic. And while I don't really care for the British. There's really nothing Argentina has a right to I think. The claim for Argentina is about as strong as America's claim to Greenland permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 weeks ago I don't want to comment on Argentina's claim since I know nothing about it. But England should never be allowed to own any other piece of land, and definitely not one in another continent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deft@lemmy.wtf 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child) Maybe for some things that works but the island is deep in international waters and Argentina never had any cultural ties to the place. It's purely economic. And while I don't really care for the British. There's really nothing Argentina has a right to I think. The claim for Argentina is about as strong as America's claim to Greenland permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 weeks ago I don't want to comment on Argentina's claim since I know nothing about it. But England should never be allowed to own any other piece of land, and definitely not one in another continent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 weeks ago I don't want to comment on Argentina's claim since I know nothing about it. But England should never be allowed to own any other piece of land, and definitely not one in another continent. permalink fedilink source parent
