That’s quite the can of logical worms you’ve opened.
Shouldn’t Argentina therefore be returned to whatever natives are left given that Europeans simply “waltzed in uninvited and claimed the country?” Same for the US? Should Australia be returned to the aborigines?
“Shouldn’t Argentina therefore be returned to whatever natives are left given that Europeans simply “waltzed in uninvited and claimed the country?” Same for the US? Should Australia be returned to the aborigines?”
Apples to Oranges. Early on just prior to European settlement those continents were mostly uninhabited and sparsely populated, unestablished as nations. Argentina was an established nation at the time and had a natural claim to the nearby islands.
You make a better argument by saying it’s been nearly 200 years, generations of Brits have been settled in the Falklands for centuries under UK rule, what’s established was established a long time ago, lets leave well enough alone, instead of trying to explain away old England’s claim to the islands that was based on imperial aggressive actions, a nation we ourselves had to extract from our territory.