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Pride of Britain: Falkland Islanders stage 4x4 convoy to tell Sean Penn where to stick his views
UK Daily Mail ^
| February 17, 2012
| Lee Moran
Posted on 02/17/2012 2:10:17 PM PST by C19fan
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Her Majesty's subjects in the Falklands are more pro-British than the British living in the UK.
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posted on
02/17/2012 2:10:22 PM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
First stop, Venezuela to hug Chavez and then to Argentina to embrace Mrs. Marxist. Next stop... Moscow, to dig up Stalin for a french kiss.
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posted on
02/17/2012 2:16:40 PM PST
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
To: C19fan
That’s for sure... everyone I met there (was there 2 years ago) was very much in the “we’re British” camp.
They are one step ahead of things though, since they still have all their land mines in the fields from the last war.
To: C19fan
I understand the people of the Falkland Islands being pro-UK but what I don’t understand is, these islands are off the coast of Argentina. It took British warships three weeks to sail there during the Falklands war. It looks like they should belong to Argentina. What if the Channel Islands off the coast of California were claimed by Australia? Just saying, just wondering.
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posted on
02/17/2012 2:29:20 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
("No Matter How The People Vote There Will Always Be A Federal Judge To Over Turn It")
To: SkyDancer
Bermuda is about 800 miles from the NC Coast and the Falklands is 400 miles from Argentina. There are two islands Saint Pierre and Miquelon which are part of France that are about 10 miles from Newfoundland but Canada does not go around demanding them from France.
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posted on
02/17/2012 2:36:42 PM PST
by
C19fan
To: SkyDancer
British people have lived there for more than 100 years. It’s as much British territory as London. And the people that live there want to stay British citizens. So the government of Britain will defend them. More power to them. Self determination is important.
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posted on
02/17/2012 2:38:36 PM PST
by
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posted on
02/17/2012 2:39:10 PM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
To: SkyDancer
What if the Channel Islands off the coast of California were claimed by Australia? Just saying, just wondering. You mean sort of like Cuba?
The Falklands were first populated by the British. Argentina was first populated by the Spanish. The PEOPLE who live in the Falklands want to keep things the way they are. (And I'm not talking about just 53%!)
ML/NJ
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posted on
02/17/2012 2:39:16 PM PST
by
ml/nj
To: SkyDancer
Well, the islands of St Pierre et Miquelon off the Eastern seaboard of Canada belong to France. They are FRENCH no matter who invades and says otherwise.
Just like the Falklands are BRITISH no matter who invades and says otherwise.
Just like the United States is MEXICAN no matter who - oh wait. Never mind.
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posted on
02/17/2012 2:40:23 PM PST
by
golux
To: SkyDancer
Is that how they figure out issues of national sovereignty where you come from?
Maybe the Russians or Canada should own Alaska then - after all it would take us WEEKS to get there by ship - while the Russians or Canadians are RIGHT THERE!
The Falkland islands never were Argentinian. The people there have no ties to Argentina. There is not a displaced population from the Falklands living in Argentina longing for return.
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posted on
02/17/2012 2:41:23 PM PST
by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
To: golux
Well, the islands of St Pierre et Miquelon off the Eastern seaboard of Canada belong to France.I believe during WWII, that was the site of the first victory of the Free French, over the Vichy Government.
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posted on
02/17/2012 2:41:55 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
To: SkyDancer
Alaska is closer to Canada and Russia than it is to the US mainland. I guess that means it should belong to one of them.
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posted on
02/17/2012 2:44:34 PM PST
by
Drill Thrawl
(The damage is too extensive. Burn it down and start over.)
To: dfwgator
The funny thing is DeGaulle did that without the approval of Washington and London and FDR got really pissed off.
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posted on
02/17/2012 2:44:40 PM PST
by
C19fan
To: SkyDancer
I understand the people of the Falkland Islands being pro-UK but what I dont understand is, these islands are off the coast of Argentina. It took British warships three weeks to sail there during the Falklands war. It looks like they should belong to Argentina. What if the Channel Islands off the coast of California were claimed by Australia? Just saying, just wondering.
The Falkland Islands are hundreds of miles of Argentina. They were never settled by Spaniards or Argentinians. The unpopulated Islands were settled by French and British. The British won full ownership. The locals are British and have made their desires clear. Your support for communist imperialism under the guise of third worldist anti-Imperialism is unbecoming.
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posted on
02/17/2012 2:46:00 PM PST
by
rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
To: allmendream
“Maybe the Russians or Canada should own Alaska then - after all it would take us WEEKS to get there by ship - while the Russians or Canadians are RIGHT THERE!”
Um.... we BOUGHT Alaska from Russia in 1867.
Also, you can get from Seattle to Alaska and back, by ship, with several nice stops along the way, in one week.
Wonderful cruise!
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posted on
02/17/2012 2:46:47 PM PST
by
BwanaNdege
(Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
To: allmendream
Sorry, on re-reading your post, I detect a faint note of sarcasm.
My fault for missing it the first time.
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posted on
02/17/2012 2:48:15 PM PST
by
BwanaNdege
(Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
To: BwanaNdege
Yeah. We experienced sarchasm.
That is the gap of understanding between the person being sarcastic and the person who thinks they are serious.
Sarchasm. ;)
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posted on
02/17/2012 2:49:44 PM PST
by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
To: C19fan
It would seem the Argentinians should concentrate on more important things than these rocks in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. If a referendum were held on who the local residents would give their allegiance to, Britain would win hands down. Has somebody discovered oil or gold there in the last 30 years?
To: allmendream
Wish I knew how to post pictures here. I’ve got a photo of me standing in front of a sign on the highway out to Buenos Aires International Airport. It says: “Las Malvinas son Argentinas.”
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posted on
02/17/2012 2:55:25 PM PST
by
Ax
To: golux
If the Mexicans wanted to buy back California I wouldn’t object.
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