Posted on 11/21/2023 6:52:39 AM PST by DFG
The right-wing former 'tantric sex coach' who has been elected president of Argentina believes the Falkland Islands belong to his nation and has vowed 'to get them back'.
Javier Milei, who uses a medium to communicate with his dead dog for advice on political matters, pulled off a massive upset by beating Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa in Sunday's polarised presidential runoff.
But during his presidential campaign, Milei insisted that Britain returning the Falkland Islands was 'non-negotiable', adding that the territory, known as the Malvinas in Argentina, is Argentine.
Milei, a right-wing economist known as 'el Loco' - or the Madman - who promised to shake-up Argentina with his win, said he would 'make every effort' to get the Falkland Islands back - but stopped short of saying he would go to war over them.
He insisted it was 'non-negotiable' for Britain to hand the Falklands over to Argentina, comparing it to the UK returning Hong Kong to China.
The Falklands were the subject of a short but brutal war after Argentina invaded in 1982. Britain drove out the invaders after dispatching a naval armada, but the issue has never been considered settled in Buenos Aires.
Argentina believes the Falklands were illegally taken from it in 1833 and invaded the British colony in 1982. The United Kingdom sent troops and Argentina lost the two-month war for the archipelago in a conflict that claimed the lives of 649 Argentines and 255 British soldiers.
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This is going to be so much fun.
There isn’t enough popcorn in the world.
Just a segway into Biden War 4 - the Chinese invasion of Taiwan
They may as well. Britain can’t manage what they have on their own continent…
Never mind about the Falklands get Argentina back ,LOL
The Brits should never have betrayed the people of Hon Kong.
It’s a good time to do it. Last time, the UK still had their Cold War military, now they have next to nothing, and most of their ‘next to nothing’ they already disposed of in Ukraine.
Chuck will hand the islands over, it will be part of his “legacy”
I agree 100%.
None of our business. We need to stay out of it.
In 1982 the British navy had a slow motion invasion.
These days the British navy has devolved to the point that rainbow colored sails will power their navy.
If the prevailing winds don’t blow north to south for a few weeks they will be in trouble.
;-)
For the curious, here’s a comparison of the British military to the Argentinian military (2023 data).
Britain is just a shadow of its former self. But Argentina has even less, and in some cases much less.
maybe he should try to get Argentina out of the shitter first....
So this idiot wants Britain to return the Falklands to Spain?
“The Brits should never have betrayed the people of Hon Kong.”
Visited Hong Kong in 1990 pre-turn over and it was a vibrant energetic “can-do” city. So much fun.
Visited it again 2 months ago for business. What a sad shadow of it’s former self. And the police/military presence was everywhere. Shut down businesses on main streets like I’ve never seen before. CCP really F-ed it up.
Argentina has to play a long historical game.
Woke, “diverse” corrupt-socialist Britain is in the long-historical process of collapsing itself.
Just wait until it does, and the Falklands will fall into Argentina’s lap without a struggle.
Hong Kong Island itself was actually ceded in perpetuity to the UK and the young Queen Victoria.
After the Second Opium War the territory of Kowloon Peninsula was ceded, also in perpetuity, in 1860.
Its only the "New Territories," bordering the present border of Shenzhen and China, which were leased in 1898 for 99 years.
It certainly would have been interesting (although almost impossible logistically in terms of water, roads, infrastructure etc...) if the UK took the position that - OK, we can talk about returning the "New Territories" but the rest belongs to us.
The Monroe died years ago.
The Monroe Doctorine.
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