1982 Falklands (Malvinas) War: a view from across the pond

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Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

there are some interesting double standards going on here: a few months ago there was a huge sensation here in the UK because of the eviction of quite a number of "Irish travellers" (something similar to the Gypsies in the continental Europe) who after 10+ years of squatting in an area called Dale Farm were kicked out by the authorities, regardless of the fact that many settled (and were born) there, in a show of force that was quite surprising, and in the meantime you'll have people defending the forced occupation of an island thousands of miles away.. and yes, Gibraltar is probably even more of a peculiar case.

Yeah, that case was in the news here. I agree to those double standarts. However, as I said before, you can't justify injustice with injustice.

I agree, but as you know there is too much interest in their resources now for it to actually happen.

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