Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "Argentina's Aerial Onslaught - Falklands War Documentary" video.

  1. Presumably you don't believe in the right of self-determination, then?
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  2. Really? What exactly did Argentina achieve? Last time I looked, Port Stanley was still called Port Stanley.
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  3. Well worth what? Perhaps you are unaware that the islands are called the Falklands, and not las Malvinas.
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  4. Can you imagine today's BBC transported in time to June, 1944? Special broadcasts to all and sundry about which allied troops were involved in D-Day, the fact that it was to be in Normandy, and that Fortitude was a bluff? After all, the BBC has to be impartial, doesn't it?
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  5. Sorry, I wasn't really paying attention. Did someone mention the General Belgrano?
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  6.  @tuff9486  Does the same apply to the 'implanted' populations of South & North America, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, as well?
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  7.  @guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248  'That tiny little island is all that is left of the empire.' The tiny little island is occupied by a population who wished, and wish, to remain a Self Governing British Overseas Territory. Who are you to claim that the right to self-determination does not apply to them?
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  8.  @guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248  Which has, of course, absolutely nothing to do with whether the decision to rescue the population of the Falkands from Argentina was justified. The population of the Falklands are not, by the way, hermits.
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  9.  @guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248  'Those 2800 UK citizens on the Falkland islands could easily find a place as miserable as the Falklands within the boundaries of the UK proper.' But why should they? The Falklands has been their home for several generations. 'Would you argue that might is right?'
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  10.  @guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248  Please point to the post of mine which made such an allegation?
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  11.  @guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248  'Why else would they need "rescue"' In other words, you cannot point to any post of mine where I made such a suggestion.
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  12.  @guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248  I have better, or at least more interesting, things to do than to educate you, so I will ask you to tell me when Britain actually used 'might' on the Falklands, prior to 1982, of course.
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  13.  @guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248  Seized from whom, exactly? Spain's garrison evacuated the island in 1811. A small settlement was established by a German born merchant, Vernet, in 1826 to exploit fishing and feral cattle on the islands, until a dispute over these fishing rights led to the arrival of USS Lexington, whose commander Silas Duncan declared the dissolution of the island's government. An Argentinian garrison which had landed in 1832 mutinied, and a British force landed in 1833, but left after rerstoring order, leaving no formal administration.The German merchant's deputy, a Scotsman, Matthew Brisbane, landed during the same year in an attempt to re-establish Vernet's business, but he was murdered by a group of gauchos led by one Rivero. Survivors of Brisbane's people hid in a carve to avoid the same fate, until a British force returned, once again to restore order. This time the British stayed, and in 1840 the Islands became a Crown Colony, with a group of Scottish settlers landing at around the same time to establish the first settlement. So, seized from whom? A murderer who had killed a business rival over a grudge? Sorry, but no more. Educating people with false agendas has never really appealed to me.
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  14.  @VOGS597  I don't recall the Task Force faltering much. Moreover, perhaps NATO supported (morally, if not militarily) Britain because it was abundantly clear that Argentina's aggression was morally wrong.
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  15.  @shelbyvillemusica  Not where the Americans of my acquaintance are concerned. Perhaps they believe in the right to self-determination?
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  16.  @shelbyvillemusica  You could equally argue that the people living in South America now are far away from Spain or Portugal. The fact is that the inhabitants of the Falklands are of British origin, and have overwhelmingly expressed their desire to remain connected to Britain in recent referenda.
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  17.  @tuff9486  The Islands are not a colony. They are a Self Governing Overseas Territory. Under the Constitution, the islands have full internal self-government; the UK is responsible for foreign affairs, retaining the power "to protect UK interests and to ensure the overall good governance of the territory". The responsibility for defence rests with the UK. Just as well really, as in 1982 the islands were invaded by a nation whose regime was happily dealing with political opponents by throwing them out of aircraft. Before posting comments, have you ever considered actually checking your facts, or did the idea simply not occur to you?
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