Comments by "Joe R M" (@joermnyc) on "How has the Falklands War changed Argentina, 40 years on? - BBC News" video.

  1. The people of the island voted, they chose the UK. Unfortunately in their eyes, Argentina was an aggressive invader and they wouldn’t accept them.
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  2.  @falconheavy595  fine, but the vote needs to be independently run by a neutral group (like the UN) and independently verified… the 2014 vote in Crimea was run by Russia and verified by Russia… so it could have easily been bogus.(Which is why no other nations recognize Crimea as anything other than Ukrainian).
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  3. Some claim it goes back to when Argentina was a Spanish colony and somehow when they gained independence that claim transferred… but the British claimed the islands before Spain did and the British had people living there, the Spanish and Argentines did not.
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  4. I’d say a 99% vote by the Falklanders to maintain the status quo with the UK is a big sign that Argentina is not getting the islands back anytime soon.
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