Christina's Point of View.

Maybe I'm wrong on this Falklands thing.  The Argentine claim dating back to the 1830s should be seriously considered, without the opinions of those living on the islands now, who have been there for as one BBC interviewee put it, "nine generations."

But while we're at it, I think Paraguay should look over the Argentine claim to the Misiones province, which was wrenched from it after the War of the Triple Alliance in the 1870s.  Such a recent annexation must be debated by the UN and revised as the Paraguayans have a right to that land.  No need to discuss this with the residents of Misiones, this is purely a diplomatic matter.

The Argentines should halt their imperialist acts, and withdraw any garrisons from those lands immediately.

In the non-sarcastic side, this is not a "diplomatic" threat as Frau Kirchner claims.  In the 1980s, an aggressive and belligerent Argentine government invaded these islands with military force in order to subjugate them against their will.  The only reason there is a military garrison on the Falklands in the first place is this threat of invasion by Argentina.  So why would the British send in another ship?  Because the last time an Argentine government made rumblings about sovereignty and nationalism they backed it up with violence.

Argentina does not get to play the imperialism card when its the country trying to subjugate a small island of people who do not want to be part of their nation.  The only good explanation for all of this is that Kirchner has so badly messed up domestic policy that she's emulating the generals in trying to distract the populace from how bad things are in Argentina.  And as described in a previous post: they are bad.