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Helegoland and the Falklands -19 th Century Imperialism and Modern-Day Rights The right to self-determination is currently recognized as a component of customary international law, applicable to all non-self-governing territories and this principle underpins the difference in l...

Trump’s acting like a 19th century politician.
Giving, selling or trading a territory was acceptable in the 19th century just like Britain traded Heligoland away to Germany in 1890. BUT - 19th Century Imperialism and Modern-Day Rights: www.academia.edu/145201868/He...

15.03.2026 16:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Helegoland and the Falklands -19 th Century Imperialism and Modern-Day Rights The right to self-determination is currently recognized as a component of customary international law, applicable to all non-self-governing territories and this principle underpins the difference in l...

Trump’s acting like a 19th century politician.
Giving, selling or trading a territory was acceptable in the 19th century just like Britain traded Heligoland away to Germany in 1890. BUT - 19th Century Imperialism and Modern-Day Rights: www.academia.edu/145201868/He...

15.03.2026 16:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Falklands -Operation Journeyman 1977 and Illegal Occupation of Southern Thule The British response to Argentina’s increasingly aggressive encroachment on British territory in the South Atlantic brought about operation ‘’Journeyman.’’ Although the ships deployed were vulnerable,...

Was war averted in '77? Falklands - Operation Journeyman 1977 and Illegal Occupation of Southern Thule: www.academia.edu/145004122/Fa...

15.03.2026 16:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Didn't the US sign the UN Charter in 1945 that forbade such things?

15.03.2026 16:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

First world?

15.03.2026 16:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Shameful state of affairs - defence cuts made by Tory and Labour governments are to blame.

15.03.2026 16:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

UN declared in 1945 that it is illegal to attack/invade neighbours unless in self-defence - UN Charter. Argentina tried to justify their actions in 1982 as righting a historical grievance

15.03.2026 16:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Without morals

15.03.2026 16:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Third-world countries still enslaving people.

15.03.2026 16:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

That is true enough

15.03.2026 11:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Falklands -Two Acts of Force (1833 & 1982) One Illegal In New York, at the United Nations, the Security Council, Costa Mendez the Argentine Foreign Minister argued that Argentina had done nothing more than recover national territory which had been seized ...

The UN Charter is clear in respect of attacks on sovereign territory as Argentina found out
Two Acts of Force (1833 & 1982) One Illegal (1 pg): www.academia.edu/82967126/Fal...

15.03.2026 11:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Falklands -Two Acts of Force (1833 & 1982) One Illegal In New York, at the United Nations, the Security Council, Costa Mendez the Argentine Foreign Minister argued that Argentina had done nothing more than recover national territory which had been seized ...

The UN Charter is clear in respect of attacks on sovereign territory as Argentina found out
Two Acts of Force (1833 & 1982) One Illegal (1 pg): www.academia.edu/82967126/Fal...

15.03.2026 11:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Falklands -Two Acts of Force (1833 & 1982) One Illegal In New York, at the United Nations, the Security Council, Costa Mendez the Argentine Foreign Minister argued that Argentina had done nothing more than recover national territory which had been seized ...

The UN Charter is clear in respect of attacks on sovereign territory as Argentina found out
Two Acts of Force (1833 & 1982) One Illegal (1 pg): www.academia.edu/82967126/Fal...

15.03.2026 11:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Falklands -Two Acts of Force (1833 & 1982) One Illegal In New York, at the United Nations, the Security Council, Costa Mendez the Argentine Foreign Minister argued that Argentina had done nothing more than recover national territory which had been seized ...

The UN Charter is clear in respect of attacks on sovereign territory as Argentina found out
Two Acts of Force (1833 & 1982) One Illegal (1 pg): www.academia.edu/82967126/Fal...

15.03.2026 11:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I agree. Well said

15.03.2026 11:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Long time ago

15.03.2026 11:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Falklands -Two Acts of Force (1833 & 1982) One Illegal In New York, at the United Nations, the Security Council, Costa Mendez the Argentine Foreign Minister argued that Argentina had done nothing more than recover national territory which had been seized ...

The UN Charter is clear in respect of attacks on sovereign territory as Argentina found out
Falklands - Two Acts of Force (1833 & 1982) One Illegal (1 pg): www.academia.edu/82967126/Fal...

15.03.2026 11:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Falklands -Two Acts of Force (1833 & 1982) One Illegal In New York, at the United Nations, the Security Council, Costa Mendez the Argentine Foreign Minister argued that Argentina had done nothing more than recover national territory which had been seized ...

The UN Charter is clear in respect of attacks on sovereign territory as Argentina found out
Falklands - Two Acts of Force (1833 & 1982) One Illegal (1 pg): www.academia.edu/82967126/Fal...

15.03.2026 11:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Falklands -Two Acts of Force (1833 & 1982) One Illegal In New York, at the United Nations, the Security Council, Costa Mendez the Argentine Foreign Minister argued that Argentina had done nothing more than recover national territory which had been seized ...

The UN Charter is clear in respect of attacks on sovereign territory as Argentina found out
Falklands - Two Acts of Force (1833 & 1982) One Illegal (1 pg): www.academia.edu/82967126/Fal...

15.03.2026 11:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Las Islas Malvinas -nunca fueron propiedad de Argentina Para ser leído en conjunto con 'Falklands – reclamaciones de lo que la Corte Internacional de justicia podría decir sobre Argentina'

Argentina ha poseído nunca legalmente las Islas Malvinas.
Las Islas Malvinas - nunca fueron propiedad de Argentina (1 pg):
www.academia.edu/31237433/Isl...

15.03.2026 11:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Falklands War, Its Aftermath, and Argentina’s Failure to Accept Reality Argentina continues to celebrate April 2nd every year and parades its ex-combatants around as "heroes", failing to acknowledge that the war was an illegal act that caused the deaths of 649 A...

Time for Argentina to turn the page and move on? Falklands War, Its Aftermath, And Argentina’s Failure to Accept Reality:
www.academia.edu/77654465/Fal...

15.03.2026 11:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

During the Falklands Conflict, RFA Argus was originally known as the MV Contender Bezant before being requisitioned for service.
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15.03.2026 11:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Falklands -Operation Journeyman 1977 and Illegal Occupation of Southern Thule The British response to Argentina’s increasingly aggressive encroachment on British territory in the South Atlantic brought about operation ‘’Journeyman.’’ Although the ships deployed were vulnerable,...

Was an invasion of Falklands prevented in '77? Falklands - Operation Journeyman 1977 and Illegal Occupation of Southern Thule: www.academia.edu/145004122/Fa...

15.03.2026 11:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Falklands – Never Belonged to Argentina To be read in conjunction with 'Falklands - What the ICJ Might Say About Argentina's Claims'

The Falkland Islands are named after Viscount Falkland, a title in the Peerage of Scotland. Funny thing is, the Falklands have never belonged to Argentina. Here’s why…
Falklands- Never Belonged to Argentina (1 pg):
www.academia.edu/31111843/Fal...

15.03.2026 11:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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In 1982 Argentina Made plans to 'Disappear Americans and British' AS OF THE EARLY EVENING OF 11 APRIL 1982, THE 601ST INTELLIGENCE BATTALION 3.., THE OPERATIONAL ARM OF THE ARGENTINE ARMY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE ISIE), WAS MAKING CONTINGENCY PLANS TO "DISAPPEAR&qu...

In 1982 Argentina Made Plans to ‘Disappear’ Americans and British as this formerly secret CIA memo reveals www.academia.edu/143797153/In...

15.03.2026 11:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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In 1982 Argentina Made plans to 'Disappear Americans and British' AS OF THE EARLY EVENING OF 11 APRIL 1982, THE 601ST INTELLIGENCE BATTALION 3.., THE OPERATIONAL ARM OF THE ARGENTINE ARMY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE ISIE), WAS MAKING CONTINGENCY PLANS TO "DISAPPEAR&qu...

In 1982 Argentina Made Plans to ‘Disappear’ Americans and British as this formerly secret CIA memo reveals www.academia.edu/143797153/In...

15.03.2026 11:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I disagree.

15.03.2026 10:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

They were 'traded for profit' by other tribes

15.03.2026 10:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I think they wouldn't want to waste the ordnance on such a target

15.03.2026 10:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

If you say so

15.03.2026 10:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0