Well, yes and no. It’s a problem in the sense that it makes meaningful progress towards resolution impossible. It’s quite helpful in making an objective determination about who is more to blame, though.
From the Roger Waters article:
If the British are engaging in colonialism by retaining sovereignty over the islands, what the hell do the Argentinians think they’re doing by invading them? One would think that such staunch anti-colonialists would be primarily concerned with the islander’s right to self-determination.
Then Las Malvinas is possibly the correct name to use when speaking/writing Spanish. Anything in the English language is a completely different matter, much as though a Brit doesn’t use Deutschland when speaking English and a German doesn’t use United Kingdom (or Great Britain) when speaking German.
So someone, for example Sean Penn, declaring in English that their name is “Las Malvinas” is a prize tit.
Usuahia, capital city of Tierra del Fuego, lives because of tourism. And yet its authorities turned away to fat ships full of people eager to throw their money at them. Also, that city was founded by an english anglican priest!
If it makes you feel any better, the US is reasonably close to electing a head of state who thinks that wanting everyone to go to college makes you a snob.
Yep-Argentina is not understandable…it is like when (dictator and head crook) Juan Peron nationalized the British-owned railroads-immediately the railroads started breaking down (the new owners didn’t understand the concept of “maintainance”).
Argentina loses world trade and tourism because of these islands-which the K will never give up.
The Argentinian President has just been making a speech about the Falklands. The BBC presenter did say that the live translation they had was not very good, but fucking hell… do thinking Argentinians really believe that shite? Embarrassing stuff.
On the other hand, just finished Max Hastings and Simon Jenkins book about the conflict. What a short and brutal war it was. The Royal Navy and the Argentinian Air Force - bloody hell - lots of brave, brave people there.
