tangobob
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pericles said:The islands keep being the main issue in many posts here but as stated by many it is the 500 square kilometre exclusion zone that is unfair and the strongest issue
I do believe that Argentina will win this battle and already most of the world opinion is for them if you go on international forums . Christina is getting excellent international coverage over this issue and the joint statements from South American leaders including Chile, Brazil , and Mexico are highly encouraging. This issue unites all Argentinians and will benefit greatly the governing party.
People keep talking about self determination but if you look at the world and its history there are many cases that people have been made to move even though they were the majority and were clearly the rightful owners of the land. Two issues that come to mind was the atrocious war in Kosovo that decimated Serbia and the Cyprus issue that divided Greek and Turkish and seperated an island in half.
I did not see the world talking much about self determination for the original inhabitants who have had much better claims on their land than the Kelpers . Hypocrisy has no limits when you are the one with the military power.
Sorry but I do not quite understand what you are saying here: Are you saying that because Turkey invaded Cyprus and displaced all the Greek Cypriots that lived there, that it is right for Argentina to do the same?
You are wrong, the world does talk a lot about self determination, there as anywhere. The fact that no one is prepared to do squat about it is another issue.
I think, I know you better than to belive that you think that these people should be treated so badly.
Land disoutes are never easily resolved, in the past they were resolved with genocide, and more recently with huge refugee camps. It would make more sense if the world fixed its borders now and we all got on with making our own and everyone else's lives better.