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Originally Posted by harvey
yeah well, it was Argentina's territory until 1833 when it was invaded and occupied by England, do a search for "Comandancia Política y Militar de las islas Malvinas" and learn. Or explain me why did England invade an empty territory 
and it's not like England didn't invade countries throughout its history. I mean... it was the norm for centuries, so don't know wtf are you talking about. But again, don't let reality get in your path, la la land is way funnier |
Let's back up here a little bit.
Seems to me that in 1765 the islands were claimed by the British. Also seems to me that Argentina wasn't even a country at that time; I don't know my South American history that well but it seems to me that in the early 1800s Argentina was owned by Spain? In the 1820s the country that was to become Argentina granted the entire chain of islands to one man, even though there were British settlers on the island.
So I utterly fail to see how Argentina has any claim here what so ever. It was claimed by the British long before Argentina was even a country, and when Argentina did lay claim to it the main island had British settlers on it. Seems to me Argentina is the one who invaded. And all of this is pointless because possession is in fact nine tenths of the law, and the British occupy the island.
Setting the dispute aside, it's comical how the military of governments just went to see in search of new islands and claimed them for their own country.