Tim Worstall

Must be, Obviously.

Couldn’t be anyone else’s fault now, could it?

Britain forced Argentina to invade the Falkland
Islands, the members of General Leopoldo Galtieri’s family said
yesterday in their first interview since the 1982 conflict.

The
widow and children of Argentina’s former military ruler claimed that
the war was engineered by Britain to avoid negotiations that could have
led to the loss of sovereignty over the islands.

Speaking
to The Daily Telegraph in the Buenos Aires apartment where Galtieri
lived with his wife Lucia until his death in 2003, his son Carlos said:
"I am convinced the English wanted the conflict to happen. They had
realised they were going to have to negotiate (under the aegis of the
United Nations). So what did they do? They made Argentina look like an
aggressor."

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5 responses

  1. Cleanthes Avatar
    Cleanthes

    And they don’t even have the decency to put the forced into quotes. They present it as fact.
    What a complete load of shite.

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  2. Surreptitious Evil Avatar
    Surreptitious Evil

    Yeah, forced to negotiate under the auspices of the dreaded UN. Under UN Charter Chapter 6, maybe. Hmm, how far would that have gone? Oh, it’s managed by the Security Council, on which we have both a permanent seat and a veto …
    Let’s see: under Article 73 the UK refers to Article 1, Section 2 and sees “self-determination”.
    Dear Falkland Islanders, do you want to be ruled by Argentina? Tick Yes or No.
    I suspect that ballot would be almost North Korean in its unanimity.
    Mind you, not to say that the Foreign Office wouldn’t have, in breach of the UN Charter, given the islands away if the Argies had asked nicely enough and they could have found a suitable day to bury the bad news :(.
    S-E

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  3. Alan Peakall Avatar
    Alan Peakall

    In the same sort of the same way as Abraham Lincoln made the Confederacy look like an aggressor? Now what kind of people maintain a grievance against him?

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  4. William Norton Avatar
    William Norton

    You must admit, though, the Foreign Office were very very convincing at making it look as if Argentina were the aggressor.

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  5. Tim Newman Avatar
    Tim Newman

    This will probaly set in motion another round of soul-searching amongst the left in the UK after which it will be revealed that the Belgrano was a pleasure cruiser carrying orphans.

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