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Thread #137223 Message #3137867
Posted By: artbrooks
18-Apr-11 - 09:56 PM
Thread Name: BS: Why Britain wants Las Malvinas
Subject: RE: BS: Why Britain wants Las Malvinas
The history of the Falklands is very confused. The British were there long before there was an Argentina - but they left, leaving a message saying that they'd be back. The Spanish did much the same thing. Later, an American pirate claimed the islands in the name of Argentina (actually the United Provinces of the River Plate)...but didn't tell the Argentinians about it. Still later, the same person...who seemed to be French...was named head of a colony there by both the British and Argentinians. Didn't Gilbert and Sullivan write a play about all that?