• @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    English
    2010 months ago

    The thing is, Argentina has never had the Falkland Islands. The British discovered them first.

        • Cosmic Cleric
          link
          English
          -8
          edit-2
          10 months ago

          longer than Argentina has existed?

          Argentina used to belong to Spain, then won their sovereignty. They claim they inherited the islands from Spain when they became a nation.

          • @[email protected]
            link
            fedilink
            English
            1110 months ago

            Cool, so Britain has held the islands longer than Argentina, and the argentinian claim on the falklands is as strong as their claim on Madrid.

          • @njm1314
            link
            English
            210 months ago

            Lots of places used to belong to Spain. That doesn’t mean Argentina gets them all. Their logic is flawed and specious.

            • Cosmic Cleric
              link
              English
              -210 months ago

              Lots of places used to belong to Spain. That doesn’t mean Argentina gets them all. Their logic is flawed and specious.

              The US used to belong to England too, doesn’t mean that England can ask for it back. I mean, technically, the US was literally stolen by former British citizens from England by force, legally. At least Canada did their country birth and land title/ownership thing the legal way (AFAIK). That’s one hell of a rabbit hole you could go down.

              • @njm1314
                link
                English
                210 months ago

                No that’s another completely different rabbit hole. That’s not the same argument or logic at all. Spain isn’t asking for Argentina back. That’s the only comparable situation to what you’re suggesting.

                The comparable logic to what you’re saying would be for America to say that because they won their independence from the British they should now also own Bermuda. That’s the logic you’re using in Argentina claiming the Falklands. Argentina has no claim to the Falklands at all. Neither based on past ownership nor based on citizenship. It’s simply another unrelated territory. Argentina might as well claim they should get Chile by the same logic.

                • Cosmic Cleric
                  link
                  English
                  -110 months ago

                  That’s not the same argument or logic at all. Spain isn’t asking for Argentina back.

                  That analogy wasn’t about the asking, but about the claim of title and ownership. The asking in and of itself is not the relevant part of the point being made.

                  • @njm1314
                    link
                    English
                    110 months ago

                    You’re the one who brought up asking for stuff not me.