The Falklands
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Even this typically righteous Guardian article entitled "Argentina's claim on the Falklands is still a good one" shows that Argentina doesn't really have a strong claim to 'las malvinas' at all, if you rad between the lines.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commen…
GO back just a couple of hundred years and the 'rights' of many countries over others would lead to a complete re-drawing of most nation states, so it's a futile platform for discussion.
My father spent two years helping to rebuild the Falklands, and I was brought up in Gibraltar, so I have a personal leaning towards the rights of the inhabitants in these two 'colonies' over those of ascendent powermongers (Argentina & Spain), so I'm disappointed by Crouwel's somewhat ignorant, idealistic opinion.
I'm also disappointed by Jevad's American-tinged flag-waving jingoism, but there you go.