British Prime Minister Tony Blair admitted last week that Britain's involvement in Argentina’s 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands took “a lot of political courage” but was "the right thing to do.” Blair’s comments come in contrast to British public opinion against current military operations in Iraq. Blair remarked that:
"I have got no doubt it was the right thing to do ... for reasons not simply to do with British sovereignty but also because I think there was a principle at stake, which is that ... a land shouldn't be annexed in that way and people shouldn't be put under a different rule in that way."
Over the past year Argentina’s government has become more vocal in its claims to the Falklands which are located 300 miles off the argentine coast. In addition, support for Argentina’s claim has grown amongst Latin American countries and regional economic blocs.
Links- Guardian UK, Wikipedia, The Latin Americanist, Monsters & Critics
Image- emilianoromagnolinelmondo.it (The Argentine invasion of the Falkland in 1982)
2 comments:
Blair said...
"But for reasons not simply to do with British sovereignty but also because I think there was a principle at stake which is that, you know, a land shouldn't be annexed in that way and people shouldn't be put under a different rule in that way."
I wonder if in that podcast, Blair tells us what methods of annexation he finds acceptable.
I'm guessing British ways.
As the saying goes "history is written by the victors".
The Brits may have won in the Falklands, but who will author the chapter on Britain's current military ops?
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