From: "Tony Ingenoso" 

Obviously the Brits were draggin their feet longer than the Argentines were
willing to accept, or they caught wind of the oil reserves lurking nearby
and decided any UK "negotiations" were a sham delaying tactic.

"Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
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> "Tony Ingenoso"  wrote in message
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> So what prevented them from remaining British and the islands simply
> becoming Argentine territory?  That's the sort of compromise the diplomats
> could work out over a period.  The Hong Kong handover and quite a few
> colonial handovers were managed without much bloodshead.
>
> This was the way negotiations might have been going. And then Argentina
> invaded. With guns and stuff. Not very polite. I'm surprised you are being
> so hypocritical about this.
>
> Paul
>

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