The Falkland Islands debate

[drkohler]

Rath said:

Dark_Lord_2008 said:
The Falklands should be able to self govern independently: free from UK/Western Imperialism and free from Nationalistic Argentina

Thing is the Falkland Islanders overwhelming want to remain British. Kind of like the Gibraltans.

Kind of unsurprising since the Falklands have always been a huge money sink to whoever owned them. Selling wool and fishing rights gets them about 50% of the money required to run the thing, the other half is being pumped in by the GB government.

The fishing rights have always been the culprit in this discussion (apart from the proximity to the Antarctica). The Argentinians want the fish for themselves. Now the (rumoured?) oil has of course become the key problem. Without the oil, I guess the British would have been more than inclined to hand over the Falklands, once they would have realised just how much of a money sink these rocks are.