Britain Used Spy Team to Shape Latin American Public Opinion on Falklands

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18. That's better.

Was that so hard?

Now to answer your question, I never argued that they should be reincorporated into Argentina necessarily - only that some future U.K. administration will want to shed themselves of the burden. And they will want to do so for exactly the reasons you outlined above. Good call there.

The Labour Party's Ed Milliband - who may become Britain next Prime Minister in 5 weeks - and his brother David (who may be the next Foreign Minister) have both already hinted none-too-subtly that this is what they would like to see happen within the next few years.

In any case, the whole thing is a sideshow - again, for the very reasons you yourself pointed out - and a real tempest in a tea pot whenever it comes up in the discussion boards. And that's a shame because Britain and Argentina share a lot of history together, most of it very positive.