Awoo [she/her] to news • edit-22 years agoChina backs Argentina’s Falklands claim, calls for end to ‘colonial thinking’external-linkmessage-square286 fedilinkarrow-up1153file-text
arrow-up1153external-linkChina backs Argentina’s Falklands claim, calls for end to ‘colonial thinking’Awoo [she/her] to news • edit-22 years agomessage-square286 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWoofWoof91 [comrade/them]hexbear13·2 years agocounter-counterpoint, the invaders were overt fascists link
minus-squareblobjim [he/him]hexbear11·2 years agoWell the fascists are gone but the British remain. Time to get that territory under Argentinian control. link
minus-squareWoofWoof91 [comrade/them]hexbear12·2 years agopursuing an imperial spanish claim to own the inhabitants of a pointless little island chain link
minus-squareblobjim [he/him]hexbear11·2 years agoDon't pretend that Argentina is still the Spanish Empire. They're an actual local government. And it's not a "pointless" island chain. Britain is literally drilling for oil and gas there right now. Totally innocent definitely-not-imperialism: https://rockhopperexploration.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Rockhopper-Annual-Report-2022-WEB-FINAL.pdf They're just islanders guys, pay no attention to the British navy ships and oil drilling! link
minus-squareWoofWoof91 [comrade/them]hexbear10·2 years agoi'm not lmao the argentinian claim is inherited from the spanish colonial government link
Counterpoint: the inhabitants were British.
counter-counterpoint, the invaders were overt fascists
Well the fascists are gone but the British remain. Time to get that territory under Argentinian control.
pursuing an imperial spanish claim to own the inhabitants of a pointless little island chain
Don't pretend that Argentina is still the Spanish Empire. They're an actual local government. And it's not a "pointless" island chain. Britain is literally drilling for oil and gas there right now.
Totally innocent definitely-not-imperialism: https://rockhopperexploration.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Rockhopper-Annual-Report-2022-WEB-FINAL.pdf
They're just islanders guys, pay no attention to the British navy ships and oil drilling!
i'm not lmao
the argentinian claim is inherited from the spanish colonial government