The Democratic Comrades Of South America

Argentina and its band of democratic brothers in South America ........

Democracy Worth Fighting For

...... you know, Hugo Chavez's Venezuela, or Cuba, have joined together to demand that the UK surrender the Falklands to the loving embraces of Argentina.

They do so, not because Argentina has any claim worth a lick of salt over islands that were disputed possessions of several European countries before Spain ceded them to Britain in 1770 (Argentina didn't exist until 1816), but because being 'South American' is somehow enough to ignore legality in favour of regional 'brotherhood'.

Ironically in ignoring 'self determination' as any sort of validity they actually declare themselves illegal states, after all they all rebelled against Spain (or Portugal in Brazil's case), in the name of their right to 'govern themselves' and not be a 'colony' of Spain.

So its OK for Spanish speakers to have the right to 'self determination' but not for the English speakers of the Falklands? All hypocrites to a man, and proves how pathetic the Argentine claim is. I might add that, the trouble over the English speaking Gibraltarians right to determine their own status is also the same with a Spanish speaking country doing the same, which sums up their lack of democratic background as well.