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Originally Posted by Chris
Indeed perhaps. And seeing as there are no aboriginals in the Falklands, we had best just leave the current inhabitants alone. 
Meanwhile on the mainland, once the few remaining ethnic Amerindians have given the European conquistadores their marching orders, the Argentine government might just wake up to the fact that every modern nation state in the Americas owes its existence to violent conquest, revolution and establishment of government against the wishes of the indigenous peoples.
Argentina's borders do not - and have never - matched the borders of the Spanish Viceroyalty which it claims to be the successor state of. As with all the nation states in the Americas, its borders and territories consist of whatever its government was able not only to claim but also to defend with force. The government of Argentina had a go at claiming and defending the Falklands with force in 1982. It didn't get them very far. By the same rules that allow Argentina itself to exist, that really is the end of the matter. |
Regrettably "the end of the matter" as far as territorial ownership is concerned is not for us to speculate.
History and time have taught us that were there is sufficient will and resources for those who are minded to reclaim territories which they assert to be subject to foreign occupational ownership there is the very real likelihood that they will, by one way or another, achieve their aims.