Britain should return Falklands to Argentina

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Pink Floyd's Roger Waters says

Pink Floyd star Roger Waters has reportedly stated that Britain should return the Falkland Islands, saying "Las Malvinas belong to Argentina".
In an interview with Chilean television, Waters, who is on tour in South America, allegedly said he was "as ashamed as I possibly could be of our colonial past ... When we were out raping and plundering and stealing".
The reported comments came as Argentina's industry minister called for all British imports to be banned as tensions escalate between the two countries ahead of the 30^th anniversary of the Falklands conflict.
A journalist for the Chilean TVN state channel claimed Waters had made the comments during an exclusive interview on Tuesday. Amaro Gómez-Pablos tweeted: "Roger Waters was categorical: Las Malvinas belong to Argentina."
In a later press conference in Chile, Waters was more cautious, stating: "Clearly there needs to be a solution to the problem of the varying claims [to the Falklands]—the claims are so convoluted and so old, going back as they do to the 17^th century. It's not a simple situation. My view is that certainly it saved Margaret Thatcher's political career at the time at the cost of a great many Argentine and British lives, which disgusted me then and still does now. I was never a huge fan of Margaret Thatcher."
Pink Floyd's twelfth album, The Final Cut, was heavily influenced by the Falklands conflict, with several critical references to Baroness Thatcher. …

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[Darwin]

Ah yes the noted statesman, philosopher and universally admired political analyst Roger Waters from the renowned Pink Floyd Institute of International Studies. We are truly graced by his sage advice.

[Frosted]

My opinions about what the British Army are used for does not include Iraq and Afghanistan.
The British Army are to defend the British people. The Falklands is British and British people live there. The only recent war that the British Army has been used for correctly in recent times was the Falklands.

Who the hell gives a sh** what Roger Waters thinks anyway.

[Ansel]

Ah yes the noted statesman, philosopher and universally admired political analyst Roger Waters from the renowned Pink Floyd Institute of International Studies. We are truly graced by his sage advice.

This!

[Fazer]

My opinions about what the British Army are used for does not include Iraq and Afghanistan.
The British Army are to defend the British people. The Falklands is British and British people live there. The only recent war that the British Army has been used for correctly in recent times was the Falklands.

Who the hell gives a sh** what Roger Waters thinks anyway.

+1 .... Well Said

[muddyfunkstar]

Jorge Luis Borges was right when he said the Falklands conflict was like two bald men fighting over a comb.

[Snusify]

I doubt very much the residents of the Falkland Island would agree with the bitter and twisted man Roger Waters.

[Crow]