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retroactive war for oil

The Falklands War in 1982 always seemed very suspicious to me. I re-read the Wikipedia page recently, searching for something relating to oil or gold or some precious resource that someone must have found and wanted to seize by force under the guise of a humanitarian mission (sound familiar?).

Well, unsurprisingly, there may be huge reserves of oil around the Falkland Islands! Wonder how long it’ll be before the news comes out that this was already known way back in 1982:

Gordon Brown says UK is prepared in Falkland Islands

The money quote: “We have no doubt about our sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and we’re clear that the Falkland Islands government is entitled to develop a hydrocarbons industry within its waters.”

Clearly, the rights of a country to develop a hydrocarbons industry clearly outweighs the rights of people in dozens of countries in the world living under brutal military regimes (usually put in place and funded by the UK and US).