03-27-2013, 02:41 PM
Have any of you actually been to the Falkland Islands?
I have. I was there in 1982 just as the fighting was coming to an end (Im ex military) The place is a DUMP and there is almost zero self sustaining economy.
Of course they voted to stay British, we pump almost £100M into their economy every year by maintaining the FBA (Falklands Base Area) and supply a steady stream of the only new blood to visit the islands in generations (the military guys who rotate in every 6 months) They would get nothing from Argentina give the state of that economy.
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I have. I was there in 1982 just as the fighting was coming to an end (Im ex military) The place is a DUMP and there is almost zero self sustaining economy.
Of course they voted to stay British, we pump almost £100M into their economy every year by maintaining the FBA (Falklands Base Area) and supply a steady stream of the only new blood to visit the islands in generations (the military guys who rotate in every 6 months) They would get nothing from Argentina give the state of that economy.
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