little bit funny that the falklands is genuinely one of only geopolitical situations where the uk is on the morally correct side (to the point where it feels like a made up hypothetical scenario) and yet argentina have made opposing it a key part of their national identity lol
Most England fans would trade the Falklands in exchange for beating Argentina in 1986, 1998 and 2026.
We don't live in that reality, so they have to pretend to be satisfied with holding an island of sheep, in the middle of nowhere, because it reminds them of their imperial days.
Nobody talks about how the British government partnered with an Israeli company (Navitas Petroleum) in a project called Sea Lion to exploit Argentina's sea resources, yet you claim that the islands belong to them.
Las Malvinas son y serán argentinas.
🚨🇫🇰 PICTURED: Argentina’s players hold up a sign saying “Las Malvinas” are Argentine
This is factually inaccurate, as the Malvinas, officially named the Falkland Islands, are British
colonial mentality so ingrained that they think they have a right to take terrotory in the other side of the world just because😭 and that the population they implanted somehow earned the right to decide over a stolen land lol
“what about the indigenous people!” the island was uninhabited “britain shouldn’t control territory hundreds of miles away!” they are self-governed “the people should decide!” they did, 99.8% chose to remain british. just sounds made up lol
"The World Cup might not be ours, but the Falklands definitely are"
Downing Street has responded to Argentinian players holding up a provocative banner after last night's World Cup semi-final
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Argentina deserved to win but holding up a banner about the Falklands is bang out of order. Not in the spirit of the World Cup and not meant to being politics in to football. FIFA will do nothing though. Hypocrites
George Orwell worried that a shrinking vocabulary would eventually produce a shrinking range of thought.
It is difficult to think a nuanced thought with a blunt language.
gentle (no) reminder that Enzo Fernandez apologised, educated himself, did COMMUNITY SERVICE while all Europeans walk away from racism untouched and Egypt played with a literal killer in their team.
Something I love about football is the incredibly weak link between visible physique and ability. Kanté (5’6”) and Haaland (6’4”) share a profession. Basketball by contrast selects for height, swimming for wingspan. But football mostly selects for things you can’t see.
England will never prosper because the English are dishonest. Dishonest about their talent and dishonest about their performance. Harry Kane should be getting dragged all tournament, but no. They can't be honest. So they will willingly suffer.
A history lesson about Las Malvinas for all the trolls:
Britain first occupied the islands in 1765 but were kicked out by the Spanish a few years later.
Then in 1833 it took the islands by military force from Argentina which had inherited Spain’s claim after independence a few decades earlier and had established authority on the islands.
Given their geographical proximity to Argentina this was not surprising.
How do you think Britain would feel if a foreign nation 8,000 miles away took the Isle of Wight by military force and established settlers on it?
Britain argues that the settlers it established on Las Malvinas want to stay British. But frankly why should their opinion count when they are living on occupied land?
The honourable thing to do would be to just give the islands back to the Argentinians. But I really can't remember the last time Britain did the honourable thing.
The outrage over Argentinia waving a flag with "Malvinas" scribbled on is laughable
England fans have spent decades singing about shooting German bombers & "No Surrender" now they're offended by nationalist gestures
Hypocrisy is off the scale & they wonder why they're unpopular
England fans: Spend 60 years chanting about German bombers and the IRA
Also England fans: Have a total meltdown because someone wrote ‘Malvinas’ on a bedsheet with a Sharpie
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