Moz enters the Argentina-Britain Falklands row

[marmar]

from the Guardian UK:



The singer Morrissey has become the latest celebrity to endorse Argentina's claims over the Falkland Islands, telling a crowd in the Argentinian city of Córdoba, "we know the islands belong to you".

Diplomatic tensions between Argentina and the UK have been mounting ahead of the 30th anniversary of the invasion of the islands by Argentina on 2 April 1982. Last month British diplomats accused Argentina of trying to isolate the Falklands by putting pressure on Chile to end flights there. On Monday, two British cruise ships were prevented from docking at an Argentinian port.

Morrissey's comments follow similar endorsements by the US actor Sean Penn and the Pink Floyd bass player Roger Waters. "The Malvinas Islands, everybody knows they belong to Argentina," Morrissey said from the stage of the Orfeo stadium in Córdoba. "So please don't blame the British people, we know the islands belong to you."

The comments brought enthusiastic cheers from the crowd before he launched into the 1984 Smiths track Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want. ...............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/mar/02/falkland-islands-belong-argentina-morrissey

[taterguy]

1. Only gringos call those islands the Falklands

[MichaelMcGuire]

2. Popcorn

[hobbit709]

3. And nobody gives a damn about what the people who live there want.

[gordianot]

4. If there was not oil involved Argentina would care less about the "Malvinas".

The last oil war did not work out so well for Argentina and to some degree the UK. My only hope is that the people who live in the Fauklands/Malvinas get benefit from the potential oil profit.

[Nye Bevan]

5. Still more confirmation that Morrissey is a twat....