Using your logic, it's clear that Canada and Mexico belong to the United States - Canada in particular.

I'm talking about the fact that the place is a drain on British resources. At the moment it relies upon fishing and tourism ( [link to en.wikipedia.org] Even the previous lucrative wool growing industry has been phased down to a minuscule level from what it was previously. Great to see the United Kingdom has a secure and stable supply of fish fingers, but it seriously must cost more to administer and operate the Falklands than any income returned from it. If the Brits aren't going to exploit the offshore oil wealth then what good is the place? It's bad business.

There is no loss of national prestige to the Poms if they sell the islands to the Argentines for a phenomenal fee taking into account all of the potential future income from hydrocarbon exploitation. Argentina would nearly go bankrupt buying the place but if they made oil extraction their first priority then they'd make it all back within a decade.

Falkland Islanders should be given dual UK/Argentine citizenship as part of the agreement and no soldiers need to die over a barren fucking rock in the middle of nowhere.

The place has zero strategic importance to the UK aside from potential threats to other underdeveloped UK possessions in the vicinity such as New Georgia by Argentina. Flog the place off to the Argies and there are zero strategic concerns.

Unless of course our Spanish amigo is correct and it's all just an excuse for the Poms to go to war - any war - by themselves without having to hold onto the shirttails of the US or NATO. The Poms have always loved a bit of Imperialist biffo, but times have changed. No more Imperialist adventures on the high seas, now it's all about resources. If the UK has no interest in exploiting the natural resources in the Malvinas then they are horribly out of touch and living in the past. If shooting up tanned latino folks at extreme southern latitudes is what it takes for the UK to retain some prestige, then who am I to judge?