Argentina's Kirchner raises Falklands with Pope Francis

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner says she has asked for the Pope's intervention in the Falklands dispute between her country and the UK.

Visiting the Vatican, Mrs Kirchner said she had asked the Pope to promote dialogue between the two sides.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21835363

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BBC and AFP have this as breaking news despite the fact The Mail had it last week.

Argentina’s president wastes no time in urging new Pope to intervene in Falklands dispute, calling on him to make ‘major world powers participate in dialogue’

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2293481/Argentina-s-president-wastes-time-urging-new-Pope-intervene-Falklands-dispute-calling-make-major-world-powers-participate-dialogue.html#ixzz2NuPRiNmB

[Renew Deal]

1. Didn't the people of the Falklands vote something like 90% to stay with Britain?

[dipsydoodle]

2. It was the turnout which was 90% or so and the outcome was

1,513 were in favour, while just three votes were against. That's as good as 100% in favour of staying as is.

[Myrina]

3. Sorry for my ignorance, but are we in a time warp?

Didn't this happen about 35 years ago?

[dipsydoodle]

4. It's astounding, time is fleeting , Madness takes its toll....

[Myrina]

5. That's about how I feel today, too ...

[Historic NY]

6. What point of no doesn't she understand......no means no..

its was a staggeringly overwhelming vote by the people. Will another military engagement be necessary?

[COLGATE4]

11. It's what Argentine leaders always do in order

to distract the people from an economic mess. That's what triggered the Falkland Islands war in the 1980's and it's the same dreck now.

[GreenStormCloud]

7. The U.K. will pay attention to the Pope? LOL.

U.K. is mostly secular, nominally Protestant, a few Catholics. They will make a diplomatic response that says, "Fuck off." in very polite terms.

The Falklands people recently voted, as noted above by another poster, and they want to stay with the U.K. If Argentina wants the Falklands, let them buy the islands from the residents. About five billion would be enough to make all the islanders rich. As part of the sale they have to leave the islands, just as when you sell your house you have to move out.

Of course, if the islanders don't want to sell, then Argentina is out of luck.

[cstanleytech]

10. 5 billion? More like 60 billion at a minimum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands

geological surveys had shown there might be up to 60 billion barrels (9.5 billion cubic metres) of oil under the seabed surrounding the islands.

[Igel]

17. "Might be." "Up to."

There's an extreme self-righteous tendency to claim that the upper limit of what's possible isn't just the upper limit of what's possible but what's real.

It happens all over. Oil/gas estimates in the ocean around "Las Malvinas" (!ayudame, papa mi, los otros me oprimen y no hay duda que uno de nosotros no nos abondoniaras! !Sos argentino, y es eso mucho mas importante que ser il Papa! El nacionalismo es nada, y la religia, sin duda, sirve el estado -- y el estado, lo soy. !Sos nuestro salvador, mi sirviente!).

Job creation.

Multiplier.

Confirmation bias is everything; critical thinking, nothing.

[cstanleytech]

18. And 5 billion is closer? I dont think so.

[Nye Bevan]

8. What an annoying pest. The guy has only been Pope for a couple of days

and already she's badgering him about her pet issue. Just shut up and go away.

[geek tragedy]

9. I'm sure the Brits would totally bow down to the Vatican on this one.

Argentina needs to get over it w/r/t the Falklands. They were never part of Argentina, and never will be.

[defacto7]

12. And the Pope has "what" to do with it?

Maybe the Argentinian government should ask me to intervene. That's about the same difference. Or maybe Dennis Rodman.

[christx30]

14. Rodman

Is too busy telling everyone about his kind, wonderful, amazing best friend Kim Jong Un. Maybe Kirchner can kill a couple of million people. Then Dennis can take her to a basketball game and become his best friend.

[hrmjustin]

13. The UK are not going to give up those islands.

[Tx4obama]

15. Kick n/t

[Zorro]

16. Perhaps he can threaten to excommunicate Queen Elizabeth

Oh wait. Nevermind.

I recall things didn't work out quite so well for the last Pope that tried that...