"I think it is pretty desperate to try and demonise Thatcher over the Falklands War. There can be no doubt that, although Britain and Argentina had been negotiating sovereignty for many years, under direction of the UN (I think)..the islands were/are under British sovereignty...and the islanders position on their self-determination was/is to remain that way.
Argentina's military invasion of British sovereign soil had to be fought.."
Why would I be desperate to demonise her yer daft lad?
"Argentina's military invasion of British sovereign soil had to be fought.."
Of course it didn't. The offer to settle the question of sovereignty on the basis of the binding determination of international law was put on the table. Guess who refused?
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