Minutes later, however, the guests were stunned as Prince Charles dropped a bombshell: "My hope is that the people of modern, democratic Argentina, with their passionate attachment to national traditions, can live amicably alongside the people of another smaller democracy just a few hundred miles off your coast" - a reference to Argentina's claim to sovereignty over the islands.
Quite frankly, I do not know if to laugh or cry at these news...
Leaving aside, [for now], the issues of:
1. The practicalities of being the sovereign power of a wind swept group of rocks off in the South Atlantic, regardless of the name.
2. Particularly when in this day and age, where far better and more productive "colonies" have been given up by the English to independence and self regulation.
3. Never minding than the old saying of "making a bad deal is far better than a good fight", makes all the sense in the world.
..... It simply baffles me that ole' Charlie would spout a comment like that without having "turned on" the brain...
It now seem to make more sense why the little fact that Dear Elizabeth II is still Queen... and putting 2 + 2 together, (at least for the uninformed and NOT insider, like moi), that If Charlie, (who by the way, could have had the brightest, most beautiful, etc, etc, woman in the world, not implying that Diana was not THE ONE, or pretty close), allowed himself to let go of such (seemingly, at least), wonderful lady....
....and now this idiotic comment, reflecting not only a total lack of diplomatic and political skill but indeed, a great effort to become an International Moron of the first order.
I mean to say, without further exacerbating circumstances that such comment was, at best, idiotic.... but to express it to the Argentineans !!!??? who as we all know very well, their naturally large EGOS would be an obvious deterrent to even arriving at the thought, let alone express it....
.... But further, to address the obviously open sore subject of the Falkland/Malvinas islands, in spite of the fact that the Argentineans seemed to be a "good sport" and attempt to entertain this idiotic Prince, who clearly is out of place in this dying 20th. Century, (let alone the 21st.), since Monarchies are a thing of the past, and a sorry excuse for the English to cling to a stale tradition, under the premise, that "it is good for the tourist industry"....
And to clarify, I am referring to the "English" in stead of "British", as I suspect with a fair degree of confidence that The Scots, Welsh and, The [Northern] Irish, may not share the support for the Monarchs, with the same enthusiasm as their "mates"...
As a Libertarian at heart, (The relevance to this point, is the fact that I do not agree in initiating violence), I could not justify the barbarian action of the Argentinean baboon-generals invasion of the Islands in question, back in 1982... Old Lady Iron, was left with no choice but to retaliate.
This time around, I think that I am beginning to be swayed in my own opinion as to the soundness of the English continuing as the sovereign power over the Islands... in any event, I hope for the day that flags and boundaries are all together eliminated, they are concepts created by politicians, against the common sense of individuals anyway.
While I continue to question the logic to cling on to these Islands by the English, I think that a diplomatic negotiation of some sort could be devised, to the best interest of all three parties involved, the English, the Argentineans, and the Islanders...
....Charlie must have been somehow tremendously embarrassed at his lack of Tango skill... or, he is totally incapable to handle the role of whatever the hell he is suppose to play... or both.
After being invited to a gala party, you would not show up and shit on your guest's front lawn, after the main course would you ?....
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