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Originally Posted by Chris

It's only the preferred option if you accept that something needs to be done, and therefore an option needs to be taken. If you do not - and the UK Government does not - then no options are preferred.

The appeal to a resolution on colonialism is laughable; if the UK were to cut all sovereign ties with the Falklands that would still not deliver them into Argentine hands. The islanders retain the right to determine their own government and their preferences are already well known.

In the absence of any involvement by the UK whatsoever, Argentina would still have to mount a military operation in order to take control of the islands.

Sums it up for me.