• Thrashy@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Even better, the British had been trying to cede the islands to Argentina (over the strenuous objections of the locals) for some time, and the Argentinian military dictatorship decided to take them by force to distract the populace from internal troubles.

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      3 days ago

      Also the UK dick tater burned billions of pounds defending it in order to distract the population from internal troubles!