Falkland Islands Tensions Stoked




The Mercusor nations, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay, are actively intimidating the people of the Falkland Islands (along with the British) by announcing that ships flying the "illegal" flag of the Falklands will not be allowed in South American ports.

In response to the economic blockade, the former head of the Royal Navy, Lord West, called for increased military presence.

The peer called for a nuclear submarine to be sent to the region to show Britain's determination to protect the Falklands and said that military exercises would leave Buenos Aires in no doubt about Britain’s attitude to the announcement.

“Far from trying to settle in a grown-up way and having better and better relationships with the Falkland islanders, they are upping the ante and becoming very confrontational,” he told the London Evening Standard.

Heh, we really don't need another senseless war in the South Atlantic.