{"id":2478,"date":"2013-03-10T16:29:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T16:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2013\/03\/10\/why-doesnt-obama-support-self\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:21:16","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:21:16","slug":"why-doesnt-obama-support-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2478","title":{"rendered":"Why Doesn&#8217;t Obama Support Self-Determination For The Falklands"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:14055,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.heritage.org\\\/research\\\/reports\\\/2013\\\/03\\\/the-united-states-should-recognize-british-sovereignty-over-the-falkland-islands&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.heritage.org\\\/research\\\/reports\\\/2013\\\/03\\\/the-united-states-should-recognize-british-sovereignty-over-the-falkland-islands&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14056,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.guardian.co.uk\\\/world\\\/2012\\\/nov\\\/09\\\/argentinians-protest-corruption-crime&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.theguardian.com\\\/world\\\/2012\\\/nov\\\/09\\\/argentinians-protest-corruption-crime&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14057,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/The-Modern-Survival-Manual-Surviving\\\/dp\\\/9870563457\\\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1362932257&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=ferfal&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/The-Modern-Survival-Manual-Surviving\\\/dp\\\/9870563457\\\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14058,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.politico.com\\\/story\\\/2013\\\/03\\\/falklands-rights-and-referendum-on-sovereignty-88584.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20141004232850\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.politico.com\\\/story\\\/2013\\\/03\\\/falklands-rights-and-referendum-on-sovereignty-88584.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 23:51:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 23:51:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nThe Heritage Foundation has released an interesting YouTube cartoon regarding the Falkland Islands and the Obama Administration&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/reports\/2013\/03\/the-united-states-should-recognize-british-sovereignty-over-the-falkland-islands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refusal to back self-determination for the islanders<\/a>. The islanders are holding a referendum today and tomorrow to vote on whether they want to remain a British territory or become part of Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>The United States has traditionally supported self-determination. However, in this case, the United States seems to be backing the Argentinians who want bi-lateral talks with the UK and a UN resolution on &#8220;decolonization.&#8221; The Falklands and their residents are different from most colonies in that the &#8220;native peoples&#8221; are still direct descendants of the original settlers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>Colonialism was a reasonable framework to apply to European colonies in<br \/>\nAfrica and Asia, but it is utterly inappropriate to apply it to the<br \/>\nFalkland Islands, where virtually the entire population is of British<br \/>\ndescent. The Argentine argument that Britain is exercising \u201c19th-century<br \/>\n colonialism\u201d by allowing the people of the Falkland Islands to govern<br \/>\nthemselves as they see fit illustrates the extent to which the Argentine<br \/>\n position rests on nothing more than outdated and historically erroneous<br \/>\n abuse.<br \/>\n As Jan Cheek, a member of the Falklands Legislative Assembly, pointed<br \/>\nout in response: \u201cMy grandchildren are the eighth generation of my<br \/>\nfamily to have lived here, which is considerably longer than the<br \/>\nArgentine president\u2019s family have been living in Argentina.&#8221;<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I certainly could see why the Falkland Islanders would prefer to not be part of Argentina. Even the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2012\/nov\/09\/argentinians-protest-corruption-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Argentinians are protesting<\/a> against the high inflation, corruption, and crime in their country. One just needs to read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Modern-Survival-Manual-Surviving\/dp\/9870563457\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1362932257&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=ferfal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fernando Ferfal Aguire aka Ferfal&#8217;s book on surviving the economic collapse<\/a> in Argentina to know that becoming part of Argentina is not exactly a smart proposition. Indeed, Ferfal now lives in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t explain the Obama Administration&#8217;s tilt towards Argentina other than to think it is a reflection of the anti-West ideology that Ann Dunham fed her son when he was growing up. It certainly makes a mockery of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2013\/03\/falklands-rights-and-referendum-on-sovereignty-88584.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">special relationship that has existed between Great Britain and the United States<\/a> as well as making a mockery of our traditions.<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE: <\/b>The vote tally is in and as expected the Falkland Islanders have voted to retain their current status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. There was a 92% voter turnout.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the 1,517 votes cast, only three voted No on the question of retaining their affiliation with the UK. This is an even more lopsided vote than that late darling of the Socialist Left Hugo Chavez could achieve in Venezuela! I wonder what Secretary of State John Kerry will make of that.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Heritage Foundation has released an interesting YouTube cartoon regarding the Falkland Islands and the Obama Administration&#8217;s refusal to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3239,1633,3240],"class_list":["post-2478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-falkland-islands","tag-obama-administration","tag-self-determination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8931,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478\/revisions\/8931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}