We need to watch the Falklands a bit closer

There are a number of things combining to make this a very dangerous time for the Falklands:

1. Economic crisis in Argentina make banging on about colonial claims to Las Malvinas good Argentine politics.
2. UK forces are stretched, and the navy reduced.
3. The Argentine airforce has re-equipped, and challenges UK airspace regularly - including over flying.
4. The UK is heading to a time of political crisis with its upcoming general election.
5. The Oil reserves of the Falklands are now considered to be massive, and a very tempting target for Argentina, as well as the potential to claim the rest of the British possessions in the South Atlantic.

Argentina is setting up a sort of partial-blockade right now.
In the short term the government needs to give clear and unequivocal support to the Falklands by:

1. Sending nuclear subs south.
2. Up the Royal Naval surface patrols.
3. Up the RAF aircraft numbers and supplies in place.
4. Giving clear political support.

But in the medium term some sort of solution should again be searched for. Remembering that the UK objective has been the freedom, nationality and self determination of the Falklanders.

Something like Falkland Islander autonomy within Co-dominion might work if it became the settled will of UK & Argentina. The Falkland Islanders would have full control of internal affairs - especially immigration, but resource exploitation etc would have to be by agreement of the two sovereign powers.

Other ideas should be tried also, but any aggression should be met with the full spectrum of UK military response ( including Nuclear ).

The worry is with the Labour government so weak and distracted it will not give this the attention it needs. As the poster says "We can't go on like this", or at least if we try the results could be very bloody.