'UK, colonialist under int'l law'
Britain regularly talks of other countries having to comply with what it wills citing the international law yet it appears case after case that the recourse to international law, including in the case of Argentina, is nothing but sheer nonsense.
Argentina serves as a good example here as British Prime Minister David Cameron last week accused it of a “colonialist” attitude due to its attempts to force London into negotiations over the Malvinas islands in South Atlantic.
Argentina recently joined forces with its Latin American trade partners, especially Brazil and Uruguay, to impose a ban on all ships from the islands -- which Britain calls the Falklands - sailing under British flags.
However, Cameron, whose country officially colonized Malvinas in 1892 and claimed back in February 2010 that “British sovereignty in respect of the Falklands is absolutely clear in international law” indirectly threatened Argentina with a military response.
“I'm determined we should make sure that our defences and everything else is under order [on the islands],” he said.
In reaction to Cameron's remarks, Argentine president Cristina Kirchner, who is just back to work after a medical leave, said London is trying to draw a “violent” picture of Argentina to advance its propaganda.
"They are trying to paint us as bad guys, or violent guys and really, that is not who we are," Kirchner said.
She further took a swipe at London's record of violence and modern colonialism in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya suggesting such a bloody record does not entitle London to accuse other countries of violence.
"We are not part of any country's invading strike force. Our armed forces only take part in peacekeeping missions. And that is a political decision of democratic governments since 1983,” she said.
Kirchner then pulled the trigger on British claims that Argentina seeks to 'colonize' the islands, owned by Britain under 'the international law', citing the United Nations.
"The United Nations Committee on Decolonization has 16 cases open on places that remain colonies, of which 10 are British colonies, and one of the best known is our beloved Malvinas islands," she said.
This comes as Britain has also cited the non-existent portions of the international law in its threats of military action on Iran in case it does not allow foreign vessels pass through its territorial waters in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
The international law rules that all ships can enter Iranian territorial waters only upon authorization from Iran.
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