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because warfare is not a solution to the Falklands question
in the long run. Mrs. Thatcher now gets unanimous support
from the European Economic Community. Never before has the
EEC been so united. Now is the time to resolve the crisis
through diplomatic channels.
Argentina and the South American countries
Liu Jia-ju : Most of the South American countries, except
Chile, support Argentina.
the Third World countries.
This is another problem related to
Should the crisis be allowed to
drag on, the international situation would become unfavourable
as the Third World countries would treat countries like Britain
and US differently from the way they treat one another.
C.K. Lang: Although most of the South American countries give
nominal support to Argentina, they in fact object to Argentina's
use of force to solve the Falklands question. Once this
precedent is set, all the South American countries would be
affected e.g. there would be territorial disputes between Chile
and Argentina and between Uruguay and other countries.
The
John D. Young : As a matter of fact, Peru and Venezuela have
already agreed to give military support to Argentina.
whole incident is also important to Hong Kong. It will be of
great significance to Hong Kong if a satisfactory solution is
found for the Falklands crisis. However, on careful reflection,
one would wonder what the British and the Argentines want to
get out of this war. The largest occupants of the Falkland
Islands are penguins (about 10 million), whereas the human
/population