Falklands veteran Chris Falcke hits out at Argentinians
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by Stephen Waite
A Falklands veteran has condemned
Argentinian politicians as being "stupid" after complaining that
Britain is "militarising" the South Atlantic.
Chris Falcke, of Homewood Avenue,
Sittingbourne, was a 19-year-old Royal Marine with 42 Commando when
Argentine forces invaded the islands nearly 30 years ago.
Now 49, the married father-of-two has
criticised Argentina’s president Cristina Kirchner for ordering the
country’s foreign minister to complain to the United Nations about
"militarisation" of the Falklands’ waters after warship HMS
Dauntless was sent there.
"The Argies are just being stupid,
typically petulant South American idiots," said Mr Falcke. "They
had an election last year and started making a lot of noise about
what is for them an emotive subject. They lost, we won
- that’s it."
Tensions have continued to rise ahead
of the 30th anniversary of the conflict in April.
Last week, American actor Sean Penn
described Britain’s hold on the Falklands as "ludicrous" and
"archaic".
Mr Falcke, a sports science teacher at
Canterbury College, said the film star turned director, was an
"idiot".
He said: "He’s a plum. He’s just
sucking up to the South Americans in Uruguay. It’s a popular thing
among a lot of Americans to be anti-British."
Earlier this month, president Kirchner
was critical of Prince William being sent to the Falklands as a
search and rescue pilot.
Mr Falcke said: "It’s obviously a
political move but at the same time he’s a serving officer in the
forces. Reading between the lines, the timing is politically
motivated, but so what."
Significant off-shore oil deposits
have been discovered off the Falklands, 
inciting
further anger from Argentines, who still refer to the islands as
Islas Malvinas.
"I think the Argentines play on the
idea there might be something there," said Mr Falcke. "It’s a case
of them trying to grab it, just in case.
"I think they have no claims
whatsoever."
The windfall from the oil could be
worth billions of pounds. "For the islanders, it will do them a
hell of a lot of good," said Mr Falcke.
Monday, February 20 2012
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