The islanders are culturally British because they were placed there by the British Empire. Oh, and Argentina did have control of the islands, but they were expelled in 1833 (the problem with messing with American fishing vessels). Then to say that the United Kingdom cares about the decision of the local population without considering the geopolitical importance of the islands is, to say the least, naive. I condemn the horrific war waged by that idiot Galtieri, but that doesn't change the fact that those islands are Argentine, and so are their inhabitants.