Sean Penn calls Prince William’s deployment to Falkland Islands ‘unthinkable’

“There are many places to deploy the prince. It’s not necessary, when the
deployment of a prince is generally accompanied by warships, to send them
into the seas of such shared blood.”

Prince William is spending six weeks on the islands as part of another “routine
deployment” in his role as Flight Lieutenant Wales, an RAF
search-and-rescue helicopter pilot.

The Argentine foreign ministry has complained that the heir to the British
throne would arrive wearing “the uniform of a conqueror”.

Penn, a champion of left wing causes, said he was proud of the alliance
between America and Britain, but insisted on “the need for Argentina
and Britain to negotiate the sharing of the islands’ natural resources”.

In a meeting with Argentine president Cristina Kirchner on Monday, Penn
referred to the islands “the Malvinas Islands of Argentina” and
said Britain should entered into a UN-sponsored dialogue over their
sovereignty.

“The world today is not going to tolerate any ludicrous and archaic
commitment to colonialist ideology,” he said during the meeting in
Buenos Aires.

Veterans of the Falklands, which Penn calls the Malvinas Islands of Argentina,
said the comments were “moronic” given his lack of knowledge or
connection to either Britain or Argentina.

Was Sean Penn’s criticism of Britain over the Falklands fair?

Tory MP Patrick Mercer, a former Army officer, told the Daily Mail: “What
on earth has this got to do with Sean Penn? He’s neither British nor
Argentine and seems to know nothing about the situation judging by this
moronic statement.

“A good number of his movies have been turkeys, so I suppose we shouldn’t
expect much better coming out of his mouth.”

It emerged on Tuesday that a delegation
of MPs will visit the Falkland Islands next month
, ahead of the 30th
anniversary of the conflict, in a move likely to further inflame tensions
with Argentina.

Members of the Commons defence select committee are expected to visit the
Mount Pleasant garrison and air force base and commemorate the servicemen
who died in the 1982 conflict.

“Given that we have a significant military presence in the Falklands …
it is only right that the defence committee goes and sees first – hand what
taxpayers’ money is being spent on,” said Thomas Docherty, a Labour MP
on the committee.

Argentina has received the backing of Latin American countries for its claim
of sovereignty over the remote, wind-lashed islands, which were occupied by
Britain in 1833.

The dispute erupted into warfare April 2, 1981 when Argentine troops seized
the islands, only to be routed in a 74-day war that claimed the lives of 649
Argentines and 255 Britons.

Diplomatic friction between Argentina and Britain has intensified since 2010,
when the Government authorised oil exploration in the waters near the
islands.

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