Pot calling the kettle back?

He would not be an American if America was not colonised largely by Europeans..

Will he renounce his American citizenship.

Some chance!

Sean Penn should not comment on the Falklands, as in the UK he looks very uninformed, and that he has made this statement, based upon his only having heard the Argentine position. Perhaps he should visit the Falkland Islands and ask the people of the islands their view.

As for his critique on colonialism, what language do the Argentinian people speak ? Was this not as a result of colonialism ? Should all the people of Spanish ancestry in South America be shipped back to Spain, and South America handed back to the native people ? Is that Sean Penn's suggestion ?

Also, it appears that Argentina has become interested in the Falklands again, since the British began exploration for oil. Is this the reason for their sudden victim stance on the Falklands.

In 1982 the Argentinian invasion of the Falklands was deemed by the UN to be an illegal and hostile act. The British defended the population's right to self-determination, and paid in British blood.

Furthermore, Argentina actually benefitted from the Falklands War, as it brought an end to an oppressive military junta. Had Britain not acted in 1982, and had they allowed Argentina sovereignty in the Falklands, it is very likely that Kristina Kirschner would never have had the opportunity to become president, and that the oppression of the Argentine people would have continued.

The Falkland Islanders are not an oppressed subject people, they remain British by choice. What about their rights ? Where does Penn stand on

Right now, the Japanese want the United States to remove its military base from Okinawa. Better you should address that issue, Mr. Penn. We're directly involved in that.

This Falklands argument doesn't appear to be a human rights issue, nor does it seem that the Falklanders are objecting to their British status. It's likely that a U.S. voice is neither needed or welcome on this.

UK's ridiculous colonialism and THAT comes out of the mouth of an American (USA), the country that annexed Hawaii in 1898 when it was an independent republic? This dumb American clearly doesn't know his own history, but feels good enough to go and point fingers.

You poor Brits are so hated by your former colonies> Canada hates you so much , as a sign of disrespect they have your Queen all over their money. How about when Newfoundland wanted to leave the empire in 49, what a bloodvbath, luckly you didn't get the bomb until 52. Gilbrtor, i am always reading about how the bloody struggle is taking place their. Belize/British Honderis could wait to get riid of you, so they could join their peaceful democracy loving neighbors Guatemela.

Does Sean Penn know about international poltics? I don't think so. Just another ignorant who wants to be a hero.

Excerpts from a recent UN meeting.
Foreign Minister Taiana told delegates that Argentina was ready to resume negotiations with the United Kingdom, and called for the UK to abide by previous UN resolutions requesting the two countries to resume talks over the islands’ sovereignty.

Janet Robertson, a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Falklands Islands who was present at the meeting as a petitioner, accused Argentina of an aggressive stance and listed several concerns about the draft resolution.

She said that while peaceful negotiation to resolve a dispute would seem a “noble and eminently reasonable course of action”, the terms of the resolution would “force one party to the table to negotiate away the rights and freedoms of the people of a nation” without regard for the “democratic wishes” of those people. She said this was “quite simply unacceptable and unjust in the 21st century”.

Mr Penn should stick to acting.......badly.

No mention of South Georgia Mr Penn, why? no oil. We had a good working relationship with Argentina until the realisation that there may be oil there came about. Quicker we find an alternative energy source or use the ones that have been found, the better for the world.
Should we not give Gibraltar back to Spain Mr Penn? or Rockall back to whoever. The only country where we have troops stationed that are not wanted is Afganistan. I for one votes bring them home.
It is odd that Great Britain is such a bad place to live in that every man jack and his dog are trying to get in. It is also worth noting that the people of Sierra Leone want to be ruled directly from Westminster but we had to turn them down as the request smacked of "colonialism"
"dont cry for me Argentina" wonder if she knew the implications the song would bring.
Nils desperandum

It’s puzzling why Sean favours one set of ridiculous colonialists over another?

Can't you see an Actor aspiring and in the making to become a Politician?

Sean Penn's ability as an actor does not qualify him to be a world philosopher or sage as to the affairs of nations, just as the ability of a sage to speak on the affairs of nations does not qualify him to be an actor.

well im a uk citizen and i hold no love for this government,BUT,i think that with america's past with the true american indian's he should realy take a view on his own back yard before spouting his VIP enlarged mouth about the way we do things ,also if he wishes to purchase the falklands from the uk government (:with his enlarged wallet from all his fabulous acting carreer lol: ), im sure they would give him a fare price......

Sean Penn knows nothing about history. When the British first arrived in the Falklands nobody lived there at all. It wasn't taken by conquest as all Argentinian textbooks claim and didn't even have a name, so this whole thing about 'Los Malvinas' is fabricated. It was only when Britons stayed and found valuable resources that Spain and Argentina suddenly had any interest. Older maps of that region don't even register the Falklands being there.