why does this idiot feel qualified to comment on something he knows nothing about?

[d9f1c7]

http://news.sky.com/h...news/article/16169237
Does he imagine being a famous actor endows him with some inherent knowledge of foriegn affairs? Most Americans couldn't even find the islands on the map, what makes this particular one special?

[sandyRoe]

Did he have a role in the film version of Evita? Maybe he feels an affinity with all things Argentinian.

[daffy654]

Someone should point out the facts to the numpty.

[jake-the-peg]

Perhaps he's been reading AB and feels that if everyone else is holding forth on things they know nothing about why not get in on the act

[HowardKennitby]

"Most Americans couldn't even find the islands on the map"

Probably about the same % as Brits who could point at them.

[d9f1c7]

I think most Brits know where they are.

[sp1814]

sandyRoe

No - but his ex-wife played Evita in the film, perhaps that's where you got the association from.

[albaqwerty]

Is he still an actor or a prize plonker?

Obviously he wasn't educated at school.

[HowardKennitby]

"most Brits" - really!

[sp1814]

HowardKennitby

You know what? I would't have a clue as to where the Falklands were. I could have a wild stab by pointing at a land mass near south America, but I bet I'd be wrong.

Then again - I couldn't tell you which one is Jersey and which is Guernsey.

[jno]

he seems fairly well informed. He's an idiot because he disagrees with you, perhaps?

[Gromit]

He's been married to Madonna. Therefore he knows what real suffering is.

[d9f1c7]

He's one of many who seem to think that because they got lucky enough to become a well off movie star they are important enough and intelligent enough to offer the world their "wisdom".

[Mick-Talbot]

Assuming most Brits know where Argentina is , then I assume they will know where The Falklands are .

[jackthehat]

He has always been of, and on, the Left, politically.

This recent statement, by him, is in-keeping with the rest of his views. I think he is at liberty to say such things, even if I believe him to be wrong on this issue.

[AB Editor]

SP, you'd have no trouble with a map in front of you, they're the only islands of notable size down there!

[marval]

He should stick to what he is meant to be doing, and leave other things alone

[jno]

the only thing that makes him different from ABers in offering opinions about faraway places is that he does it under his own name.

[carrust]

He's probably got a film coming out in Argentina!

[Sqad]

d9f1c7

\\He's one of many who seem to think that because they got lucky enough to become a well off movie star \\\

It would seem from many of your posts that you have a problem with "well off people" Have you ever thought that their success is not a matter of "being lucky" but that of hard work and devotion?

[craft1948]

When did the Falklands ever belong to Argentina..............