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by SaberUK 4346 days ago
>Our "sabre-rattling" over the Malvinas Islands was done during our vicious, murderous military dictatorship in the 70s/early 80s.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/12/argentina-falkl...

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/feb/05/falklands-under-ou...

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That's absurd. "Sabre-rattling" means attempting to intimidate by displays of military power (or implied military power). See: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sabre-rattling?s=t&pa...

Both links you cited specifically rule out military intervention. Allow me to quote from your first link:

Quotes from your first link:

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"Argentina will seek legal punishment, including prison sentences, for anyone who drills for oil in the Falklands and the surrounding waters it claims as its territories, the country's newly created Malvinas secretary has told the Guardian. [...] In his first interview with the international media since taking the post on Monday, Daniel Filmus also warned that companies involved in exploration of the disputed areas will be disqualified from potentially more lucrative work in Vaca Muerta (the giant shale oil deposit in Argentina's Patagonia region) and offshore areas.

"We will go to the international courts. It must be known that Argentina will defend its claim," Filmus told the Guardian at his office in the ministry of foreign affairs. "Whoever doesn't obtain authorisation will not only face administrative consequences but will also face prison sentences.""

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You may or may not like Argentina's policies and position on the matter of the Malvinas, but all this is:

a- Not military posturing. b- Within legal bounds. See mentions of legal action, prison sentences, international courts. I don't see any threats of military aggression, do you?

So we can rule out sabre-rattling from your first link. Let's go on with your second link.

First sentence after the heading of second link:

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"Argentinian foreign minister rules out military solution but says 'not one single country' supports UK right to govern islands"

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So a military solution is ruled out then? I rest my case.