I grew up in Argentina and know that the people there are generally quite proud of their country. They are also extremely sensitive. Just as an example, being from Germany I would know to avoid any sort of conversation around football, even if it means getting up and leaving. The football fans hated us after the 2010 World Cup, and I don?t suppose this situation has improved in 2014, but I haven?t been there since 2011.
The Falklands are even worse. They had huge posters everywhere saying "Las Malvinas son Argentinas" (The Falklands are Argentine). Strangely enough they took them all down when Prince Charles came to visit in 1999, and then put them back up afterwards. This sort of thing, combined with their tendency to be violent about it, is really the one thing I always really disliked about Argentina. When you go there you are a guest in their country, and some people are just sensitive so you need to respect that. A few people throwing rocks still makes the whole country look like idiots though.
As much as I dislike all the shenanigans the trio get up to, I do enjoy their lack of political correctness because this sort of thing has become rare in mainstream media.
I think they should have been smarter about this, but in the end my oppinion is that whoever resorts to violence is always the bigger idiot.
As far as Argentina taking the Falklands by force: The last time I was there I actually had a conversation about this, with some people who do happen to have a pretty good idea about Argentinas military strength. And I?m reasonably certain the brits and the Eurofighters they have stationed there would hold them off long enough for help to arrive. Anyway, I?m pretty sure the Argentinian government has bigger problems at the moment than to consider another Falkland/Malvinas war.