Kirchner, Argentina’s leftist president, realizes that she is fighting a losing battle in her efforts to gain sovereignty over the long-disputed Falkland Islands, but her struggle is not without its benefits. By playing into Argentinians' longstanding resentment of the British, she increases her popularity at home and attracts attention away from her failed tenure in office. Any legal case Argentina can bring is dead on arrival since Britain will never recognize the infringement of its sovereign by giving jurisdiction over the matter to an outside judicial body.