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Originally posted by TSawyer
reply to post by JakiusFogg
What a bloody tripe. Your homeland is on an island in Europe, not the Malvinas Islands where you installed settlers as to prop up a reason to turn on the war machines. You should be ashamed of your imperialistic conciousness. I hope your type of calibre devolves.
Originally posted by spearhead
The first error as seen in the middle east was underestimation of the oppositions abilities and cunning.
You can go in and blow the crud out of all of Latin America though, firstly half your population in the U.S. is Latin and secondly the laws of war have changed. Great? Britain and the US could not occupy Argentina let alone all of Latin America.
To start a war there is sure to be the end of the pimply heads of the western world.
Argentina should have full rights to the Falklands and any resources in the area as it is within the their economic zone.
Originally posted by Gloster
reply to post by JakiusFogg
No i would not,but dont take me wrong iv been pointed with guns befoure in brazil and argentina, i would fight for my family but not for any politican whos children stays at home its them who start these wars, i will help children who needs help it brings me much more happines.
Originally posted by TSawyer
reply to post by GetAGripPeople
How foolish do you feel threatening millions of people, including the Americans, with a nuclear fallout? . I don't think someone wants their a$$ kicked again, revolutionary-style. Play nice and don't let that tea get to your brain.
Originally posted by TSawyer
reply to post by JakiusFogg
"far away that it deserves less"
Because the British forget to carry their illegal settlers home, doesn't mean they have a right to lands miles away. If the Britsh can't afford to pick up their left-overs I'm sure the Argentinians wouldn't be hard-pressed to extend the courtesy. Malvinas, from the French to the Spanish, from the Spanish to Argentina. Clear?
A ROYAL Navy task force has been sent to the Falkland Islands as tension mounts with Argentina over British oil exploration in the South Atlantic. Simon Weston, 48, who suffered terrible burns in the 1982 Falklands War, is one of the most high-profile veterans of that conflict. Here, the former soldier - who was awarded an OBE in 1992 for his courage and charity work - gives his view on the latest crisis.
IT'S about time we saw some strong and decisive action taken in defence and support of the Falkland islanders.
Sending the Navy task force is a clear, firm message to the Argentines: "Hands off."
There has been constant harassment by the Argentines of the Falklands' fishing and merchant fleet, and that has unnerved the people there.
Squid fishing is one of their largest exports to the northern hemisphere. When you eat calamari, it has largely come from the Falklands.
The Argentines will take a ship and impound it for a couple of days or a week, but not for any real reason. It's harassment, and it costs the shipping companies a fortune in lost revenue.
The threat has never gone away since the 1982 conflict. It must be horrendous for the islanders to have lived like that for the past 28 years, and long before that.
The people there are hugely worth defending and supporting.
Having been there and experienced their hospitality, kindness and generosity, their wit and humour and sheer dignity, I believe we should always defend and support them.
I sound biased but my part is totally irrelevant. It's all about the islanders and their wish to remain British.
The Government may have been taking political action behind the scenes but until now they have not publicly been seen to be doing anything.
Now this immediacy of action will reassure the islanders that we do care, we will always care and they will always remain British as long as they wish to be.
We know there is oil worth hundreds of billions of dollars there and it needs to be protected - it's British.
Previously it has been too costly to get the oil out of the ground. Now that the oil price is high, it is viable.
The situation in Argentina now is not too far off what it was back in 1982.
The country has raging inflation, huge financial difficulties and other problems. The only thing they don't have now is an alcoholic for a leader or the military consensus to try and cause a fight.
So what the Argentinians are looking for is a bargaining chip to take a slice of the profit from the oil.
I don't think that we are looking at another build-up to war - the scenario in Argentina might be similar but in the Falklands it is totally different.
With the number of our Armed Forces out there plus our helicopters, the islanders are now far better protected - plus we can get people in there quickly now.
The circumstances in that way are totally different.
And the islands must be protected - in memory of those who fought and died in the Second World War, and in the Falklands War.