Originally Posted by ROMFT_WO2RN (Post 9906580)

so when is defending your citizens from foreign military aggression NOT 100% right then :confused:

Originally Posted by stevenglish (Post 9906591)

What may I ask is so implausible about it?

Originally Posted by stevenglish (Post 9906578)

So the only possible explanation is that she engineered the whole episode, in my humble opinion obviously

Originally Posted by Bermudashorts (Post 9906609)

That is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard / read. It is so stupid it does not dignify a response. :unsure:

Originally Posted by chris955 (Post 9906607)

Mmm, well the first bit and the last bit and of course the bit in the middle.

Originally Posted by ROMFT_WO2RN (Post 9906580)

so when is defending your citizens from foreign military aggression NOT 100% right then :confused:

Originally Posted by stevenglish (Post 9906612)

And just how do you know that this is NOT what happened?

Originally Posted by chris955 (Post 9906620)

You know aliens built the pyramids don't you ? :lol:

Originally Posted by ROMFT_WO2RN (Post 9906603)

so the withdrawal of a survey ship, not warship, is the reason not the planned reduction in actual military capability ?

Maybe you should go and have a chat with the aliens in area 51 and the bloke from the grassy knoll whilst wearing a tinfoil hat :zzz:

Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus (Post 9906557)

You know the deal as well as I do. Soldiers get sent to fight by politicians. That's just the way it is.

Sean Penn needs to think a bit more before opening his mouth, but he's allowed an opinion. In my view it was the wrong opinion this time.

The Falklands will stay British, until the people of the Falklands change their minds, or Britain looses the ability and/or will, to defend it. The latter of those two options is likely to come first.

Originally Posted by chris955 (Post 9906620)

You know aliens built the pyramids don't you ? :lol:

Originally Posted by Bernieboy (Post 9906636)

Still wasn't worth it though,IMHO.

Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus (Post 9906643)

Nor mine.... but the UK Goverment really had little choice at the time. The invasion forced their hand.

I'm convinced, in my own mind at least, that if the invasion hadn't taken place, that the UK would have handed the Falklands over to Argentina by now. That can't happen now, at least not while the Falklands War remains in living memory.

Originally Posted by stevenglish (Post 9906625)

It makes me smile that not one person who thinks my view is absurd has taken issue with this comment made about the current Argentinian president. Believe it or not politicians have been known to spill their countrymens blood for political gain, what gave thatcher the moral high ground in your opinions? the fact that she was British? Don't make me laugh:thumbdown: