The Dean

Ah yes, the man who led the retaking of the Falklands...........

Kix

What a guy, if I recall recent cables etc said he went against the instructions he was given by Whitehall mandarins and did it his way.

I can still hear Brian Hanrahan, "I counted them all out, and I counted them all back" Sea Harriets on illustrious for those youngsters here,

RIP to a brave mariner.

Dubaiexile

Mmmmmm I thought they were Sea Harriers, must have been having a senior moment

Kix

Autocorrect mate.

Dubaiexile

Just got jack to do at work mate so picking fault with everything !!! Mind you Harriets has quite a ring to it!

Roll on Eid I am all Ramadaned out

Kix

yeah I like the idea of Sea Harriets too!

Lunchtime beers on Thursday inshallah.

OleJanx

Vertical take off Harriets sound intriguing!

Cypselos

The problem with Harriets was that they don't go far enough, and they don't like it to be hot and sticky.

OleJanx

Yes, but cold and wet doesn't have much to recommend it, either....

commander

Don't think the CO of HMS Coventry in 82 particularly liked Woodward. Yes he did it his way and he should be applauded.

The Dean

Anyone responsible for anything named after Coventry would have a grudge against the whole world anyway, I imagine..........

Norm_uk

Command decisions are never easy. Must be hard having to live with them knowing sometimes people die because of decisions you make, even when the big picture demands it we're still talking about lives.

Still, he got the job done and should be rightfully commended. If that was 40 years prior we'd have probably carpet bombed Buenos Aires for a week and invaded them after re-taking the islands...we were quite measured in our response given it was an unprovoked invasion of our territory.

And yesterday that harpy of a leader the Argies have was whining at the UN about Islands Britons lived on before Argentina was a state.

N.

Dubaiexile

Typical Argie politician using the Falklands to distract what a useless cow she really is !!
Same as Spain whining about Gibraltar, but they never say when they will Cueta back!!!!!!

Norm_uk

I know it's not popular to say so but I sincerely think we should have invaded Argentina installed a governor - the only way to stop them teaching their children lies about the Falklands and prevent another war over the islands in the future.

The Islanders decisively voted to remain British and it was ignored by the Argies - we should tell them we're pointing a nuke at their capital and will make them pay dearly if they don't renounce their false claims on our land...

...just a thought

N.

scot47

Let's nuke Beijing while we are at it. And Moscow.