Hopefully the begining of the end?

[Deano's Invisible Pants]

General Belgrano?

Errr.....well yes, she placed a greater premium on the lives our own servicemen than those of our enemy On the same basis, shall we make the same charge to Churchill or any other war-time British Prime Minister?

 

[simonsimon]

The belgrano was a second hand non effective hulk.

The sinking of this token pocket battleship was MURDER.

 

[BeardyChops]

Errr.....well yes, she placed a greater premium on the lives our own servicemen than those of our enemy On the same basis, shall we make the same charge to Churchill or any other war-time British Prime Minister?

Leaving aside the reasons for the sinking of the Belgrano, the bombing of Dresden, or the annihilation of Hiroshima, it is pushing a bit to claim a wartime leader never wished death on anybody, whether justifiable or not.

 

[GT49er]

The belgrano was a second hand non effective hulk.

...with bloody great big guns which could have sunk the QE2 and half of the other transport vessels.....

Old and obsolete or not, it was a menace and had to go.

 

[simonsimon]

It was heading in the opposite direction when the leadereen ordered its distruction for her own political ends.

 

[Race]

rubbish

 

[Vegita]

Are you ready now to witness a power not seen for thousands of years?

 

[Race]

The belgrano was a second hand non effective hulk.

The sinking of this token pocket battleship was MURDER.

wrong!!

YouTube - The Falklands War - How Close to Defeat? (3/5)

 

[BeardyChops]

Interesting analysis of the Belgrano incident:

Channel 4 - History - The Belgrano controversy

which concludes with

The real issues about the sinking were technical ones of command and control. The fact that the affair was blown up out of all recognition in London is more a comment on the dynamics of the contemporary British political system and the weaknesses of Mrs Thatcher's closed approach to government than on the politico-strategic and operational realities of what happened in the south Atlantic.

 

[Race]

Quoted:


The sinking of the Belgrano was a necessary part of the successful maritime campaign to repossess the Falklands after its unprovoked seizure by Argentina. The elimination of the latter's fleet inside territorial waters was a precondition for British victory.

Those really responsible for the deaths of the Argentinian sailors on board the old cruiser were the military junta led by General Galtieri. In 1994, Buenos Aires concurred with the Thatcher administration that the Belgrano sinking had been a 'legal act of war', and the Argentinian governments since have not had change of heart on this matter

 

[supaseagull]

Is she dead yet?

 

[simonsimon]

Brain Dead!

 

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Brain Dead!

HAHA oh, the tears are running down my face, oh my sides ,dont give up your day job mate.