Las Malvinas / The Falklands

[BLOCK F]

what have we got to be ashamed about,should be a big celebration,we were not the agressors,some of our lads went down there and never came back and they deserve to be remembered

Big celebration,eh?
You don't have to have a jingoistic 'celebration' to remember the dead on either side.

 

[ifuhatepalacestandup]

f you i lost 4 good mates down there you have No right to tell me how to feel

 

[Muhammad - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

f you i lost 4 good mates down there you have No right to tell me how to feel

i know full well how you feel, i buried 6 mates down there

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

Big celebration,eh?
You don't have to have a jingoistic 'celebration' to remember the dead on either side.

i tell you something,if argentina had won,they would be having street parties to celebrate

that's the trouble with this country,to f***ing polite

 

[ifuhatepalacestandup]

i know full well how you feel, i buried 6 mates down there

would that be the same day as the paras buried their colonel mate

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

Having looked at this more and more, it seems very likely that we will once again have to address the issue. The problem is now Argentina has the backing of other South American countries.
However if we did have to go to war, I think we would, and all parties would back it as would the public, due to the 200+ lives that were lost in 1982.
As long as the people of the Falklands want to be British,then British they will remain.
No Surrender.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Trade the Falkland Islands for Lionel Messi.

To be honest, whatever your feelings on the political side, that comment is at best insensitive and at worst idiotic. Good men died down there and deserve respect.

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

Also, the economic repercussions for Argentina in Britain would be disastrous. And like it or not, there would be persecution of Argentina steakhouses, people, smashing of wine etc...

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Having looked at this more and more, it seems very likely that we will once again have to address the issue. The problem is now Argentina has the backing of other South American countries.
However if we did have to go to war, I think we would, and all parties would back it as would the public, due to the 200+ lives that were lost in 1982.
As long as the people of the Falklands want to be British,then British they will remain.
No Surrender.

How long will this policy last? How long before the UK government revert to Thatcher's pre-1982 policy that supported ceding the Islands to Argentina and leasing them back for a limited period, say 70 years (the policy that led to the war in the first place)?

 

[perth seagull]

To be honest, whatever your feelings on the political side, that comment is at best insensitive and at worst idiotic. Good men died down there and deserve respect.

Fair enough. It was meant to be light hearted but I can see how it comes off as insensitive. My apologies.

 

[Muhammad - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

would that be the same day as the paras buried their colonel mate

no mate different day, same resting place eventually.
their colonel was actually buried twice, after the war his body was exhumed and moved to blue beach in san carlos bay

 

[BLOCK F]

i tell you something,if argentina had won,they would be having street parties to celebrate

that's the trouble with this country,to f***ing polite

Most of us in this country have lost relatives in wars;some more recent than others.The point I make is that to many,myself included,the thought of a big celebration to remember those killed in a war is not necessarily the way to do it.
The end of the World Wars were celebrated,but the honouring of those who died in those wars is generally carried out in a rather more sober and dignified manner.
That is all.

 

[BLOCK F]

f you i lost 4 good mates down there you have No right to tell me how to feel

I am not telling you how to feel,I am telling you what I think.

 

[ifuhatepalacestandup]

I am not telling you how to feel,I am telling you what I think.

where did i ask ? dont remember commenting on any post you made

 

[Don Quixote]

i tell you something,if argentina had won,they would be having street parties to celebrate

that's the trouble with this country,to f***ing polite

Just because they would doesn't mean we should.

 

[goldstone]

How long will this policy last? How long before the UK government revert to Thatcher's pre-1982 policy that supported ceding the Islands to Argentina and leasing them back for a limited period, say 70 years (the policy that led to the war in the first place)?

Which is the sensible way forward.

 

[Seagull on the wing]

...unless your name is Mauricio Taricco.

Why did we hand back Hong Kong, and keep a craggy rock in the South Atlantic. We didn't seem too bothered about the hong Kong Chinese?

Because Hong Kong was on a 99year lease and the lease expired.. and that craggy rock you talk about has massive oil and mineral fields off the coast and the Falklanders wish to be British....that is all...

 

[Lord Bracknell]

How long will this policy last? How long before the UK government revert to Thatcher's pre-1982 policy that supported ceding the Islands to Argentina and leasing them back for a limited period, say 70 years (the policy that led to the war in the first place)?

Which is the sensible way forward.

No. It'll be déjà vu all over again.

As Thatcher found, it's the way to say to Argentina "Las Malvinas are all yours. Walk in whenever you want. We don't care". What happens next is that the UK is panicked into a war, without proper preparations being made, once the Falkland Islanders win over the hearts and minds of middle England which, inevitably, they would do.

 

[looney]

But the message from Foot is clear and unambiguous FATCHER f***ed up Foot and Callaghan had seen off the Argie threat to the Falklands before through strong navy support to the main figurehead of British naval commitment to the falklands,but Fatcher signalled the end of HMS Endurance and with it our commitment to the south Atlantic.

But then,the new mob have killed off the Ark Royal and the Harrier.

Rubbish.

The Argie Generals said the decision was made on the basis of the scrap merchants landing on St Georgia and hoisting the Argie flag.

Also thats like saying someone watches you toss a load of old knives in a bin and the next day breaks into your house and beats you up and its your fault.

 

[withdeanwombat]

It should be remembered for a particularly spectacular political failure;the withdrawal of our assets in the area to cut costs,seen by Argentina as a sign of weakness,and culminating in a war to regain what had been given away,and was then used as nasty reelection propoganda.

Remember it ? Yes for the bravery of those who had to fight to retrieve the debacle.But if you wanted evidence of war as a failure of politics and politicians,look no further.