Falklands war your views

[Kapitan]

whats your views or thoughts on the falkands war ?


il post mine later when i wake up a bit

[Abraham]

I have to sleep and see if I can dream a view up...

[TLAM Strike]

It was a fairly pointless war that taught military strategists a few things.

I mean, come on invading a territory of a nation that possesses Nuclear Weapons! I'm just glad more people didn't die on both sides.

[jumpy]

Kindof pointless spitt of rock in the middle of ******* nowhere!
Still, I guess there was a principal at stake... damn argies. Last time the iron lady got to stomp her jackbooted feet on somebody elses neck, other than the polltax rioters or the micks
Oh yer, and there were a few people who lived there who wanted to remain british subjects.
More of a demonstration of intent and resolve than a propper shootin' war... despite appearances to the contrary. Just as well it didn't last very long... good show by the harrier pilots, bad planning by the argentine airforce- if they had concentrated on shooting down the harriers instead of attacking the shipping, they might have had free reign in the sky to do as they pleased once the harriers were out of the way.
What do you remember most clearly from the falklands war? - that bloke with truely awful burns

[Kaleun]

Hi,

It was not a pointless war - we the UK needed to defend the falkland islands from invasion, we require the falkland islands to be under the Union jack for 2 reasons:

1) It F*cks off the Argentineans

and more importantly

2) Strategic Sheep farming purposes!!!!
:rotfl:
Kaleun

[Captain Nemo]

I remember at the time, being a mere 20 years old, I was against the war. It seemed to be a complete waste of time to fight for some islands in the South Atlantic that most average Britons hadn’t even heard of (when the news first broke I thought they were some islands off the coast of Scotland!). However, as time has passed I think the UK definitely made the right decision to fight to liberate the islands from the Argentineans.

From a political viewpoint the Falklands war couldn't have happened at a better time for the British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, who was not doing that well in the opinion polls, and if they were to be believed was heading for a defeat at the next General Election. The war boosted the UK population's opinion of the Conservative Government and Margaret Thatcher went on to win the election in the summer of 1983 with a thumping majority. In the same way General Galtieri was also fighting for his political life. He thought that invading the Falklands would bolster his standing and redirect people's attention away from issues such as the Argentinean economy that was in deep trouble (inflation at 600%) and the mass disappearance of people at the hands of the junta that was causing major unrest. In the end the UK was victorious and it was Galtieri’s head that rolled.

Nemo

[StdDev]

Breshnev took Afghanistan,
Begin took Beirut,
Galtieri took the Union Jack;
and Maggie, over lunch one day,
took a cruiser with all hands,
apparently to make him give it back.

[Abraham]

Originally Posted by StdDev

Breshnev took Afghanistan,
Begin took Beirut,
Galtieri took the Union Jack;
and Maggie, over lunch one day,
took a cruiser with all hands,
apparently to make him give it back.

I remember that song, who made it?

[Damo1977]

whats 'SoCal' mean sat over southern 'c'alifornia, and decide to stomp over it mexican s6tyle


B4 u fuk over facklands war u locked away turd, reserach it

Maybe what we remember in Iraq with AMerican troops in 20 yrs time

[StdDev]

Originally Posted by Abraham

I remember that song, who made it?

Roger Waters (as in Pink Floyd)

[jumpy]

wtf Damo... lol you been boozing again m8?
Don't see any connection with Falklands and Iraq myself. I recon if Maggie had been in charge of invading Iraq, I'm fairly sure she'd have removed the velvet glove and dished out a dose of iron fist(ing) treatment to saddam the first time round :rotfl:

[Marcantilan]

Well, a lot of UK friends in this forum topic.

For the UK, was a limited war, one of many post WWII conflicts (Korea, Suez, Burma...)

For us Argentinians was a total war. One still fresh in individuals and colective memory.

About my point of view, the recuperation (not invasion) of the Malvinas, by force, was a huge mistake.

Note that I only regret the use of force (and sure, the death of people from both sides).

But the goal of the war was (and still is) just. Malvinas Islands are a part of the argentinian territory, mutilated by a british expedition, back in 1883.

Controversial, isn´t???

An Argie point of view.

[Torpedo Fodder]

But the goal of the war was (and still is) just. Malvinas Islands are a part of the argentinian territory, mutilated by a british expedition, back in 1883.

Which unfortunately is not relavant anymore, as anyone alive when Argentina owned the islands is now dead and gone, and most of the Falkland's (or Malvinas, whatever) population in 1982 (many of whom were born and raised there) wanted to remain under British rule and still do. Why should Argentina own the islands if the local population doesn't want that?

[August]

What the CIA says about the Falklands:

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/fk.html

[jumpy]

Originally Posted by Marcantilan

An Argie point of view.

Bearing this in mind, I want to make clear that no slur was intended in my first post - 'damn argies' being a tounge in cheek statement, not some deep seated hatred or whatever.
Remembering way back then, I would have been at primary school or something, so any direct influence to me was minimal to say the least. In my view this was a fight over a principal more than anything else; if no-one had been looking, or if international appearances were not important to world leaders/countries, then I doubt that a great deal of fuss would have been made over such a windswept and (by all accounts) inhospitable bit of rock in the middle of nowhere. Still, I suppose there are countries who have gone to war for less...
Having said that, the choice of who the islands belong to is really a question for the folk who have their homes there imo. So if the 'currrent majority' want/wanted to be british, so be it... I'd probably feel the same way if they wanted to be argentinian.
All too often (and I do not exclude the UK from this) countries dwell needlessly on the past and of history long gone- pretty much every border dispute since the year dot is based upon this simple, if irrational precept. 'Great Brittain' owned half of the world at one point and they didn't get it by playing fair, it's true, but what have we now? where is the 'empire' today? dead and consigned to the history books where it belongs. The days of empire building are over... for us brits anyway