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Originally Posted by 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.
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Very interesting to read an Argentinian's point of view, thanks.
I've always had a problem with 'posession' of territory, does the present day Australian own Australia or does it belong to the Aborigine who was quite happy living there before they arived? The same could be asked about the USA and Nativa American Indians or the current South Americans and native Incas or Mayans. Not great examples as in all cases the original inhabitants are now co-existing, to a greater or lesser extent, with the settlers. At the end of the day, it seems to me to be the old 'posession is 9/10ths of the law' rule
In the case of the Falklands, as with all wars, it was a waste of life. What sticks in my mind was the lack of information we were getting about what was happening, it was taking several days for news to get back to the UK as all information channels were controlled by the military, compare that with recent 'realtime' news of the gulf conflicts!
I've known Royal Marines and Submariners who served in the conflict, the common thread they have is an extreme reluctance to discuss it - war is not glamorous.
The most interesting technical point (in my opinion) of the conflict was Chris Wreford Brown's decision to use WWII vintage Mk8 torpedoes rather than the new Tigerfish torpedoes when he attacked the ARA General Belgrano (another terrible loss of life). This must have been quite a slap in the face for BaE systems who made the new torpedo!