Falklands war your views

[STEED]

Pointless just an exercise in stupidity, holding on too the last bits of a former empire. There's more sheep there than humans!!!

PS: Are we still defending those sheep at the cost of the British tax payer?

[August]

Originally Posted by STEED

Pointless just an exercise in stupidity, holding on too the last bits of a former empire. There's more sheep there than humans!!!

PS: Are we still defending those sheep at the cost of the British tax payer?

I would have thought you'd have more sympathy for your own fellow citizens. The inhabitants are British subjects no?

[STEED]

Originally Posted by August

I would have thought you'd have more sympathy for your own fellow citizens. The inhabitants are British subjects no?

I do they were in the middle of what?

Both sides never declared war!!

[August]

Originally Posted by STEED

I do they were in the middle of what?

Both sides never declared war!!

So you're saying that if a foreign nation were to occupy British territory you wouldn't feel it necessary to do anything about it?

[ABBAFAN]

Originally Posted by Marcantilan

3) Back in the 80´s, UK girls were ugly (al least those filmed in the piers when HMS Invincible sailed to the south)

Not maggie though!

[Linton]

Conqueror was sunk with MK8 as the tigerfish at that time was an asw weapon not asuw.The TI also remarked he had never had a successful bang with the tigerfish.

[ABBAFAN]

I believe that the whole point of a nations armed forces is just that.to defend its subjects.it is a much more reasonable use of force than dodgy oil wars in far flung places.I would not regard the Falklands as a pointless war or war mongering on Margaret Thatchers part.Thatcher tried to avoid war as far as was possible but there was no other option.Unfortunate.I wonder if it will ever happen over Gibraltar.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by August

So you're saying that if a foreign nation were to occupy British territory you wouldn't feel it necessary to do anything about it?

We should have declared war it's strikes me as some what odd with no declaration of war, an interesting thing here Margret Thatcher was becoming unpopular here and it looked like she was going to loose the general election but after the war there was a massive u-turn and she was re-elected.

Was there a political agenda here? I don't know is my answer.

[DanCanovas]

you ever feel that you have so much to say on a subject and yet you just can;t be arsed to say it :rotfl:

[STEED]

There's a lot of political wrangling over the Falkland's, as I remember the folks there were offed to be rehoused to one of the Scottish isle's with a nice some of cash.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soverei...lkland_Islands

[kurtz]

When the Falklands conflict first kicked off I thought it was in the scottish Isles

A few things;

The Falklands are important they are the gateway to Antartica with its putative oil reserves and important scientific bases, Britain guarantees it's neutrality, I don't think Argentina with it's then terrible financial state could have kept it's hands off it.

I kinda suspect that both sides fancied a bit of a war and the Argentinians got suckered into it by Maggie (who I kinda miss these days).

And does anyone remember that greta song by the Macc Lads?

You can keep that puff Ardiles
Cos we're going to have your Malvinas!

(Buenos Airies I think)

Apparantly the Sun were going to hand it out as a patriotic song but thought better of it after a second listening.

[ABBAFAN]

Has anyone seen any of these falklands films?

An ungentlemanly act;about the initial Argentine landings starring Ian Richardson
Illuminados por el fuego;is an interesting Argentine film about one ex conscripts memories.
Tumbledown;starring colin firth about the battle.

[TteFAboB]

The flag of the Falklands has a sheep in it?!
:rotfl:
Kiwis must be so jealous!

[ABBAFAN]

Ive been to the Falklands.Its very nice there.The duke box in one of the pubs(the globe and laurel I think)has all the videos for the tracks on it.A video juke box if you like.

[Tchocky]

Originally Posted by STEED

We should have declared war it's strikes me as some what odd with no declaration of war, an interesting thing here Margret Thatcher was becoming unpopular here and it looked like she was going to loose the general election but after the war there was a massive u-turn and she was re-elected.

Why should ther have been a declaration of war? Such a declaration is total, whereas this conflict was one of reclamation.

And I'm sure Maggie was aware of the political brownie points in getting "our lads" off to fight Johnny Foreigner....