Quite a staggering offer really. I couldn't see it going down well in the US or the UK had we accepted it.
Good thing we didn't need it.
Why does it take 6 months to organise a referendum for 3000 people living on a small island tightly knit island?
Falklands sovereignty referendum just announced for 2013...
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/falklands-hold-referendum-sovereignty-125322640.html
I doubt it will shut Argentina up though, but assuming they decide to maintain their British connection the fact they voted for it should weaken any support Argentina has with any UN countries.
Mr Summers tried to pass a letter offering talks with the Falklands government to President Fernandez but could not get close enough.
Argentina's foreign minister refused to take the document telling the legislator to "send it to my embassy".
"How can it be part of British territory when it's 14,000 miles away?" she asked.
Also they were nice enough to offer to lend us the use of a US military tanker fully loaded with jet fuel, this made the Vulcan attack on the islands possible.
And of course the RAF base at the British-owned Ascension Island had nothing to do with it at all![]()
Perhaps she ment a return trip?![]()
I didn't say that but without the tanker parked at the island we wouldn't have been able to mount the bombing run.
A total of 11 Victors were used to support Black Buck One: XH669, XH672, XL162, XL163, XL188, XL189, XL192, XL232, XL511, XL513 and XM717
argies are a joke.
pathetic attempts to distract economic woe.