Yeah... it'd give the US another chance to say "Eehhhhhhh.... We don't really want to get involved with your squabbles..."
So yeah. Looking forward to that scenario where literally nobody supports the UK.
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Yeah... it'd give the US another chance to say "Eehhhhhhh.... We don't really want to get involved with your squabbles..."
So yeah. Looking forward to that scenario where literally nobody supports the UK.
Yea, the USA didn't provide logistics, or intelligence, or put up an arms sale ban.
France didn't provide intelligence.
Chile didn't provide intelligence.
No country cut diplomatic ties with Argentina.
And the UN didn't mandate Argentina's withdrawal from the islands.
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Didnt the RAF order its Typhoons *without* the cannon? I hope thats been reversed lol, a fighter without a gun is just stupid.
Yea, but they put the cannon from other planes onto it. Saved money and gave better integration with current systems.
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The decision to not support the cannon in RAF service was reversed in 2006.
At a conference last week, Air Vice-Marshal David Walker, the officer commanding No 1 Group, Typhoon squadrons, said he had decided to proceed with the Typhoon gun, buying cannons & ammunition, spares and maintenance equipment.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21341578 - More barmy Ranting!
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What a utter douche, I wish they just admit they want the oil thats been found in the waters just off the coast
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Sounds like a threat to me.
Hollow posturing. Funny how it's only kicked off since oil has been mentioned.
Cameron should tell them to put up or shut up.
I wonder how the Argentinian public feel about this. Is it just a political thing or is the country as a whole butthurt?
Cameron should tell them to put up or shut up.
I wonder how the Argentinian public feel about this. Is it just a political thing or is the country as a whole butthurt?
Kinda wondering that too, but didn't some big well known "thinkers" in Arg speak out in the press and where practically jailed for speaking out, or something, I cant remember the exact story.
But I do wonder if the "average Joe" there can see through this as nothing but a distraction for a country that's pretty much falling apart.
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Sadly its what they get tought from a young age. Its the same with spain and gibraltar. Its the fall back card for these countries, when ever they got issues they bring up the falklands or gibraltar and it diverts the attention.
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How many times does he want to contradict himself within a couple of statements seems insane to me.
I was in Argentina over the summer and the general feeling I got from talking to locals in their 20's and 30's is that they believe strongly that the Islands belong to Argentina and should long term be returned to them. However they don't support their governments position that the people who live there count for nothing and shouldn't get a say, there was also no appetite what so ever for a war with Britain over the Islands and no animosity towards us as British citizens. There is still some resentment and bitterness in the older population but then that is true on both sides those who fought and those who lost loved ones will always see things differently.
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Someone tell me why it should be returned to them, when it wasn't really ever in Argentinian hands (as I understand)?
Revolution for independence in Argentina started in 1810. Previously occupied by the Spanish.
Falklands discovered in 1600 by the Dutch, then by the British in 1690, 1764 French, 1765 British again, Spanish war with Britain over it in 1770. Britain pull out in 1774, with the Spanish holding on to it until 1806. Settlement established with Buenos Aires and Great Britain in 1828.
Guy from Argentina goes over there to establish a colony in 1832, gets killed almost immediately in a mutiny. 1834 Britain establishes permanent colony.
How exactly does any of that contribute it to really being Argentinian, other than it's located 310 miles away from their coast?
And:
"Sovereignty over the islands again became an issue in the second half of the 20th century, when Argentina saw the creation of the United Nations as an opportunity to pursue its claim. Talks between British and Argentine foreign missions took place in the 1960s, but failed to come to any meaningful conclusion. A major sticking point in all the negotiations was that the inhabitants preferred that the islands remain British territory."
Revolution for independence in Argentina started in 1810. Previously occupied by the Spanish.
Falklands discovered in 1600 by the Dutch, then by the British in 1690, 1764 French, 1765 British again, Spanish war with Britain over it in 1770. Britain pull out in 1774, with the Spanish holding on to it until 1806. Settlement established with Buenos Aires and Great Britain in 1828.
Guy from Argentina goes over there to establish a colony in 1832, gets killed almost immediately in a mutiny. 1834 Britain establishes permanent colony.
How exactly does any of that contribute it to really being Argentinian, other than it's located 310 miles away from their coast?
And:
"Sovereignty over the islands again became an issue in the second half of the 20th century, when Argentina saw the creation of the United Nations as an opportunity to pursue its claim. Talks between British and Argentine foreign missions took place in the 1960s, but failed to come to any meaningful conclusion. A major sticking point in all the negotiations was that the inhabitants preferred that the islands remain British territory."
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