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Hom3r 02-03-2012 14:04
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Another ranting idiot

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Former Pink Floyd star Roger Waters believes Britain should return the Falkland Islands to Argentina, saying "Las Malvinas belong to Argentina".
By then bugger off the Argentina then. :mad:

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16180860

Maggy 02-03-2012 14:15
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Originally Posted by Hom3r (Post 35391716)
Another ranting idiot



By then bugger off the Argentina then. :mad:

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16180860

Yes well it seems that not all the ranting rhetoric jingoism is coming from the Argentine side.:rolleyes:

I think we should take it a little less personally and see it as just hot air in an election year for Argentina.Like ignoring those that irritate in a public forum.;)

Tim Deegan 02-03-2012 14:53
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hom3r (Post 35391716)
Another ranting idiot



By then bugger off the Argentina then. :mad:

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16180860
Actors and musicians should stick to what they do best, and stay out of politics.

Osem 02-03-2012 15:46
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Originally Posted by Hom3r (Post 35391716)
Another ranting idiot



By then bugger off the Argentina then. :mad:

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16180860
Does Waters suggest what should be done about the small matter of the people who've actually lived there for generations and want to remain British?

Uncle Peter 02-03-2012 15:58
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Yes I wonder what reason Mr Waters might have for taking advantage of the current situation to aim a cheap publicity shot.

Tim Deegan 02-03-2012 16:07
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Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35391779)
Does Waters suggest what should be done about the small matter of the people who've actually lived there for generations and want to remain British?
Of course not. It is just a publicity stunt for a has been.

Hugh 02-03-2012 16:08
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Publicity stunt, probably.

Has-been - not in my opinion...

martyh 02-03-2012 16:16
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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35391788)
Publicity stunt, probably.

Has-been - not in my opinion...
Is it possible for us to return the falklands as Waters suggests if Argentina have never actually owned them officially

Digital Fanatic 05-03-2012 16:26
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How France helped both sides in the Falklands War

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In his memoirs, former UK Defence Secretary Sir John Nott describes France as Britain's "greatest ally" during the Falklands War. But formerly secret papers and other evidence seen by the BBC show that was not the full story.

Before the war, France sold Argentina's military junta five Exocet missiles.

At the time, few suspected that the regime's longstanding claim on the Falklands would lead to war, and the sale went largely unnoticed. But when in May 1982 these Exocet missiles were used to strike Britain's HMS Sheffield and Atlantic Conveyor, with the loss of 32 British lives, near panic ensued in London.

Linkage HERE

Tim Deegan 05-03-2012 16:35
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Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic (Post 35393433)
How France helped both sides in the Falklands War




Linkage HERE
That was talked about earlier in the thread. MI5 were trying to buy up the worlds stocks of exocet missiles to try and stop Argentina getting them.

TheDaddy 05-03-2012 16:36
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Originally Posted by Tim Deegan (Post 35393442)
That was talked about earlier in the thread. MI5 were trying to buy up the worlds stocks of exocet missiles to try and stop Argentina getting them.
and France helped us buy them up IIRC...

Tim Deegan 05-03-2012 16:39
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 35393445)
and France helped us buy them up IIRC...
Wasn't that only after Maggy made threats to use nukes?

TheDaddy 05-03-2012 16:41
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Originally Posted by Tim Deegan (Post 35393448)
Wasn't that only after Maggy made threats to use nukes?
Don't think so, IIRC they sort of shamed themselves into helping, looks bad failing to support another European power and ally against some tin pot South American junta.

Tim Deegan 05-03-2012 16:50
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 35393451)
Don't think so, IIRC they sort of shamed themselves into helping, looks bad failing to support another European power and ally against some tin pot South American junta.
I'm sure the story was in a link somewhere in this thread. But it would take ages to find with so many pages.

---------- Post added at 17:50 ---------- Previous post was at 17:43 ----------

Found it:

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According to author Ali Magoudi, French President Francois Mitterrand (1916 – 1996) made a stunning claim that during Britain’s Falkland Islands war with Argentina in the early 1980s, Margaret Thatcher (1925) threatened to use nuclear weapons. Unless Mitterrand gave the British the "deactivate" codes used by anti-ship missiles that France had sold to Argentina.
http://blogcritics.org/books/article...entina-during/

TheDaddy 05-03-2012 18:07
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Originally Posted by Tim Deegan (Post 35393453)
I'm sure the story was in a link somewhere in this thread. But it would take ages to find with so many pages.

---------- Post added at 17:50 ---------- Previous post was at 17:43 ----------

Found it:



http://blogcritics.org/books/article...entina-during/
Oh right never heard that before, sure I do recall the French buying back large numbers of missiles on the open market or canceling orders to help us out though as well.


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