[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by Hugh

In today's Guardian - link

And here is, imho, an empty gesture reported in yesterday's Telegraph I wonder if any actually exist?

Most ships are registered under flags like Panama and Liberia, so that ban can be bypassed!

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy

Exactly. If the Argentinians hadn't started the sabre rattling in the first place then we wouldn't have needed to beef up the military presence there.

It's probably got more to do with trying to deflect attention from domestic issues:

The Argentine economy is “a time-bomb ticking” warns economist

I would agree with you on that!

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Originally Posted by Chris

I almost feel sorry for Kirchner as well. She has made this her key foreign policy objective, which displays either shocking ignorance or hopeless naivety .... having set herself an aim that anyone outside of Argentina can see is unattainable, all she has actually achieved is to lay the foundations for her downfall. When the voters start to realise she can't deliver, they will simply judge her weak and ineffective.

When that happens, Argentina would launch an invasion to boost her poll ratings!