Thread: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising
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Old 28-02-2012, 17:11   #433
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising
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Originally Posted by Kymmy View Post
Reminds me of the girl who got her sterling stuck on full auto so threw it away.. We all dived for cover.. So I've also been shot at by our own people
Americans???

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
I have no intention of insulting anyone. I really do think you're firing from the hip without thorough research or the benefit of experience of the subject. Your view of whether HM Forces are adequate as a deterrent force has shifted from 'no and a determined assault could ovcome them' to 'yes but that means Argentina would have to make a big assault using troops as cannon fodder'. These are two quite different positions.

You also stated - without equivocation - that the original conflict lasted a year, only qualifying that statement as being a childhood memory when you were called out on it. I'm sorry, but as an excuse for a basic factual error that's lame.

I think you've gone out on a limb on this one, claimed statements as fact that are beyond your knowledge or experience to back up and are resorting to trying to play down the comments of people who actually do have first-hand experience of these matters by claiming the experience of friends or family as your own.
Give it a rest Chris...it's not as if reporters get it 100% right all the time...and yes that is including reporters for local rags.

I made a mistake about the length of the war, because it was based on what I remember from 30 years ago. And I put my hands up to that, we all make mistakes. But unlike you, I haven't used the typical reporter tactic of twisting peoples words around to mean something different. You knew exactly what both of my comments that you quoted actually mean. And I'n not going to get drawn into a petty squabble about actual meaning of words.

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Originally Posted by Hugh View Post
tbf, we've all been there - mine was a WO whose Browning jammed, so he was waving it about to demonstrate the jam, until it went off and shot himself in the foot....
Oh dear....maybe the argies do stand a chance
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