Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising

[Tim Deegan]

Originally Posted by adzii_nufc

I'm getting the feeling She's not half as a cocky now that Nuclear Armed Vehicles have supposedly been put into action. She must have thought we'd just sit and back and let them rant on.

Well Maggie did. Argentina warned that they were going to invade tha Falklands, and we did nothing. So then they did invade, almost unopposed. Maggie was made out to be a hero because we won the way. But if she had listened to the warnings, and increased the defences, then 1000's of lives could have been saved.

We obviously won't make the same mistake twice.

1000s of lives???

I could have sworn the total fatalities of this were under 1000 (too many, I know, but not "1000s").

[Tim Deegan]

Originally Posted by Hugh

1000s of lives???

I could have sworn the total fatalities of this were under 1000 (too many, I know, but not "1000s").

Sorry, that was a typo...1 too many 0's

[Digital Fanatic]

Interesting report on BBC about Argentina isolating the Islanders. Making it diffucult to get fresh vegetables and eggs.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16980747

Like eggs, fresh vegetables are increasingly hard to come by. The islands - acre for acre - aren't much smaller than Wales, but the land is rocky and unyielding.
Penguin News The local newspaper says the big issue is food, not Prince William

You can drive for mile after mile across peaty moorlands of black and pale yellow. There are no trees, for wind comes in at you with such a force from the cold Atlantic that nothing stands a chance. I visited a sheep farm - 19,000 acres to sustain 2,500 sheep.

In other words, each individual sheep needs seven acres of land to get through the year. That's how ungiving this land is. And yet the Falkland Islanders make it work.

But you can't get eggs and you can't get vegetables. South America once traded happily with the islanders, supplying all their needs. But Buenos Aires has been working hard to cut the islands off.

Recently, Argentina persuaded other South American countries to turn Falklands-flagged vessels away from their ports. Ships rounding Cape Horn heading for the Falklands are routinely stopped, searched and delayed, so much so that merchant vessels have largely given up trying.

Argentina has also restricted air traffic. There is one flight a week from Chile. Argentina won't allow more than this to pass through its airspace. Now Argentina is threatening to close even this last link with mainland South America.

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It's the Falklands Islanders that should be complaining to the UN about Argentinas bullying of them!

[Tim Deegan]

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

It's the Falklands Islanders that should be complaining to the UN about Argentinas bullying of them!

Absolutely

[Sirius]

Lets build a training area on the Falklands and train our troops there.

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by Sirius

Lets build a training area on the Falklands and train our troops there.

[Hom3r]

Well Cameron should tell this Argie bitch to "Calm down dear, put the kettle on and make us a cup of tea."

What DC needs is comendere a British own plane and fly it between Chile and the Falklands and call it an "Aid flight", screw there ban.

[Tim Deegan]

Originally Posted by Sirius

Lets build a training area on the Falklands and train our troops there.

And maybe a big naval excercise in the British waters around the Falklands

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Hom3r

Well Cameron should tell this Argie bitch to "Calm down dear, put the kettle on and make us a cup of tea."

What DC needs is comendere a British own plane and fly it between Chile and the Falklands and call it an "Aid flight", screw there ban.

[Hom3r]

Originally Posted by Tim Deegan

And maybe a big naval excercise in the British waters around the Falklands

IIRC that would only go out 15 miles, outside this it nternational waters.

[Tim Deegan]

Originally Posted by Hom3r

IIRC that would only go out 15 miles, outside this it nternational waters.

But they are free to conduct an excercise in international waters, are they not?

[DocDutch]

Tim they would have to give advance warning of am exercise in international waters

now is it me after reading that article on the beeb it is looking like the argies are trying to starve the falklands.

Originally Posted by DocDutch

Tim they would have to give advance warning of am exercise in international waters

now is it me after reading that article on the beeb it is looking like the argies are trying to starve the falklands.

Plenty of fish,sheep and penguins.

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by DocDutch

Tim they would have to give advance warning of am exercise in international waters

now is it me after reading that article on the beeb it is looking like the argies are trying to starve the falklands.

Yeah, they are bullies. The islanders sound like they are made of tough stuff though.