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![]() Alan Erskine wrote: "alf blume" wrote in message k... "Paul Elliot" skrev i en meddelelse t... Never underestimate Argentine pride. I lived in BA in 1971. I have seen it. I think that british intelligence services are well aware of this . . . Just like they were in 1982? Or in 2003 (Iraq)? C'mon. I think that Britain would have had a much more difficult time had the US remained completely neutral. Quite frankly, I don't see why the interest in maintaining a colony that is not economically viable on its own... JT |
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Grumpy AuContraire wrote:
Alan Erskine wrote: "alf blume" wrote in message .dk... "Paul Elliot" skrev i en meddelelse .net... Never underestimate Argentine pride. I lived in BA in 1971. I have seen it. I think that british intelligence services are well aware of this . . . Just like they were in 1982? Or in 2003 (Iraq)? C'mon. I think that Britain would have had a much more difficult time had the US remained completely neutral. Quite frankly, I don't see why the interest in maintaining a colony that is not economically viable on its own... JT To recapitualte: Never underestimate British pride. -- PC Paul 89 PC800 77 R100RS Trip pics at: http://new.photos.yahoo.com/paul1cart/albums/ "To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society" - Theodore Roosevelt |
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Grumpy AuContraire wrote:
Alan Erskine wrote: "alf blume" wrote in message .dk... "Paul Elliot" skrev i en meddelelse .net... Never underestimate Argentine pride. I lived in BA in 1971. I have seen it. I think that british intelligence services are well aware of this . . . Just like they were in 1982? Or in 2003 (Iraq)? C'mon. I think that Britain would have had a much more difficult time had the US remained completely neutral. Quite frankly, I don't see why the interest in maintaining a colony that is not economically viable on its own... JT To recapitualte: Never underestimate British pride. -- PC Paul 89 PC800 77 R100RS Trip pics at: http://new.photos.yahoo.com/paul1cart/albums/ "To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society" - Theodore Roosevelt |
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![]() "Grumpy AuContraire" wrote in message ... I think that Britain would have had a much more difficult time had the US remained completely neutral. Quite frankly, I don't see why the interest in maintaining a colony that is not economically viable on its own... See my post above. There's oil in them thar seas... |
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![]() "Grumpy AuContraire" wrote in message ... I think that Britain would have had a much more difficult time had the US remained completely neutral. Quite frankly, I don't see why the interest in maintaining a colony that is not economically viable on its own... See my post above. There's oil in them thar seas... |
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![]() "Alan Erskine" skrev i en meddelelse ... "alf blume" wrote in message k... "Paul Elliot" skrev i en meddelelse t... Never underestimate Argentine pride. I lived in BA in 1971. I have seen it. I think that british intelligence services are well aware of this . . . Just like they were in 1982? Or in 2003 (Iraq)? You think they didn't know? - they did in both cases - both wars were politically motivated and intelligence ignored. 1) Thacher was made perfectly aware of the Argentinian preparations - but chose a war to divert attention from internal problems - nothing unites a nation better than a quick little war! 2) Same situation - Blair knew that the presence of WMD were at best dubious - the war was politically motivated: "Britain is still a world power - look we can fight on equal terms with the US!!!" |
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![]() Alan Erskine wrote: "alf blume" wrote in message k... "Paul Elliot" skrev i en meddelelse t... Never underestimate Argentine pride. I lived in BA in 1971. I have seen it. I think that british intelligence services are well aware of this . . . Just like they were in 1982? Or in 2003 (Iraq)? C'mon. I think that Britain would have had a much more difficult time had the US remained completely neutral. Quite frankly, I don't see why the interest in maintaining a colony that is not economically viable on its own... JT |
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![]() "Paul Elliot" skrev i en meddelelse t... Never underestimate Argentine pride. I lived in BA in 1971. I have seen it. I think that british intelligence services are well aware of this . . . |
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alf blume wrote:
Hello, Alan! You wrote on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:50:12 GMT: ?? Subs can launch cruise-missiles and tridents with impunity against all ?? A-4 bases, with nukes if called for... AE The British could have done that in 1982 and didn't. They didn't have to . . . AE They won't do it now either. Imagine the political repercussions from AE using nuclear weapons. They can't really be sure, can they?? Anyway - missiles can also carry ordinary explosives - one in the middle of Plaza del Mayo will do the trick! Subs can close down sea traffic - carriers far from land can stop air-travel. An Argentinian attack on the Falklands would give the british the right under the law! So it's not gonna happen - too many smart people on both sides. With best regards, alf blume. E-mail: Never underestimate Argentine pride. I lived in BA in 1971. I have seen it. -- PC Paul 89 PC800 77 R100RS Trip pics at: http://new.photos.yahoo.com/paul1cart/albums/ "To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society" - Theodore Roosevelt |
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