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| Cristina Kirchner rails against Britain at the UN over the Falklands |
| 2013-09-27 |
| [BLOGS.TELEGRAPH.CO.UK] Never one to miss an opportunity to make a fool of herself on the world stage, Argentina's president Cristina Kirchner has railed against Britannia yet again over the Falklands. According to a report by MercoPress, the South Atlantic News Agency, Kirchner defended her own country's development of nuclear energy in a speech this week at the UN General Assembly, while accusing Britannia of "militarising" the South Atlantic with nuclear submarines: "We do not go around condemning the use of nuclear energy with military ends, and at the same time send out nuclear submarines," Cristina Fernandez fired during her speech. "This happens to us Argentines, where the United Kingdom have militarised the South Atlantic and sends nuclear submarines" to an area that is clearly Argentine and Latin American sphere of influence. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Lest we fergit, Argentine control of the Falklands = Argentine influence over BRAZIL, in both the Mercusor Bloc + BRIC, etc. = BRAZIL-ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION IFF NOT "UNION" FOR GREAT POWER OR SUPERPOWER STATUS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-09-27 20:58 |
| #8 Submarines, being mobile, aren't a permanent fixture in the South Atlantic (tho perhaps they should be.) |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-09-27 16:02 |
| #7 "We do not go around condemning the use of nuclear energy with military ends, and at the same time send out nuclear submarines" Submarines, being mobile, aren't a permanent fixture in the South Atlantic (tho perhaps they should be.) Maybe we need a library of "Look Squirrel" translations. Probably a squirrel graphic as well. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-09-27 13:59 |
| #6 Schauen Squirrel!! (in the language of my ancestors ;^) Maybe we need a library of "Look Squirrel" translations. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-09-27 12:50 |
| #5 still yammering about the Falklands. As AlanC notes, it is not about the Falklands, it's about the Argie economy. La squirrela! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-09-27 12:38 |
| #4 Seems an appropriate post for the "Not this $hit again" picture. Uh, yeah. It's a bit surprising that she is still yammering about the Falklands. It's getting tedious and even she must understand that she cannot have those islands. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-09-27 11:27 |
| #3 Seems an appropriate post for the "Not this $hit again" picture. Not surprising that, as the Argentine economy, starts circling the drain they would try the old distraction ploy. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-09-27 07:18 |
| #2 "...clearly Argentine and Latin American sphere of influence." French Guyana is an integral part and important strategic asset of the French Republic and the EU. Located of the South American continent it borders Brazil and Suriname. The |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2013-09-27 05:44 |
| #1 In the recent Falkland Islands referendum, 99.8 percent of the Islanders voted to remain a British Overseas Territory. We recently re-learned that tyrants see statistical summaries related to the will of the little people quite differently. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-09-27 05:37 |