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2003-12-08 Britain

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Posted by Steve White 2003-12-08 1:33:01 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 What?? they want an apology from Britain for NOT using nukes on them ya say?

Hehehe

Posted by Val 2003-12-8 8:43:31 AM|| 2003-12-8 8:43:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The Argentines have never accepted that they lost the war. To do so would further expose the generals involved, who were already neck deep in the other scandals of the time. The cultural attitude is similar to the Japanese, where the war is glossed over and devoutly ignored.

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2003-12-8 8:48:55 AM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2003-12-8 8:48:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 A lot of Argentines still think they sunk a British carrier and think its been a big conspiracy to hide that fact. They hit the Atlantic Courier which was shuttling planes but it was certainly not a carrier. The pilot that hit it claimed it was and was a hero in a nation that desperately needed heroes after such a foolish conflict.

I call the conflict foolish because the Argentines could have won if they'd waited until wintertime down in the South Atlantic when at least one British carrier would have been decommissioned and the others would not have been able to do launch operations in the notoriously violent south atlantic during winter. The Argentines would have had months to move the British off of the island, move the Britts off and won without firing a shot.

Posted by ruprecht 2003-12-8 8:40:27 PM|| 2003-12-8 8:40:27 PM|| Front Page Top

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