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Anteep wrote:the Argentinians are obsessed with the Falklands, and I'm sure their **** government loves this fact, since it drives attention away from themselves and wins them political points if they adopt an aggressive policy towards the Falklands. However, I can't see the Argentinians realistically capturing the island and if they were to, they'd probably lose their entire navy. RN ships are decades ahead and technology matters a great deal at sea.

CptBritish wrote:Had a very long conversation with my Dad and cousin today about the Falkland Islands. Me and my Dad both been more 'right leaning' than my cousin both think they should stay British no matter what and my cousin for instance thinks talks should happen with the Argentines. I think hes a complete idiot for it but its his view and hes family so meh... Just wondering what you guys think seeing as though this is my most active forum ever lol

Other than just saying "***k the Argies they tried and failed to take them back and they are only 'really' interested now because of the possible oil under them" which I acually would say if I was asked the question in a pub. The people want to stay British why should the Argentinians get the islands? Yea Spanish settlers may have been there nearly 200 years ago but why just us? why not every country on the planet gives back territory that it has taken in those 200 years, that gonna happen? No.

and Hillary "I've taken sniper fire" Clinton can mind her own ***king business... I'd love to see what she say if some random decendants from Russian Alaska decided it wasn't fair of the Tsar to sell Alaska and they wanted to be Russian again and they were backed up by the Russian President... Yea I know exactly what she'd say and it would translate from diplomatic speak to average Joe speak as "***k off" Sound far fetched? It would probably hold more weight than "We want those islands back! There WERE Spanish people living there *Cough* in the 1800s *Cough*. There aren't any or many now and just about all the people on the island want to stay British but still they are ours! Why can't we have them?!?!

Meh Just wanna see what people think if anyone cares.... lol

SoB wrote:but you do not have the V bombers any more. But realy itis pointless the RN Sub would make the Argies think twice before they make any invasion

fool wrote:Hmm, of course it's something the government have done, and they should take full responsibility. Personally though, I would rather a carrier be scrapped than hospitals or schools.

Col_Travis wrote:

fool wrote:Hmm, of course it's something the government have done, and they should take full responsibility. Personally though, I would rather a carrier be scrapped than hospitals or schools.

The Brits scrapped both the HMS Eagle & Ark Royal before the Falklands War but still had the HMS Hermes and regretted the loss of both. Instead of relying on the good will of France for aircraft for both of there new carriers Britian should be working with Australia and Canada, both want carriers again and could do what they did prior to WWI and fund one more carrier each. As I've pointed out previously, both nations have several C/F-18's in mothball and unlike Britian both nations are modestly expanding there armed forces. If Britian and the other three CANZUK nations would ever see the potenial of working more closely together, there economic woes would be over and the argies would back down.

Hullu Hevonen wrote:

Col_Travis wrote:

fool wrote:Hmm, of course it's something the government have done, and they should take full responsibility. Personally though, I would rather a carrier be scrapped than hospitals or schools.

The Brits scrapped both the HMS Eagle & Ark Royal before the Falklands War but still had the HMS Hermes and regretted the loss of both. Instead of relying on the good will of France for aircraft for both of there new carriers Britian should be working with Australia and Canada, both want carriers again and could do what they did prior to WWI and fund one more carrier each. As I've pointed out previously, both nations have several C/F-18's in mothball and unlike Britian both nations are modestly expanding there armed forces. If Britian and the other three CANZUK nations would ever see the potenial of working more closely together, there economic woes would be over and the argies would back down.

Well, such cooperation would bring them closer, I think that Britain would have been smart to have invited Canada and Australia into the Queen Elizabeth carrier project, the name itself in as well unifying or common, with all still having the same monarch.

Hullu Hevonen wrote:Just came to think of the Julian Assange and the British threat(in another thread), if the British would storm that embassy, that would give Argentine a bit 'casus belli', though not enough to actually invade, but to roll in new Falkland rhetoric.