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1 posted on 03/13/2011 2:29:26 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
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2 posted on 03/13/2011 2:31:04 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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No more aircraft carrier or STOVL jets, UK, no more Falklands.

That’s where this is going.

UK appears to be totally fine with it.


3 posted on 03/13/2011 2:32:43 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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What is wrong with these argentinians? The falklands are populated by british people. Jeeze, maybe obama should declare cuba US territory cuz it’s close to florida.


4 posted on 03/13/2011 2:32:43 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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The people of the Falklands overwhelmingly like being part of the United Kingdom. Argentina started an uprovoked war with Britain over this issue and they lost - the issue was settled then. It appears if they wanted to break away from Britain at any point, they would want to be an independent nation and not part of Argentina.

Falklands happy as British Overseas Territory and ‘don’t like being told by others what to do’

6 posted on 03/13/2011 2:38:16 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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Machismo in Latin America appears to be a problem for both genders in Central and South America. The Argentinians may need to learn a lesson about every generation or so regarding the Falklands. Dumb move.


7 posted on 03/13/2011 2:40:20 PM PDT by patriot preacher
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***The Argentine government has continued to dispute British sovereignty over the archipelago since its 1982 invasion was defeated. ****

An invasion designed to divert Argentine attention away from domestic problems.

The ship General Bellgrano(A survivor of pearl Harbor), went down in that fight.

Phil Donahue had a segment on his show about the Argentine conflict. The total ignorance of the audience was apalling as many blamed the US for that war.


8 posted on 03/13/2011 2:41:11 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Visit the TOMMY FRANKS MILITARY MUSEUM in HOBART, OK. I did, well worth it!)
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This woman is a disaster. There is no way the Falklands is just going to roll over and let the Argentinians just take over. I wonder if this dopey play of hers is going to work. The only thing that is going for Christina is that she is mildly attractive.


9 posted on 03/13/2011 2:41:20 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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She and her late husband - two totally corrupt politicians. Come to think of it, the only way she landed her job was by being married to the then current president. Kind of like Michelle succeeding Barack. Now, that is one very scary thought.

Speaking of Obama, how much do you want to bet that he would back Argentina, especially considering his past treatment of anyone British.


17 posted on 03/13/2011 2:52:21 PM PDT by CdMGuy
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Politicians<

Argentina has barely crawled up from an econimic meltdown - and this (bimbo? war monger? astute politician?) is fussing over something they never had.

She must want that oil plenty bad to dick around with a nuke power..... Even what's left of the British Navy is far larger and more modern than anything the Argis could ever hope to field... /p>

18 posted on 03/13/2011 2:55:37 PM PDT by ASOC (What are you doing now that Mexico has become OUR Chechnya?)
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If the Argentine’s elect this crazy corrupt b!tch again they get what they deserve! She has been a disaster for the country and needs to be bounced out. Problem is that all the politicians are corrupt as hell so it may be more of the devil you know versus the one you don’t but even so they could find one that’s a little bit less crazy.


19 posted on 03/13/2011 2:56:46 PM PDT by trapped_in_LA
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The last time this came up Hildabeest said that the Falklanders had to ‘negotiate’ with Argentina. This also begs the question would President Obama allow Her Majesty’s Navy to re-supply on Ascencion Island as President Reagan did? 19 Months and counting.


21 posted on 03/13/2011 2:58:41 PM PDT by Calusa (The pump don't work cause the vandals took the handles. Quoth Bob Dylan.)
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22 posted on 03/13/2011 2:59:24 PM PDT by Christian Engineer Mass (25ish Cambridge MA grad student. Many younger conservative Christians out there? __ Click my name)
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This would be a war over oil and I wonder if Britain would fight again and with what?


25 posted on 03/13/2011 3:01:50 PM PDT by Truth29
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If Argentina has a right to seize the Falklands, then the United States has the right to take back Cuba, which was a prize of war from Spain over a century ago.

I don’t give a rat’s arse what the OAS thinks.


29 posted on 03/13/2011 3:05:12 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT!)
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