Remember The Falklands?

Remember The Falklands?

EagleSmack

#31

Re: Remember The Falklands?

Dec 16th, 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by Cliffy

You cannot have freedom given to you, you have to earn it. Nobody asked to be "liberated". To think that the coalition of the willingly stupid went into Iraq to liberate anything but the oil is to not have one's head screwed on properly. Iraq is trashed, the population is in chaos and the government is a puppet of the west. The only liberating that can be done now is for the west to get the hell out and take all their greedy corporations and security people with them.

Sorry it didn't turn out the way you wanted.

ironsides

No Party Affiliation

#32

Re: Remember The Falklands?

Dec 16th, 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by Cliffy

You cannot have freedom given to you, you have to earn it. Nobody asked to be "liberated". To think that the coalition of the willingly stupid went into Iraq to liberate anything but the oil is to not have one's head screwed on properly. Iraq is trashed, the population is in chaos and the government is a puppet of the west. The only liberating that can be done now is for the west to get the hell out and take all their greedy corporations and security people with them.

Lost me after your first sentence: "You cannot have freedom given to you, you have to earn it." Iraq will become Iran's puppet and we all will be back.

Spade

Free Thinker

#33

Re: Remember The Falklands?

Dec 16th, 2011

Maintaining empire is such a bother!

CDNBear

#34

Re: Remember The Falklands?

Dec 16th, 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by Spade

"Free at last, free at last, thank Gawd they're free at last!"
- Eulogy at an Iraqi graveyard

I'd rather die free, or die trying to be free, than live in tyranny.

Not everyone thinks being merely alive, is good enough.

ironsides

No Party Affiliation

#35

Re: Remember The Falklands?

Dec 16th, 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by Spade

Maintaining empire is such a bother!

Real pain in the neck, subjects always want this or that.

Spade

Free Thinker

#36

Re: Remember The Falklands?

Dec 16th, 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by ironsides

Real pain in the neck, subjects always want this or that.

Talk about pains in the neck. Those barbarians, sometimes you just can't hang 'em all!

The Barbarians - hanging scene - YouTube

ironsides

No Party Affiliation

#37

Re: Remember The Falklands?

Dec 16th, 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by Spade

Talk about pains in the neck. Those barbarians, sometimes you just can't hang 'em all!

But like the French, there not the same.

Last edited by ironsides; Dec 16th, 2011 at 07:35 PM..

Blackleaf

#38

Re: Remember The Falklands?

Dec 18th, 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by Spade

Really? Free after the deaths of 100 000 or more?

Those people died during a war which ousted hated dictator Saddam Hussein. Thanks to Britain and America Iraq is a free country and not a dictatorship.

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As for Palestine, Britain has been an honest broker?

There has never been an independent state known as Palestine.

There have, however, been three Israels, the first being founded in Biblical times before Islam was even founded.

Spade

Free Thinker

#39

Re: Remember The Falklands?

Dec 18th, 2011

So sayeth the myth maker.

Blackleaf

#40

Re: Remember The Falklands?

Dec 21st, 2011

'Send a nuclear submarine to stick its mast up': Former Navy head calls for aggressive reaction as Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay move to blockade Falklands

Aggression: Lord West has called for Britain to send a nuclear submarine to the Falkland Islands to signal the intention to defend the territory if Argentina attempts another invasion

A former head of the Royal Navy has said 'aggressive' demands by Argentina over the Falkland Islands should be countered by sending a nuclear submarine to the region.

Lord West has also suggested staging an exercise demonstrating Britain's ability to reinforce the South Atlantic islands would leave Buenos Aires in no doubt the country would defend them in case of conflict.

The peer slammed a new agreement by Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay to ban ships that fly the Falklands flag from their ports as 'outrageous'.

Speaking to London's Evening Standard, he said: 'They are basically becoming more and more aggressive. I find that worrying.

'Far from trying to settle in a grown-up way and having better and better relations with the Falkland islanders, they are upping the ante and becoming confrontational.'

He added that he did not believe Argentina would launch another invasion, but that sending a nuclear submarine to 'stick its mast up' as it patrolled the area would signal Britain's intent.

The former First Sea Lord, who commanded HMS Ardent on which 22 crew were killed during the Falklands War in 1982, added: 'When one is there, we should make a point of making it clear that it is there.'

The Foreign Office has condemned the decision to ban vessels flying the Falklands flag from entering ports in the three countries.

A spokesman said: 'We are very concerned by the latest Argentine attempt to isolate the Falkland Islands people and damage their livelihoods, for which there is no justification.

'No one should doubt our determination to protect the Falkland islanders' right to determine their own political future.'

Roger Spink, president of the Falklands Chamber of Commerce, said they were a small community and felt increasingly under blockade.

He told the BBC: 'If we were Palestine, the European Union would be up in arms.'

Quote: Originally Posted by Spade

So sayeth the myth maker.

If you can find any part in history of there being an independent Palestine I'll give you a medal.

There have been three Israels, though. And Jerusalem was founded by the Jews over 1,600 years before Islam was founded.

Last edited by Blackleaf; Dec 21st, 2011 at 12:09 PM..

Spade

Free Thinker

#41

Re: Remember The Falklands?

Dec 21st, 2011

Is that jam from a scone dribbled on his tie? Clotted cream?

Last edited by Spade; Dec 21st, 2011 at 12:20 PM..

The Old Medic

Conservative

#42

Re: Remember The Falklands?

Dec 21st, 2011

The people that live in the Falklands are British, they choose to be under Great Britain overwhelmingly (by greater than 90%), and that should settle the issue.

Blackleaf

#43