'Iraq forces can draw hope from Falklands'
By Paul Willis
13/06/2007
Daily Mail
Baroness Thatcher says UK troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are fighting to end tyranny
Baroness Thatcher drew parallels between the Falklands conflict and British deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan today during an emotional broadcast to mark the 25th anniversary of the conflict.
Baroness Thatcher in Portsmouth yesterday
In the radio message recorded for the British Forces Broadcasting Service, she said the battle to reclaim the Falkland Islands was a "just" cause.
She added that the struggle against "tyranny and violence" continued today, and that serving troops could draw "hope and strength" from previous victories.
Lady Thatcher's message has been beamed to the islanders and British troops around the world.
Speaking of the Falklands, Lady Thatcher said: "Aggression was defeated and reversed. The wishes of local people were upheld as paramount. Britain's honour and interests prevailed.
"The whole nation rejoiced at the success; and we should still rejoice."
The broadcast by the 81-year-old former prime minister, who ordered a British taskforce to the south Atlantic after the invasion by Argentina, follows her visit yesterday to an exhibition commemorating the Royal Navy's role in the conflict at the Royal Navy Museum in Portsmouth.
In the radio message she paid tribute to the professionalism of Britain's armed forces saying that "no finer troops could be found in the world than those of our country".
"But many of our boys - and girls as well, of course - are today stationed in war zones where the issues are more complex, where the outcome is more problematic, and where life is no less dangerous.
"In these circumstances, they often need a different sort of courage, though the same commitment.
"There are in a sense no final victories, for the struggle against evil in the world is never ending.
Tyranny and violence wear many masks.
"Yet from victory in the Falklands we can all today draw hope and strength."
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By Paul Willis
13/06/2007
Daily Mail
Baroness Thatcher says UK troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are fighting to end tyranny
Baroness Thatcher drew parallels between the Falklands conflict and British deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan today during an emotional broadcast to mark the 25th anniversary of the conflict.
Baroness Thatcher in Portsmouth yesterday
In the radio message recorded for the British Forces Broadcasting Service, she said the battle to reclaim the Falkland Islands was a "just" cause.
She added that the struggle against "tyranny and violence" continued today, and that serving troops could draw "hope and strength" from previous victories.
Lady Thatcher's message has been beamed to the islanders and British troops around the world.
Speaking of the Falklands, Lady Thatcher said: "Aggression was defeated and reversed. The wishes of local people were upheld as paramount. Britain's honour and interests prevailed.
"The whole nation rejoiced at the success; and we should still rejoice."
The broadcast by the 81-year-old former prime minister, who ordered a British taskforce to the south Atlantic after the invasion by Argentina, follows her visit yesterday to an exhibition commemorating the Royal Navy's role in the conflict at the Royal Navy Museum in Portsmouth.
In the radio message she paid tribute to the professionalism of Britain's armed forces saying that "no finer troops could be found in the world than those of our country".
"But many of our boys - and girls as well, of course - are today stationed in war zones where the issues are more complex, where the outcome is more problematic, and where life is no less dangerous.
"In these circumstances, they often need a different sort of courage, though the same commitment.
"There are in a sense no final victories, for the struggle against evil in the world is never ending.
Tyranny and violence wear many masks.
"Yet from victory in the Falklands we can all today draw hope and strength."
dailymail.co.uk