Royal Navy sends attack submarine HMS Sceptre to the Falklands

petros

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I heard Buenos Aires officals claim to have a suitcase nuke in old London, have reanimated Jack the Ripper and have threatened to overtake the airwaves repeatedly looping the Madonna Evita soundtrack over and over and over again.
 

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Quoting EagleSmack
Will this come before or after Bush declares Martial Law and cancels the 2008 Presidential Election? :lol:
The US is in what, it's 5th or 6th decade of executive ordered "state of emergency" now? Will it ever end?
 

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The US is in what, it's 5th or 6th decade of executive ordered "state of emergency" now? Will it ever end?

Ummm...no it isn't. You might want to read up on that too. Limited state of emergency powers have been enacted since 1976 but that is that.

During the Watergate scandal, the US Congress found that the US was still in a declared state of emergency since 1950 and nobody noticed. They recinded it and placed restrictions on when and for how long a president can declare a REAL State of Emergency.

I will add this.... :lol:
 

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I think people just like to gripe. Brits gripe because the Yanks aren't onside ... but they'll gripe because they're there too. Should another soverign nation step in to help the Tinnie's invasion, then maybe it becomes a NATO thing ... or maybe not.
 

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Ummm...no it isn't. You might want to read up on that too. Limited state of emergency powers have been enacted since 1976 but that is that.

During the Watergate scandal, the US Congress found that the US was still in a declared state of emergency since 1950 and nobody noticed. They recinded it and placed restrictions on when and for how long a president can declare a REAL State of Emergency.

I will add this.... :lol:
So it's only 4 decades not 5 or 6. Bummer eh?
 

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Yeah sure. :lol::lol::lol::lol:

Not elected to lead the country in open free elections, which is the basis of a democracy.........only Hitler and Bush can lay claim to that, and Hitler soon canceled all future elections....Only Bush left his country a democratic state.......in more ways then one! :smile:
So? That does not refute the fact that democratic countries war with each other.
 

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BS James. Reagan did provide support for the UK during this. The US helped the Brits in altering US MADE Sidewinder missles and other support.

So take that anti-American garbage and stuff it.
You're so cute when you're being feisty. lol
 

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At the time the Argies had an aircraft carrier as well. It participated in the initial invasion. Once the General Belgrano was sunk the Argies recalled their carrier and tied it up to the pier. They knew it would end up on the bottom.

The Argies outnumbered the Brits on the ground and the Brits whipped them fairly easily.

You cannot call Britain a bully when it was Argentina that launched the invasion. All britain did was take it back from them.
Like I said, I was only stirring the pot. lol
 

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So... these islands still aren't just off the coast of New Jersey?

Both the Brits and Argies are welcome to any islands off the coast of New Jersey. In fact if they have any sort of claim to New Jersey itself I am open to listening to their claims.
 

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Both the Brits and Argies are welcome to any islands off the coast of New Jersey. In fact if they have any sort of claim to New Jersey itself I am open to listening to their claims.
IMO, anyone can have what's east of the Rockies from here. lol Trade you all that for OR, WA, MT, ID, and WY?
 

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IMO, anyone can have what's east of the Rockies from here. lol Trade you all that for OR, WA, MT, ID, and WY?

You can have WA and parts of OR. Heck, I'll throw in VT and CT in with that lot.

MT, ID, and WY we'll keep.

But wait a second...how can you trade states that aren't yours?!?!

You gotta give up something. Newfoundland? Nova Scotia? Your side of Niagra Falls?