Falklands War or Malvinas islands.

Right off we go.

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Any Argies on this forum? Or just bargees? What's a kelper?

I remember a few words to a song that was being sung in the days of Thatcher and her glorious little war:
"With the Empire crumbling down,
Let no Paddies back the Crown,
Las Islas Malvinas Argentinas."
Or something like that.

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah !

"I am professor R.J.Gumby and I think that the Malvinas should be returned to it's indigenous population and that the same should go for Argentina. Furthermore all persons descended from non-indigenous peoples of those country should be repatriated to the origin of their ancestors."

:P

From a county Mayo town came a man of great renown
As a sailor and a soldier was none bolder
He went to America at an early age they say
As a cabin boy to sail the wide world over
Then adventure took him south to the De La Plata mouth
San Martin was on the route in Argentina
So three whaling ships he bought and Brazil and Spain he
fought
And freedom then he sought for Argentina

Now Admiral William Brown you're a man of courage shown
And in battles fought the odds were all against you
But your Irish heart was strong and in memory still lives
on
And in Ireland there are some that don't forget you
On St. Patrick's day it's told you had many victories bold
You defeated all invaders thugs and bullys
Then through the Pampas rose and you found a hapy home
"Las Islas Malvinas, Argentinas"

He had heard of Irish hands in noble gallant bands
That helped to free the land called Argentina
He had heard with great acclaim the Patricios name and fame
When in 1806 the British came for slaughter
And to this very day in the Argentine they say
The English ran away from Buenos Aires
To the islands further down and they took them for the
crown
"Las Islas Malvinas, Argentinas"

We remember William Brown and his land of great renown
He, invader of the islands from your country
When in 1833 were by pirates forced to flee
And in Ireland sure we know the story fully
And the people that went too to the Argentine when new
To escape the English laws and wars and famine
They had proved a loyal crew just like all the Irish do
"Las Islas Malvinas, Argentinas"

The old colonial days and cruel English ways
With her thunder plunder we will teach the natives
For the Brits are going to war just like Whitelocke did
before
With her ships and guns and drums and flags and banners
In the Empire days of old when they murdered for gold
And paraded it around the streets of London
Oh no human rights were given to the natives dead or living
"Las Islas Malvinas, Argentinas"

In the Argentine he died Father Fahey by his side
'57 was the year his country mourned him
A hero of the nation he's remembered with elation
Throughout the world where freedom still abounds
And the Southern Cross take note where bold Willie Bullfin
wrote
The Irish still support you Argentina
With the Empire tumbling down let no Paddies back the crown
"Las Islas Malvinas, Argentinas".
With the Empire tumbling down let no Paddies back the crown
"Las Islas Malvinas, Argentinas".

That's one Irish perspective, perhaps Limpetmine will give us another, perhaps not. Carrier will be looking through back issues of The Tory Liar, and other hysterical documents.

I think a kelper is a person who collects kelp off the beach and spreads it on the land as it is a very good fertiliser.

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The Falklands consist of a couple of main islands. The population is about 2500 persons predominately descended from Scots or Welsh stock, other than that there are about 500,000 sheep, and you can do a bit of fishing.

Argentina was one of the worlds great trading nations and the UK did good business with them. Things went awry when the Military Junta led by General Galtieri destabilised the vibrant economy, and in order to regain some street cred.started on an expansion programme. He thought that the next to useless Malvinas would bolster up his image if Argentina attacked them, and that the UK wouldn't bother to much. Ron Regan warned Galtieri against it, but he ignored it.
At this time Maggie was none too popular and required a booster, this was an ideal opportunity to do so. So off we went with an ad hoc surface fleet and a couple of subs.
Where's that Crapeera he wanted this one.

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According to "Mad Max" Hastings, military historian, war correspondant and columnist for the Mail, the Argentinian surrender was accepted not by any member of the British armed forces, but by Max Hastings, military historian &c.

I'm here. I think there are many territorial disputes around the globe and this one is as good as any. I thought it illustrates the point that former imperialist undertakings cause later disputes to take place since land is acquired when one country is stronger than another at a given time.
Estonia is another good one. It's a small country that was ruled first by Germany then Russia. Finally Estonia runs its own show today but the Russians still have their citizens living there in large numbers and have refused to give these people passports to return to Russia.
Moscow wants them there to keep influence in the Baltics.
Argentina is a similar predicament.

Jeez, you're of topic already, that shows ignorance of the subject.

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That's a pretty fair summary : I think that the posturing by both the Argies and Thatcher caused needless death and injury.

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morelike hypocrisy.

Ooops, perhaps Melanie has not written on the topic.

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Ooops, perhaps Melanie has not written on the topic.

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What does Melanie look like ?
She's got a nice sounding name, at least.

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.."But finally the last thing I’ll say to the people who don’t believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics. I'm sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. [I]I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. You should believe in these athletes, and you should believe in these people. I'll be a fan of the Tour de France for as long as I live. And there are no secrets - this is a hard sporting event and hard work wins it" - Armstrong 2005 TDF
morelike hypocrisy.

Go to her blag site, there is a picture of her. She looks
like a Harridan to me.