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Originally Posted by gheoss
To my point of view, the Malvinas are Argentine territory, you cant go to someones backyard and claim it to yourself because theres no one living there.
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Whatever the background there is no doubt that the UK have had control for approching 180 years. In fact its been under UK control longer than Argentina has existed in its current form.
However its time to look forward, not backward. The UK have a principle that its down to the people who live on the island that have the say over who they exist under. Its exactly the same princple that Scotland are operating under. They have the power to become a seperate country, hard to believe but true and a vote is likely in the next 2-3 years.
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And the argentinian soldiers who died and survived the conflic, has the balls of the size of the moon, they were young kids with no combat training, scared and suffering from hypothermia, they fought like hell,
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Totally agree, raw recruits didn't stand a chance against the best the UK had, but even then they came close to winning the battle.
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They had F.A.L that didnt work, bad munition, no food (the high ranks were stealing all the food, money and items that the soldiers families were sending to them)...poor kids, when they saw the British suited with thermal, night vision, and all that technology..it was a big shock, but they still fought as heroes.
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There was little difference in the technology but the Argentine Leadership were pitifull and that was probably the biggest single difference. Its always the PBI that pay the price
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Same as the FAA, to me, the best pilots in the world (argentina STILL has the same jets, A4E Skyhawks, Mirage III, Super Etendart, Pucarás and Pampa)..
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Few in the UK would disagree with this, the pilots were really top draw. I always remember a quote from a Para who had seen some of the attacks. Remembering that they had been told that the Argentine Pilots were not that good he commented.
What F----er said they were no good, bit like Fangio, give them something fast and flashy and they look pretty bloody impressive to me.
From a Para that is very high praise