That's a bit of a Sunaky distortion.
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Well, if we were still in the EU we might have had some say in it.
The two countries call the islands by different names. As does the UN.
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Yes, I apologise - I shouldn’t have made the remark.
gordondaviesmoustache
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The ****’s got some brass neck moaning about this Malvinas thing. We invited this level of disrespect entirely upon ourselves when we decided to ‘take back control’.
What the fuck did the **** expect?
What the fuck did the **** expect?
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We could get a few thousand troops over on Cruella’s spare refugee barges!Firstly the EU have signed up to an agreement with Argentina which names the Falklands the Malvinas this is not - as yet - an attempt to have them re-named world wide.
However if - a biggish IF - the Argentinians were to get aggressive the idea we could defend the Islands as we did in 1982 is for the birds. The task force mustered 30k personnel currently the Army have 78,060 active personnel (2023) 4,060 Gurkhas (2023) 27,570 Volunteer Reserve (2023) Many of whom are already on deployment
Oh and Argentina would have the backing of a new mate in the neighbourhood
Fact is we don’t have the aircraft, navy, means of transport or probably the ammunition to do anything. We are a token force these days after years of under-investment.
We have become a pathetic isolated island state with a massive ego and misguided sense of importance.
Using a football analogy, we would be the Spurs equivalent of an armed response. Long memories of historic triumphs, lost in the past still pretending we’re a big club.
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Our armed forces are small, underpaid and badly equipped due to - you guessed it - cuts.
In my version of morality, we have no right to involve these people in combat in such circumstances unless we are talking about a direct threat to the UK or Western Europe. We really need to get out of the outdated mentality of being the world's policeman, or Deputy Dawg to the US of A.
As for the Falklands, it would be sensible to have realistic talks with Argentina and see if some agreement can be reached. Joint sovereignty might be an option. It's certainly infinitely preferable to another conflict. At least talk.
In my version of morality, we have no right to involve these people in combat in such circumstances unless we are talking about a direct threat to the UK or Western Europe. We really need to get out of the outdated mentality of being the world's policeman, or Deputy Dawg to the US of A.
As for the Falklands, it would be sensible to have realistic talks with Argentina and see if some agreement can be reached. Joint sovereignty might be an option. It's certainly infinitely preferable to another conflict. At least talk.
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Deppity Dawg - get it right lol
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In reality before too long we will not be able to do anything - aside from the size of our armed forces if they cozy up with China then its bye bye Falklands. Nobody would step in to help us - even when we had a " special relationship" with America they steered well clear of '82 and if anything leaned a bit to the Argentinian side. As has been said - might as well be Spurs
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If we fought again, we’d lose as we’d have to attack a heavily fortified position.
We have far less than that, mate. Why do you think General Sanders went into bat and is now moving on.Firstly the EU have signed up to an agreement with Argentina which names the Falklands the Malvinas this is not - as yet - an attempt to have them re-named world wide.
However if - a biggish IF - the Argentinians were to get aggressive the idea we could defend the Islands as we did in 1982 is for the birds. The task force mustered 30k personnel currently the Army have 78,060 active personnel (2023) 4,060 Gurkhas (2023) 27,570 Volunteer Reserve (2023) Many of whom are already on deployment
Oh and Argentina would have the backing of a new mate in the neighbourhood
If we fought again, we’d lose as we’d have to attack a heavily fortified position.