Posted on 02/10/2006 9:00:31 PM PST by Thunder90
And they were allies of the USA? yeah, right.
Gorgeous George!
More like Bret Hart..... They loved when he went back home to Canada.
The Argentine Commission for Human Rights is a leftist organization run by the Argie equivalents of Jimmy Carter and Hillary Clinton.
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Ok, I'll buy that.
The JUNTA KILLED MONTENEROS AND COMMUNISTS! Those who were killed or disappeared were PUT TO DEATH BY THE JUNTA. It was the JUNTA that was an ally of the U.S., and more successful in destroying communist within the country than Maggie Thatcher ever was!
The leftist resurgence in Argentina occurred because of the amnesty given to those who lived in exile by the Alfonsin (leftist) government.
Say what you will, but the Argentine Junta were more effective anticommunists than the Brits ever were.
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Make up your mind. If they had Clintons backing, they were COMMUNISTS. Clinton is a communist. Kerry is a communist, Carter is a communist.
The Junta were communists as well; Nazi socialists, same thing.
Kiss my A$$ - Britain
Our delivery of the AIM9L (all aspect) sidewinder, and sharing of Intel had a substantial impact on the British success in the Falklands.
We did this because GB is an allied nation with whom we are linked economically, culturally, militarily…….. They are even part of some of our most secret defense programs and have near unlimited access. They are part of Echelon (NSA), JSF project, the US is tied into BAE……….. Many Americans can directly trace their heritage back to GB. We are a former colony and are shaped by there laws, we speak English, our military has a similar rank structure……… The relationship with GB goes far beyond just having “mutual interests”. WWI, WWII only fastened this relationship. Out of those wars mutual intell and defense programs were borne that still exist today. A friendship formed that was, and in part still is, at the personal level. Many Americans were stationed in GB during the Cold War, where we again worked together. Many Brits have been to the US. There are student exchange programs etc. Don’t put the US in a situation where it has to choose between the UK and France. France too is theoretically an ally. But I’d put my money on that we’d help the Brits, as we did in the World Wars even BEFORE we were officially in those wars. The US has a special relationship with the UK.
I hate Chavez, but even a broken clock is right twice a day.
LAS MALVINAS SON ARGENTINAS! Jeanne Kirkpatrick was right on this issue, and encouraged Reagan to stay out of the conflict. Unfotunatly, Anglophiles in the state department decided to kiss limey a-s.
Remember that the UK was about to give the islands back to Argentina, until shale deposits were discovered off the coast of the Malvinas/Falklands. Then the Tory backbenchers went Falklands-crazy, pushing Margaret Thatcher away from returning the islands to Argentina.
Let me remind you folks that, at the time, Argentina was the ONLY nation that truly was doing something successful about the communist guerrillas in their country.
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Extra-judicial killngs of Communists does not give you the right to invade the territory of another Soveriegn country, even if you are a right wing military Junta.
Hugo Chavez es payaso
Unfortnately Kirkpatrick had to contend with the war-monger Reagan's obsession with "winning" the so-called Cold War against the Soviet People.
All Kirkpatrick had to as bargaininng chips was the good opinion of the UN and some tin-pot dictators. Maggie Thatcher had Greenham Common and the USAFE bases in Eastern England.
"Free men will piss on his grave."
Why wait until he's buried? I'd hose him down right now...
It was thanks to the limp-wristed Brits that American boys had to die in WWI. If Wilson would've remained neutral and backed the Kaiser, there would have been no Hitler or Stalin.
The vast majority of Americans do not have a drop of English blood in our veins. Nor do we "identify" with the UK in any way.
I thank the Brits for their legal system. Other than that, we are an AMERICAN CIVILIZATION, born on the fronteir, with little in common with the limeys.
Argentina has had a large German population for over a century, just like the US. Some Nazis went there because Juan Peron was in power, and many other Germans went there after 1945 because their own country was in ruins.
Personally, I think Venezuela is ripe for yet another military coup. Surely some of the generals are getting tired of having a complete psycho running the country.
A lot has changed since 1982. Much of the free world has gone soft.
What about the people who actually live there? They don't speak Spanish and in fact are mostly English. They want nothing to do with Argentina.
"Nor do we "identify" with the UK in any way. "
"with little in common with the limeys."
Your statements above have got to be two of the most ridiculous ones I've seen on this forum.
The UK and USA have the closest, strongest relationship of any two nations on this planet.
What planet are you from?
I believe this issue was visited upon several years ago. At that time the majority of Falklanders wanted to remain Brittish.
Although the Brits. suffered many losses ultimately the brits kicked Argentinas ass. Would love to see it happen again, maybe Venezuela can join Argentina for the ass whoopin this time.
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