[Rodney King]

So what did they do? They made Argentina look like an aggressor."

Well, if true, all Argentina would have had to do to thwart Britain's plans was to not invade the Falklands.

[DB]

He was a good dictator, really...

Whatever.

[Rodney King]

And while we are on the subject... the Falklands are not like other colonial territories. The residents WANT to be part of the UK, by an overwhelming majority. It's not like the UK hasn't been willing to shed colonies the last 40 years. They just don't want to shed ones where the people actually want to be a part of the UK.

[AZLiberty]

Their quarterback tricked us into going offside. Whine, whine, whine.

[KellyAdmirer]

If Galtieri had accepted the British demand that the workers have their passports stamped to remain on the islands, he would effectively have been dropping Argentina's 150-year-old claim to sovereignty over the islands the Argentinians known as Las Malvinas, they said.

That is a pretty weird position. So no Argentinians ever visited the Falklands by getting their passports stamped by the British in all those 150 years? I find that quite difficult to believe. The Argentinians provoked the conflict, the British simply insisted on normal protocol.

[Joe Boucher]

Nearly every resident of the Falklands wanted to remain part of Brittan.
Argentina Invaded the islands and set up a military outpost to try to keep and control the islands.
Brittan simply gathered up a suppressor force and threw the invaders out. Also kicking the Argentine military asses on the way.
Brittan simply defended its territory unlike say the U.S. in regards to its own southern border.

[Cacique]

ping

[SIDENET]

Using coffee table ornaments and a pot of plastic tulips to demonstrate movements by both countries around the islands

LOL.

[SampleMan]

The widow and children of Argentina's former military ruler claimed that the war was engineered by Britain to avoid negotiations that could have led to the loss of sovereignty over the islands.

What? No Jews were involved?

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[Cheburashka]

I hate when my country's dictator is such a monumentally moronic, idiotic, stupid buffoon of a clodpole that he is maneuvered into committing unprovoked aggression against another country, and gets overthrown as a result.

I hate it even worse when I am related to the schmuck.

[xp38]

Maggie used the old jedi mind trick on them. Of course it only works on the weak minded.

[ASOC]

Ladies and Gentlemennnnnnnnnnnnn

IN this corner we have young, badly trained conscripts backed by little air power and so poorly equipped as to make a sane man cry.

IN this corner we have Royal Marine Commandos (3, 45 and 40/42), Gurkhas (1st of the 7th), Royal Parachute Regiment and units from the SAS. Royal Navy units include nuke subs and surface shipping.

Frankly the Argentinian troops were so badly equipped as IMO to connoted a war crime from their 'leadership'.

[alarm rider]

I call BS on this.

[Ukiapah Heep]

Boo-hoo, boo-hoo. He started something he couldn't finish and got beat up by a girl (Maggie Thatcher).

[Ukiapah Heep]

Boo-hoo, boo-hoo. He started something he couldn't finish and got beat up by a girl (Maggie Thatcher).

[BuffaloJack]

Another instance where UN meddling causes more problems than it solves. THe Falklands was British and no third party pack of socialist politicians has the right to say otherwise.

[rogue yam]

This article is stupid. Only the Security Council can issue binding U.N. resolutions and the U.K. has a permanent seat (with veto power) on the S.C. Thus the United Nations can never force the U.K. to do anything and the whole premise that the U.K. was about to be "forced" to negotiate with Argentina is nonsense. Shame on the Telegraph for not pointing out that these Argentine jackasses are talking hooey.