To: Enterprise
Her Majesty's navy maintains several warships on near permanent station in the Falklands environs and, while nothing fires American Anglophilia so much as the sailing of the fleet, the construction and maintenance of the RAF Mount Pleasant air base allows a lethal British response to Argentine misbehavior far more quickly than commandeering whatever Cunard has sailing near Southampton and sending it south.
To: Mr. Lucky
True, if Great Britain has a credible naval threat nearby, backed up with air power, Argentina is setting itself up for another old fashioned whuppin’.
49 posted on
12/05/2011 6:44:41 PM PST by
Enterprise
("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
To: Mr. Lucky
“...whatever Cunard has sailing near Southampton ...”
Is Cunard still around?
I thought they merged with Aer Lingus and became ....uh...they became cu ... um......never mind.
56 posted on
12/05/2011 7:29:20 PM PST by
Nik Naym
(It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
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