THIS is what real world leaders looked like.
Posted on 12/28/2014 2:56:43 PM PST by naturalman1975
The planned unveiling of a statue of Margaret Thatcher on the Falkland Islands has sparked a furious new row between Britain and Argentina.
The bronze sculpture of the Prime Minister whose forces freed the islanders after the 1982 invasion will be unveiled in the capital Stanley next month.
But Argentina's ambassador to London, Alicia Castro, has condemned the statue 'in our Malvinas Islands' as a provocative move, saying: 'What the UK is doing is celebrating war.'
Her anger was echoed by veterans' leader Mario Volpe in Buenos Aires. He said: 'The statue is not a symbol of democracy. It's her fault so many died.' He said Mrs Thatcher 'could have avoided the war and the deaths'.
The memorial, to be unveiled by her son, Sir Mark Thatcher, at a ceremony on January 10, is seen for the first time in our exclusive photograph.
Costing £40,000, it stands 8ft high on a stone plinth and bears a brass plaque with a quote from Baroness Thatcher on April 3, 1982: 'They are few in number, but they have the right to live in peace, to choose their own way of life and determine their own allegiance.'
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They don’t have any business telling Britain what to do in their own country!
Yup! Argentina was the aggressor.
THIS is what real world leaders looked like.
Por Argentina. Would they be happier with five statues?
How can we express our belief it should be five statues.
LUMP it Argentina........You LOST
Unfortunately too many Brits listen to dreck from the likes of Roger Waters.
By that logic we own 2/3 of the planet.
“But Argentina’s ambassador to London, Alicia Castro, has condemned the statue ‘in our Malvinas Islands’”
Oh go f*ck yourselves. What a bunch of babies.
It was the ultimate "Wag the Dog" war. All the euphoria from winning the 78 World Cup had long since worn off, and Galtieri needed to do something to get the Argies to 'Rally 'Round the Flag.'
Put a copy in London directly across the street from the Argie embassy.
And they never recovered. In the 1920s, Argentina was considered basically a European country, with one of the highest standards of living in the world.
fury all you want you stooopid cow you they're not your islands
zackly.
The Brits probably destroyed them.
>>>>”The Brits had to build a cemetery for them on the Falklands.”
>>They should have buried all of the Argentine dead at sea!
Many of them were - on the Admiral Belgrano. 323 men, over half the Argentinian war dead.
that war was not the fault of these Argentine draftees, they served their country and deserve a known resting place
like all veterans.
I hope the statue is made large enough that the argentinians can see it from their shore.
“History belongs to the victors, legends to the people, fantasy to literature. Only death is certain.”
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