Don't even bother to weigh anchor to do it.
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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If I hadn’t been busy at MCRD San Diego at the time, I’d have sailed down and made them an offer. :-)
That’s the first time I’ve ever been aware of that entire quote, thank you!
Who said that?
Little known fact - There is only one statue of the Iron Lady here in the US. It is beautifully sculptured piece in the center courtyard of Hillsdale College. Sadly, my son tells me she is the 4th hole in “wiffle-ball statue golf”. Baah, kids!
No, it isn’t. They have no claim, in fact YOUR COUNTRY has more of a claim on the islands!.
I don’t know, I’ve just heard the first line of it almost all my life. I’m going to google it. Sounds like some Roman general or someone like that.
All I can find for attribution is Julius Caesar. Could be, he said a lot of pithy things.
It’s a great quote.
Yes, it is. I’d always heard the first line, never the rest of it.
Don't even bother to weigh anchor to do it.
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