1982 Falklands (Malvinas) War: a view from across the pond

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Dutch

Yes. That's why I'm keeping the length of these posts to a minimum.

And you?

I was having a civilised conversation with other adults until you crashed the party.. why don't you put me in your ignore list if you can't stand anything I say and find any excuse to make personal attacks?

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

wow, 19 posts and we have another keyboard hero

'Hello pot!' said the kettle, 'How are you me ole mucker?'

Stern, you are choice.

Now let me guess, erm... your stance on this issue wouldn't be Anti-British at all. would it?

No no no, of course not. I mean, the Pope gave the Falklands to Spain, Spain gave them to Argentina, and the Pope must be right mustn't he? He is catholic after all.

Trouble is, England shrugged off that yoke of oppression fairly early on and so didn't see that it was an issue. Britain colonised the place then, and the populace ever since then have been happy to accept British Administration.

Until the populace say that they want Argentinian administration, that's the way it should stay.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Dutch

'Hello pot!' said the kettle, 'How are you me ole mucker?'

Stern, you are choice.

..to which I could answer: Chip? Shoulder?

Now let me guess, erm... your stance on this issue wouldn't be Anti-British at all. would it?

why does my stance have to be Anti-British?! It's not all about Britain in this issue, you know?!

No no no, of course not. I mean, the Pope gave the Falklands to Spain, Spain gave them to Argentina, and the Pope must be right mustn't he? He is catholic after all.

Trouble is, England shrugged off that yoke of oppression fairly early on and so didn't see that it was an issue.

first of all it isn't "England", but "Great Britain".. and oppression on what, goats? Malvinas were deserted before Spanish and Argentinians settled in.
Besides yeah, Great Britain's heritage on colonisations is all about freedom from oppression..

Britain colonised the place then, and the populace ever since then have been happy to accept British Administration.

no, read here http://www.cancilleria.gov.ar/portal...s/homeing.html

Until the populace say that they want Argentinian administration, that's the way it should stay.

no, it should be independent for the sake of correctness and if you really care about the sake of the island more than personal economic interests, as many of us here agree.

[ATAG_Dutch]

Good grief, it took you a bloody long time to assemble that post mate! Keyboard hero? Ha! you really do just pull everyone's proverbial.

Same old, same old.

And it's the United Kingdom, not Great Britain. Great Britain is an Island.

P.S. the yoke of oppression was catholicism as you well know, not goats, so don't chop my posts up, unless you're as good at it as I am.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Dutch

Good grief, it took you a bloody long time to assemble that post mate! Keyboard hero? Ha! you really do just pull everyone's proverbial.

Same old, same old.

And it's the United Kingdom, not Great Britain. Great Britain is an Island.

As usual you showed the rest of us what bullying, superficial, racist and ignorant person you are.

Can I invite you to stay on topic and produce evidence on your theories instead of reducing your contributions to personal attacks on me?

Uh and for the record, you can refer to a country with its geographical name: Great Britain, United Kingdom, same difference... England on the other hand is just a country that is part of Great Britain.

[ATAG_Dutch]

Oh Ho!! Reduced to personal insults! The mark of a man running scared!

I don't have to explain anything to you mate. You quite evidently know everything there is to know already.

Isn't it such a shame that the rest of the world doesn't agree with your 'unbiased' opinions though? If only they'd just listen!

Maybe you should walk around the streets with a placard around your neck shouting 'Anything British is Very Bad!', at least you can rest assured that where you live you'd be allowed to do so.

But don't expect everyone in this 'Wonderful Country' to agree with you, that's all.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Dutch

Oh Ho!! Reduced to personal insults! The mark of a man running scared!

yeah whatever...

I don't have to explain anything to you mate. You quite evidently know everything there is to know already.

Isn't it such a shame that the rest of the world doesn't agree with your 'unbiased' opinions though? If only they'd just listen!

so far pretty much everybody in this thread seemed to agree with me actually..

Maybe you should walk around the streets with a placard around your neck shouting 'Anything British is Very Bad!', at least you can rest assured that where you live you'd be allowed to do so.

But don't expect everyone in this 'Wonderful Country' to agree with you, that's all.

or maybe you should stop harassing people with your bullish attitude, stomping into a perfectly civilised thread with your self-righteous attitude, deliberately derailing the conversation to turn it into a personal attack on me, how about that?

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

how about that?

Ermm...Naaaaah.

[baronWastelan]

Originally Posted by trashcanman

As for USA help during the 1982 conflict, it was minimal. AIM-9Ls offered all aspect capability however all the SHAR sidewinder air-to-air kills were rear aspect.
The Argentinian airforce was beaten by the FAA in air-to-air due to better tactics and training. I will resist the cheap shot about who trained the Argentine airforce

Nice, concise forum-friendly analysis, with jingoism imperceptible to the unaided eye! Golly, that "FAA" is a force to be reckoned with!

Here is a version that gives actual detailed information about the events:

http://www.airpower.au.af.mil/airchr...l02/corum.html

[AndyJWest]

War is stupid. People are stupid...