Prince William leaves for the Falklands Wednesday night from Brize Norton
The British government confirmed that Prince William begins this Wednesday his six week deployment in the disputed Falkland Islands as a helicopter pilot when he flies out from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire tonight.
The deployment of Prince William is earlier than expected, and comes following Tuesday’s announcement that the Royal Navy will be sending one of its most advanced warships, HMS Dauntless, to the Falklands in mid March, which triggered an immediate reaction from the Argentine Foreign Affairs ministry.
Prince William will be crewing one of two search-and-rescue helicopters on call 24 hours a day for missions flying out of the large Mount Pleasant complex, a 45 minutes drive from Port Stanley and which the British military mounted following the Falklands’ conflict when the Argentine invaded the Islands 2 April 1982.
Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman slammed Prince William's visit, saying that the heir to the British throne would be arriving to the Malvinas Islands as a member of the armed forces of his country dressing the uniform of “conqueror and not with the wisdom of a statesman that works for peace and dialogue among nations”.
However, the British Ministry of Defence stressed that the mission was routine as the Royal Navy press officer rejected suggestions the decision to send the ultra-modern destroyer HMS Dauntless to the region represented an escalation of the UK's position.
Referring to the deployment of HMS Dauntless and William's tour of duty as an RAF search and rescue pilot, Argentine minister Timerman last night expressed his rejection to “the British attempt to militarize the conflict'”.
Last year when the original announcement many Argentine government officials considered William's deployment as a provocative act that shows Britain's military presence in a zone of peace where there is no armed conflict.
“The Royal Navy has had a continuous presence in the South Atlantic for many years. The deployment of HMS Dauntless to the South Atlantic has been long planned: it is entirely routine and replaces another ship on patrol”, UK's Royal Navy Senior Press Office Simon Smith stressed.
In addition to the deployment of HMS Dauntless, Jeremy Browne, the British Foreign Office minister responsible for relations with Latin America and Overseas Territories announced he will visit the Islands in June.
“I’m going to coincide with the conclusion of the Falklands conflict. I will be going in June for the 30th anniversary” said Minister Browne.
“I hope Argentines will see it for what it is, which is a recognition of the valour and sacrifice of British soldiers and the Islanders in the liberation of the islands 30 years ago and also a wider commemoration of the sacrifice made more generally, including by Argentines”, he said.
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Buuaaaaaaa
“Prime minister will contact Delhi to understand the reasons behind favouring French Rafale fighters over British ones”
www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/feb/01/cameron-india-eurofighter-typhoon-deal
Ohh but then your good at making yourself look stupid, you are a brainwashed argentine cry baby afterall - but being a cry baby does explain your knowledge on fairy tales, especially the fairy tale known as the malvinas island.. ;-)))
LOL!
The next time the British military send tanks and soldiers to Wiltshire, will Argentina complain,
When the RAF fly over breccons will CFK get up set,
If the UK governments sends a type 45 to Gibraltar will Argentina claim is as provocative,
Seeing as these places are all British, you wonder why we and the world just think you are silly and childish, the fact is, it has nothing, but nothing to do with Argentina what goes on in British territory,
Is that just too hard for you to grasp,
Perhaps if the Falklands islanders started to condemn Argentina every time YOU send a ship or plane or a soldier around argentine territory, you might , just might understand what it is like when total strangers start telling you what you can and cannot do in your own house,
.thanks.
are you for real?
Silly Stunts !!
I like women only sorry, ask your Prince Charles for that Karlito..
And for the record i have a girlfriend so i have no interes in yours or anyones tiny magic wand (or wands of other sizes). So you can go play with your wand by yourself marcos. Though clearly your probably doing that right now and no doubt your keyboard is covered in cheese too as a result.
It never surprises me as to want turns some people on. Enjoy your climatix ending Marcos lol.
homophobic? not really you fool,
Read the comment of your British friend #14 Karl101.
I just said that I wouldn't have a problen to say that I was one nor I have a problem to say that I like women only. In Argentina the gay comunity is treated with respect like anybody else.
The prince is a search rescue pilot, the crap about “conqueror's uniform” shows them up to be a bunch of muppets.
Your last response is nothing more than a pathetic attempt at trying to weasle your way out of making such homophobic comments. And by the way, it wouldn't matter if you were gay or not as a homophobic comment direct at other(s) is still homophobic regardless of the sexuality of the person making that comment.
And as Justin points out in post #20 “Anyone making homophobic remarks should note that homophobia is strongly associated with latent homosexuality and an inability to come to terms with it.” which would clearly counter your excuses in your post #19 where you try to claim your comments are not homophobic on the basis you would not have a problem to say if you was one - Was one what, eh marcus? You mean if you was a gay person! Referring to them as “one”, as though they were a mere object or number is yet more homophobic thinking on your part.
When Prince William comes here, he's welcome & its got nothing to do with silly Argentina.
What if he bought a house here & decided to stay? Do you stupid malvinistas think that we need your approval?
Keep your long nose out of our business.
homophobic? not really you fool,
Oh so your undecided then? Just a little bit perhaps.
We can be strong again, with all our might and all our passion directed at Las Malvinas and ignore all our problem at home, we can again be strong.
Never give in to English colonials because our blood is thicker than water and the blood of Las Malvinas I believe is black gold for which many of us with right connections can get very rich from....
I guess Hugo Moyano knows your father ??
Coffeeboy, “tiny wand” could easily be used as a replacement for the words tiny penis“
How can you say that? Sorry that you have that problem.
Nice book for you to read:
”The Little Prince and His Magic Wand”
written by Jillian M. Curtis
www.amazon.com/Little-Prince-His-Magic-Wand/dp/1598580108
today a tine minority uncivilised indoctrinated people of Argentina, burnt union jacks , smashed windows of British banks, and other British property ,,, now I wonder if the world, watching these events on TV, can tell, who are the civilised, and who the indoctrinated are .
mmmmm
Given the choice between being diplomacy and child like spats of anger and lies, they choose child like spats of anger and lies.
Argentina has never recovered from being a wannabe be Axis power in the 1930's. Argentina's version of fascism (like that of Spain's) remained undefeated by WW2 Allied powers. It hadn't even had to fight a real civil war to maintain power, just murder 50,000-100,000 of its own unarmed political activists and we all know how easy that was for their brave and heroic military men, like their hero Commander Astiz.
It took the Falklands War to shake the Argentines into some semblance of reality. Remove their military government and see the Americans as something other than a benevolent uncle, rather more like a the uncle you kept your children away from, you know the one in the old mack who always had his hands in his pockets and a grimace on his lips.
But within a few short years a girl came alone, a wannabe Eva Peron and took them all the way back to year zero! And the Argentine people gave up their collective memory and switched back to servile child.
In the West it's very difficult to understand how the average Argentine thinks. We have to imagine how our own per-adolescent children think and we can then get into their mindset. Give them a box of toy soldiers & some flags to play with and they are as happy as pie, tell them that they can't own Tracey Island though and they will cry their eyes out.
At school, the teachers would always tell them “Tracey Island” was their's. Even though the reality was, it wasn't..
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