Pentagon chief flies to Uruguay for Defence Ministers of the Americas conference
United States Defence Secretary Leon Panetta starts on Friday a week-long trip to Peru and Uruguay where he will attend the Conference of Defence Ministers of the Americas, the Pentagon announced on Thursday.
This trip will “reaffirm the department's commitment to strengthening defence partnerships around the world, particularly in Latin America and Europe,” Pentagon spokesman George Little told a regular news briefing.
In Peru, Panetta will meet with President Ollanta Humala and his Peruvian counterpart Pedro Cateriano, to “convey our interest in further deepening the US-Peru bilateral defence relationship in the areas of counter-narcotics, counterterrorism, and humanitarian operations,” Little said.
“Peru is one of the United States' strongest democratic partners in South America and it is a country of growing regional importance,” he noted. “The United States cooperates with the Peruvian military on a range of activities, exercises, and training.”
In Uruguay, Panetta will participate in the 10th Conference of Defence Ministers of the Americas, and hold bilateral meetings with defence leaders from seven Latin American nations.
“The emphasis of those discussions will be on strengthening partnerships and working with other nations to build their capacity to contribute to regional and international security efforts,” the Pentagon spokesman said.
From Uruguay and on the last leg of his trip, Panetta will travel to the NATO headquarters in Brussels for meetings with defence ministers of European allies on how to continue the progress made at the May NATO summit in Chicago regarding the alliance's plan to draw down troops from Afghanistan.
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You really are a piece of work, sailing home on notice of peace deal. Fuck me, you would even take away their right to die as heroes of their nation, to score points. There are no words to descibe your kind!!! You would rob the dead of their honour!!
“n announcing the establishment of a Maritime Exclusion Zone around the Falkland Islands, HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT MADE IT CLEAR THAT THIS MEASURE WAS WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE RIGHT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM TO TAKE WHATEVER ADDITIONAL MEASURES MAY BE NEEDED IN THE EXERCISE OF ITS RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENCE UNDER ARTICLE 51 OF THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER”
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Simply put, the belgrano would have been a valid target even if it were in port at the time. Your navy was operating under land-based air cover and ran like cowards the moment the Royal Navy scored a kill. Crying about nonsensical legal points in the face of your inability to prosecute a war that YOUR COUNTRY STARTED just makes you look weak, pathetic and ineffectual.
Maybe if the Belgrano's escort vessels has stayed in the area to pick up survivors rather than RUNNING AWAY LIKE FRIGHTENED CHICKENS, Argentina's casualty figures in the war might have been closer to parity with a force that sailed literally halfway round the world and ejected your greasy gyppo military from our land.
Better luck next time :)
Give yourself a brake willl ya, the US is just sucking up to it's neighbors in continent America.
Poor Britain, No Empire, No democracy, No Army, No carriers, No industrial sector, No money, No jobs, No hope, NO honour.
Just snaking coward attacks and looking everyday even more like a province of some countries in North Africa or Middle East.
Can be any worse?
There is people in UK also worried about militarisation of our SAtlantic.
You know, I am completely mystified why, if all you claim is true about the parlous state of Britain why are the aG so frightened of us?
We have TMBOA screeming about militarising the Atlantic when we have to be there because of the AG attack on the Falklands (there are STILL no Malvinas) and we most certainly do not trust any argie when they say we could not attack.
We have all the stupid sods aka the AG 'government' gobshiteing about the mythical Malvinas to every country they think are their best allies (that's a real joke for a start) and the UN.
Why don't you all grow up and behave like mature people do for once in your lives.
listen to the likes of Simon68 and you will begin to make progress.
But, of course, you are incapable of maturity on almost any issue if the Brits are involved OR even if you think we are involved as you are petrified we will get 'one up on you'.
I have news for you: we are already SEVERAL points up on you, the main one being the Falklands belongs to the Falklanders and that will remain the case. Until somebody with intelligence and humanity is President of AG they will never even discuss trade or selling you oil. So I guess that will be forever.
Given that lying statement I think you have ascended into the ranks of 'I don't Think' aka The Turnip In Chief and previously to you the BIGGEST LIAR on MercoPress.
In fact I think you have surpassed him with your lack of veracity, but heh, you are a WOP after all. Your family didn’t come from Naples or Caserta did they?
So, what to tag you, yes I have it: Liar In Chief. There, I bet you're proud of that accolade.
@3 You mean like sinking a ship that was a legitimate target? That was headed for a RV in Falklands waters? That argie scum have lied about for 30 years? Why didn't HMS Conqueror surface and machine-gun every argie life-raft and every argie? Why didn't HMS Conqueror sink the two accompanying argie vessels? Could have killed so many more argies. Always a good thing!
@8 And the 1982 argie declaration of war? How about sending 66,000 troops to confront the 80 British ones? How about siting artillery pieces between civilian homes? How about imprisoning defenceless civilians without food or water? What about painting Red Cross signs on troop barracks, supply vessels and so forth. And you DARE use the word “honour”? Let me remind you that 11,313 argie cowards surrendered. And we let them live! We even transported them back to their cesspit. Try again. Don't bank on anyone coming “home”. I would have no hesitation in demanding that any hostile argie even getting close should die. No problem with 11,000, 20,000, 50,000, 100,000, 500,000 argie corpses. Dumped 500 miles offshore as fishfood.
@9 It's not “your” South Atlantic. International waters. End of. Except that someone should kill at least one argie every day.
We had asked a question to --Simon68-- that what about Argentina/Nequen/Sapag Family ?
We had asked a question to --ChrisR-- that what about the Mercopress address where it is ..?
we received no replies both !
Would you say to us their replies as a former CIA chief ?
Mmmm. Rather have the Americans than the bunch of Venezeulan Gangsters dressed in their military uniform, calling themselves 'soldiers' and getting the Uruguayan squaddies in our Military Uniform to swear allegience to Dead Man Walking himself: Chavez.
The government opposition where quite rightly enraged by this but Pepe did nothing, as far as we know.
BTW somebody needs to do something with all the drugs coming from our friends south of the Plate, you know, like shoot the bastards who bring them in: end off.
Yes. We could be like Argentina
I never read or respond to bot drivel, just saw that in passing.
silly boys.
still when the american fleets sail to south america, and the USM land in peru.
USAF drops by CFK;S home.
you love em really dont you.
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as former Official CIA chief now Pentagon/Defence head. !
What they defend ?
US riches ?...US poors ?...or some ethnic groups sticked into US means ?
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what can i say more ?
are they really silly/nugatory/seniles/oligarchic mice...!
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agreed
Oct 06th, 2012 - 05:12 pm
I answered you with the following question, which you didn't answer:
“What do you want to know about the Sapag family?”
Answer that and we can continue the conversation!!!!
www.informador.com.mx/internacional/2009/82815/6/la-cia-se-disculpa-con-argentina.htm
www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/120418/leon-panetta-apologizes-for-soldier-photos-afghan-militants-body-parts
Could him has his mouth close this time????
Or will him isolates even more US from SA countries?
They have the best President in the world =) If someone like her could run Britain, I'd be most proud
That statement proves that your lift does not go all the way to the top !
Of course you would be proud, you would have put us down the swannee into oblivion. Maybe that's an Argie ploy.
The holy trinity, George Galloway, Tommy Sheridan and CFK.
Are they mentioned in Revelations - I am trying to think who the fourth horseman could be.
The rider of the green horse you mean?
Has to be Camoron: he killed everything by getting into bed with the 'Liberals' or whatever they call themselves at the moment.
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