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UK forces provide a visible demonstration of UK sovereignty over the Falklands
Next year 30 years will have elapsed since the Falklands conflict, and 13.000km from the UK, the Falklands Garrison is still very much a going concern, providing protection and reassurance for the Islands. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesWe're here to deter any military aggression across the whole region of the South Atlantic Islands and to demonstrate the UK's commitment and capability to defend them if the need should arise.
Oct 13th, 2011 - 11:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Because they are British, and will remain British,
[][and now we sit back and wait for the moaning and crying of the argies,
perhaps their goverment will put in an apearance,
and inforce their view with
talk talk. laugh laugh .
UK forces provide a visible demonstration of UK sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, yes!!! It is only way they can do, only with guns,etc,etc....but it does not for long time Briton!!!
Oct 13th, 2011 - 11:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0In line with UK government policy, British forces remain in the Falklands following the 1982 campaign to help guarantee the Islands' safety and to support the population's wish that the Islands remain UK sovereign territory.
Oct 13th, 2011 - 11:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Kiwisarse.....Please note, it is the Falkland Islands....the Malvinas DO NOT exist !
unforgettableeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Oct 13th, 2011 - 11:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0experienceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
yes because it must be so boringggggggggggggggggggggggg
like la boina y la plumita part of beauty in the islands
3 Viscount Malvinas
Oct 14th, 2011 - 12:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0You are so funny visconty like briton !! =))
Mine is comment #6 :)
Oct 14th, 2011 - 12:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0FUNNY
Oct 14th, 2011 - 12:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0Argentina's permanent representative to the United Nation, Jorge Argüello, accused the United Kingdom of paying the Falkland Islanders to remain on the Islands THATS FUNNY
And it makes you look stupid in fron of the whole world,
and for you argies to except this thinking, and thinks its funny.
then you just confirm that you are indeed indocrinated, and brain washed,, so my friends laugh as much as you want,
because all the great argentina can do is TALK TALK,
FUNNY, no my friend, the fact is, its not funny,
its pathetic that you even think it is, ditto ?
and yours is comment #7 briton :)
Oct 14th, 2011 - 12:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0anyone else hear the self righteous shrieks and hysterical tears of a third world country preparing another long rant at the UN for pity and attention?
Oct 14th, 2011 - 12:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0hell maybe Mrs potato head will even comment on this again, that should be a larf
English I feel sorry to those absurd demonstrations of power that worth all the damage they have caused in the world throughout his filthy existecia one day will be charged one day they will pay Us pirates and we refuse to laugh as I do now and very strong
Oct 14th, 2011 - 12:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0@estaban
Oct 14th, 2011 - 12:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0well all these demonstrations would not be necessary had argentina not invaded with the intention of ethnic cleansing, and then spent the next 30 years trying to bully the islanders into submission.
and why would we pay you for anything? it is YOU who is living in land stolen by your ancestors from murdered aboriginals. hell you still owe the islanders a groveling apology for trying and failing to ethnically cleanse them.
and as for very strong? the UN recently ruled that ALL people in ALL territories had the INALIENABLE right to self determination, despite several years of Argentine begging, shrieking for pity, and whining. you are the definition of powerless.
@ 10 I laugh really hard is better than very strong.
Oct 14th, 2011 - 12:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0do not be angry little time Jack Sparrow is wise and will talk about is all a matter of time in this life or another you are going to fall
Oct 14th, 2011 - 12:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0happy mothers day to all mothers of southamerica this sunday!!
Oct 14th, 2011 - 01:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0Thank you Malen for reminding me .... casi me olvido de hablarle a la vieja!
Oct 14th, 2011 - 01:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0That British clown says: “In line with the Islanders' wishes, British forces provide a visible demonstration of UK sovereignty over the Islands”
Oct 14th, 2011 - 02:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0British forces provide a visible demonstration of UK colonialism over the Argentinean Islands, 14000km away from Britain, in the 21st century.
MoreCrap - they are not a colony. They are a Non-Self Governing Territory - the United Nations says so!
Oct 14th, 2011 - 06:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0The United Nations also say that ALL peoples of Non-Self Governing Territories have the right to determine their own future.
And they are :-)
Get used to it!
Oh and the IV Committee decided not to make any of the resolutions demanded by Argentina, instead issuing a statement stressing the importance of self-determination.
Oct 14th, 2011 - 07:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0Another nail in ..... oh bugger.TM
EstebanIglesias.....you should learn English and not use an online translation service...it makes you look like an 'Argoya' !
Oct 14th, 2011 - 10:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0Kiwisarg
Oct 14th, 2011 - 11:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0My experience of the average Argentine is they don't give a monkey's ass about the Falkland Islands. In my time spent in Argentine 99% of the Argentines who expressed an opinion on the Falklands War were of the view that your government used it as a distraction, sending only the raw conscripts recruited from the problem areas to go over there and die. If not at the hands of the British, then their own officers!
Your government has an unparalleled reputation worldwide for being a proxy government of US corporate power.
Kiwisarg I've told you before, if you are so patriotic go back to Argentina. We don't want assholes like you in New Zealand. Go home before we kick you the **** out!
15 artillero :) call her!!
Oct 14th, 2011 - 12:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@21
Oct 14th, 2011 - 01:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I will and thank you again.
@20
I remembered when the people were shouting “ Malvinas SI, Proceso NO” (yes for Malvinas and No for the Military Government”) . At one point the Top Brass asked Gral Galtieri to pull out the troops and he responded “ If we do that, people will kill us ” Another point that i would like to make is that The Officers involved in the conflict of 82 HAVE NOTHING to do the Reorganization Process also know as PRN. Since President Alfonsin we had a De Malvinization of events, veterans had to hide, they were untreated for post combat stress disorder, we are all cowards , nobody fought, etc, etc . Let's keep the memories to those who fought and died for the country. Just my fucking humble opinion !! :-)
@20 Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! That's what the average Argie thinks is it? That Britain sent the raw conscripts of 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines and 5th Infantry Brigade. I assume they aren't counting those Fleet Air Arm and RAF pilots that shot their aircraft down as raw conscripts. Or the crew of HMS Conqueror. What did they do now? So these raw conscripts forced an Argentine surrender on South Georgia in five days. And then went on to force a complete Argentine surrender on the Falkland Islands in 24 days.
Oct 14th, 2011 - 01:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Perhaps, if there has to be a next time, we could send the trained and experienced troops. How about if we start with the 1st Armoured Division and 3rd Mechanised Division landing near Las Pipinas and heading for Buenos Aires. Possibly with some Army Air Corps Apaches flying ahead and on the flanks. I'm sure the Royal Navy would like to fire off some of its cruise missiles. And I expect the RAF would be quite upset unless we let them send some of their Typhoons for target practice. Be interesting to see how the Argie Air Force would get on against combat aircraft twice as fast as those they met in 1982.
amigos
Oct 14th, 2011 - 02:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Do accept that Islas Malvinas a very rich lands have
3,675,897,451,206 grass.
@ 19 las argoyas o argollas are delicious, specially if they're hairy
Oct 14th, 2011 - 03:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ 20 yes, that's right, but everytime you turn on your tv or google some words, there she is, Cristina talking about the islands, there is publicity about the islands all the time, and since believing otherwise makes you look like a traitor, when you talk to someone who is a malvinist you must say that the islands belong to Argentina to avoid being screwed and humilliated in front of the people for saying that the islands belong to the falklanders.
** 24 ed
Oct 14th, 2011 - 06:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0+ 4 kinds of flowers...!!
23 Conqueror
Oct 14th, 2011 - 06:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No! That is what the Argentines correctly felt about the type of recruit sent to fight and die for Argentina in the Falklands and the way they were treated when they returned.
22 Artillero601
Those who serve their country and put their lives on the line deserve respect, whether they are British, Argentine or any other nationality.
But people who sit on their couches and shout, or prance around in the street waving flags for illegal wars that other people have to fight or die in, deserve no respect. In 1982 your government broken international law by invading the territory of another country, this is documented in the UN's response ton the invasion. it is why virtually the entire international community was against Argentina.
Your country continues to attack the Falkland Islands with trade blockades, propaganda and constant tension. If this was a neighboring country doing this to Argentina you would be right to feel aggrieved.
The fact is you nationalist zealots have no respect, no dignity and absolutely no capacity for empathy, or caring for anyone other than your own type. That's what makes you nationalist zealots. And that's what makes you so dangerous to the rest of the world.
Well said, Karl101.
Oct 14th, 2011 - 07:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjwZ_9n4DVE&feature=fvst
Oct 14th, 2011 - 07:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ 29 nice, and this is my favourite by the great freddy mercury
Oct 14th, 2011 - 07:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f3HcT9toww&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8e19x2_KBY&feature=related
Oct 14th, 2011 - 08:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 016....More-crap
Oct 14th, 2011 - 09:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Do prey tell me where the visible signs are of them being an integral part of the Argentine nation :)
Please tick the list of attributes that Argentina has that designate the Falklands, as being Argentine.
Military presence. X
Governing presence. X
co-national presence. X
Extensive history of ownership. X
Tax raising powers. X
Democratic mandate. X
Recognition by world. X
I think that's an awful lot of crosses More-crap hahah :)
Any thing else....nope not even the UN says that it is Argentine territory occupied by the UK, I think only Argentina says that along with such enlightened models of impartiality and democracy as Cuba and Venzeula....BWAHAHAHAHA!
we have it all
Oct 14th, 2011 - 09:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0* Beautiful girls presence yes
* Cris government presence (theres no way you dont note her, well she deserves it) yes
* Conational yesss Mercosur, Unasur presence yes
* Extensive history of ownership presence (yes with spain period and then argentine)
* Tax raising powers (yes there have been raised taxes) yes
* Independent, republic, federal and democratic mandate yes
* Recognition by the world (yes Messi)
* Resources and potential presence yes
any doubt???
eggs?
Oct 14th, 2011 - 09:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Argentine teddy bears.
Oct 14th, 2011 - 10:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Tells lies.
illegally attacks people
Brain washes people,
hire’s argie bloggers to infiltrate others,
All yeses,
Except one [no]
Do they ever tell the truth?
the more I read the english comments the more I think they should go to europe... briton brain wash teddy bear
Oct 14th, 2011 - 10:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0but silly little sir,,,,i already live in that part of the world, its called great britain,
Oct 14th, 2011 - 10:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0perhaps you should go back to where you originated from,
and leave the innocent falklands alone,
[][and whats wrong with a teddy bear]
Argentina has plenty of land why do you care about the Falklands? France owns St. Pierre and Miquellon, just offshore from Canada, and do you hear us whining about it? No, you don't, because we have plenty of territory and they don't matter. Argentina, no one cares about this issue but you.
Oct 16th, 2011 - 07:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Perhaps its because England invaded Argentina's mainland 200 years ago,
Oct 19th, 2011 - 03:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0In which England Army miserably failed twice in its futile attempt to conquer Argentina, Argentine's don't want any british colony near their oceans period!
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