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Prince William in the Falklands; begins briefings period and familiarization flight
UK’s Prince William arrived on Thursday to the Falkland Islands amid simmering tensions between Britain and Argentina over the disputed South Atlantic Islands and in the year of the 30th anniversary of the Falklands conflict. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesWar with Argentina for Las Malvinas islands, war with Spain for the Strait of Gibraltar, war with Iran for the Strait of Hormuz, war with Somalia just for the hell of it, war with Afghanistan for control of the world's largest drug supply, war with Iraq for oil, war with Libya for oil.
Feb 02nd, 2012 - 11:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Irrational British colonial fantasy.
The People of Gibraltar decided they wanted to be part of the UK too.
Feb 02nd, 2012 - 11:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Much be part of Spanish origins that won't let people accept these things!
War with Argentina for Las Malvinas islands, war with Spain for the Strait of Gibraltar, war with Iran for the Strait of Hormuz, war with Somalia just for the hell of it, war with Afghanistan for control of the world's largest drug supply, war with Iraq for oil, war with Libya for oil.
Feb 03rd, 2012 - 12:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0ARGENTINA must stop it,
Britain is sinking (never to rule the waves again) and they send this royal fool to rescue penguins.
Feb 03rd, 2012 - 12:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0If they really want to scare us send Camilla instead.
but you are already scared, are you not, you must be, you are aint you,
Feb 03rd, 2012 - 12:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0if not, why are you all complaining so much,
you tell us, argentina is going great guns, but no ammo.
if you was doing so well, you wouldent need help all the time, would you .
Briton, my english is terrible so I couldn't understand what in the hell were you trying to say.
Feb 03rd, 2012 - 12:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0William is not a prince, he is a thief who came to the Malvinas Islands. He is only a british pirate who traveled to the Islands with a war vessel. In addition, it would be better if he obtains some serious work avoiding spending time and money doing nonsense in territories which belong to Argentina. It´s very easy to travel around the world without doing anything and without making any effort to obtain the necessary money to pay these travels. Before traveling to Malvinas Islands doing nonsense, he must begin to learn to work of something without receiving any privileges.
Feb 03rd, 2012 - 04:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0More crap likes to talk in flowery language, pity none of its true :)
Feb 03rd, 2012 - 09:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0John Fuckwit, The Duke is a pilot in the employ of HM's RAF, not only that he is a search and rescue pilot, he trained like any other pilot.
Hes done a lot of Charity work around the globe, in fact probably too much and done far more for those less fortunate around the globe than you've ever done in your miserable hate filled existence.......Your achievements to date John Fuckwit?.....a couple of mediocre posts on Mercopress devoid of any fact :)
johnfarrel,
Feb 03rd, 2012 - 10:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0dipstick of the year, you are an idiot, boy!
@6Marcos,
briton is easy to understand. are you sure that the fault doesn't lie with you?
Don't be so resentful.
We can't have everything that we want.
l know that you want the Falklands, but,guess what?
You can't have them.
They are not yours anyway.
Good morning! Coffee time!
@ Marcos Alejandro
Feb 03rd, 2012 - 01:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0But the Spanish and British are like blood brothers, they both sign secret deal to send Spanish troops to Afghanistan. Spanish government allow millions of English to live in Spain and colonise the place. They may make noise over Gibraltar but they do no more. When I visit Spain it was worse than my time in Quebec, everyone spoke English and there was English pubs and English people everywhere!!!
Good afternoon Isolde
Feb 03rd, 2012 - 06:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Something for you to enjoy your afternoon tea...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/02/falklands-islanders-sold-out
Marcos Alejandro
Feb 03rd, 2012 - 09:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You understand English very well,
So skiddadle,
Filippo , the brain of a dolphin is quicker than you,
But as you DON’T understand English we will just ignore you,
Ok.
@12briton,
Feb 04th, 2012 - 06:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0Don't insult the dolphins! They are MUCH, MUCH higher up the scale than Flippers.
@11Marcos,
Peter Preston is a traitor. You can have him.
13 lsolde
Feb 04th, 2012 - 04:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Peter Preston is moving to Malvinas very soon, invite him for a cup of tea.
Peter Preston
Feb 04th, 2012 - 06:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0is lost in the south atlantic, even the clever dolphins ignore him,
thus he drowns,
and all because he couldnt find something that didnt exist .
Argentines are not very bright, given the choice between fascism and democracy they have chosen fascism every time. Given the choice between American hegemony and being an independent nation, they have chosen America hegemony every time, characterised by its attendant secret police (NSA, CIA, Special Forces and other such gestapo trappings, including their own) and an attendant military or militant right government.
Feb 06th, 2012 - 12:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0Given 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!
@14 Marcos,
Feb 06th, 2012 - 10:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0What an absolutely spiffing idea, Marcos.
lf he wasn't hanged drawn & quartered before he got to my house, he would wish he had been.
Marcos, can you collect the pieces, please?
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