MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Falklands military exercises ‘routine’ and part of the defensive military presence
The British government said that the military exercises scheduled to be carried out in the Falkland Islands beginning Monday are “annual and routine exercises.” The move had been strongly condemned by the Argentine government. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesThe Argentine government considers the military exercises as “an element of provocation”
Oct 08th, 2012 - 06:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0So their invasion of the islands wasn't then!!!
“constitute a flagrant contradiction to the calls by the international community to try and solve the Malvinas controversy in a peaceful way.”
Oct 08th, 2012 - 07:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0It is SOLVED. The islands are British, the Islanders want to remain British. so what is there to solve?
Looks to me like there is nothing else to talk about.
“constitute a flagrant contradiction to the calls by the international community to try and solve the Malvinas controversy in a peaceful way.”
Oct 08th, 2012 - 07:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0Lol, they have to be kidding right? Nobody with an IQ higher than 25 could consider that anything other than a joke.
So routine military exercises that have happened for the past 30 years are now an act of war? That genuinely made me laugh a little.
Argentina is weak and pathetic .
Oct 08th, 2012 - 07:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0They can bleat all they like , changes nothing .
They bang on and on about these islands , yet do not say a word about their navy flagship being impounded by debt collectors , which has got to be the most shameful chapter in the annals of their national history .
Yawn yawn yawn. 'Not welcome by the countries of the region'. Seems to me thae Falklands quite welcome it.
Oct 08th, 2012 - 07:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0So we defend the islands and Argentina calls it provocation. Yet again CFK and her cronies try to hide their bad news using diversionary tactics. Wake up Argentines you are being taken for are a ride.
“constitute a flagrant contradiction to the calls by the international community to try and solve the Malvinas controversy in a peaceful way.”
Oct 08th, 2012 - 07:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0No. It is a confident rejection of Malvinista claims and what we do on our territory has got nothing whatsoever to do with them.
In 1982 Argentina flagrantly rejected calls by the international community to the contrary and used military force to escalate what they still perceive as a controversy over British territory. Without Malvinista's or Argentina's track record there would be no need for the UK to have military forces on the Falkland Islands at all. I mean what are they expecting? Do they think we are going to invade them? No Malvy's, that is how YOU do things, we just guard against you expansionist, colonialist intentions.
Yet as I tap this in I am wondering why the feck am I explaining any of this? We have nothing to explain to anybody, least of all to Malvinisatas or Argentinians. There is no question and there is no controversy. Argentina, keep your nose out of our business.
Doing an excercise you have done every year at the same time is not unexpected and not a provocation. Trying to blockade the islands might be considered one, however, maybe it's time we turned the screws on the Argies more publicly.
Oct 08th, 2012 - 08:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0So the rgenweener military never carry out exercises? Maybe that's why they're so crap. Practise makes perfect after all :)
Oct 08th, 2012 - 08:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0Interesting article in Daily Telegraph
Oct 08th, 2012 - 08:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/9592424/Cristina-Kirchner-using-Falkland-Islands-as-a-smokescreen-to-hide-failing-economy.html
Argentinias Government is SO monochord.
Oct 08th, 2012 - 08:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0Funny how the columbian and Brazilian navies carried out MILITARY NAVY exercises with HMS Dauntless last week, but that's ok. And Bahrain, Iraq, UAE, Oman and Saudi armed forces regularly exercise with the UK/NATO forces. If they were so against it would they take part NO. More regenweener hot air
Oct 08th, 2012 - 09:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0“The Argentine government considers the military exercises as “an element of provocation”
Oct 08th, 2012 - 09:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0If they think testing the defences of the Islands to guard against Argentina's expansionist, Imperialist ambitions is provocative, they would have real problems if the UK claimed Ushaia on the grounds that it was first settled by the British (after the Amerindians of course).
But I don't know why they are worried, there is no prince being sent in an unarmed yellow helicopter-that would really scare the sh1t out of them.
expansionist imperialist ambitions of UK in a region to where they have no rights and to where they not belong + militarisation of a region for no real and reasonable possibility of any aggression from Arg
Oct 08th, 2012 - 10:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0point well the missiles while drinking beer, to the center of the isles, remember
In this region we build peace. so we shoulod never welcome this kind of exercises as routine, because for us violence is not routine, you can proove the missiles near your so tiny isles in UK
Ha ha Malen you really are a deluded and stupid fool
Oct 08th, 2012 - 10:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0@13: violence is not routine? Really? So there are no rebels, guerillas, drug cartels, murdered nuns, stolen land from tribes, no no, and remind me what happened in 1982 again, a mass hugging session? A day trip to the beach?
Oct 08th, 2012 - 10:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0Didn't Puricelli say recently that the only thing keeping Argentina from re-occupying the Falklands was the presence of the British military.
Oct 08th, 2012 - 10:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0Well, British military, you are very welcome here, as skilled and practiced as is possible. We have no wish to be colonised by Argentina
@16,
Oct 08th, 2012 - 10:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0He did indeed say that,
and he's a half-wit with a smarmy smirk too.
that's right Malen, remind us all of how peaceful and stupid you were in 1982????
Oct 08th, 2012 - 10:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0I think it's good that each year we give Argentina 'the finger' just to show them
Malen (13)
Oct 08th, 2012 - 12:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What exactly are Britain's expansionist and imperialist policies in the South Atlantic? Please explain to me what you believe the purpose of Britain's military presence in the Falkland Islands.
No possible aggression from Argentina? So that statement just excludes the economic blockade, the regional alliances, Venezuela stating it will militarily back Argentina over the Falklands, harassment of Falklands’ flagged vessels by the Argentine Navy in Falkland, Uruguayan and International waters, the diplomatic spats, your President insulting Britain and its leaders, and Argentina's constant belittling of the people of the Falklands?
Fxck Fxck,
Oct 08th, 2012 - 12:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What the fxck has it to do with Argentina what we do,
But hey, at least CFK has the bottle to condemn.
Just cant understand why the British government keeps seeing fit to appease them all the time,
We don’t have to explain fxck all.
To fxck all what we do?
Its plain,
David stops giving them the impression it’s something to do with them, and they have a say.
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That’s the difference ,
You take em to the toilet, and they take the fxcking piss.
Justa thoughta .
[ no swearing was said in the making of this comment.lol.]
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#4 - Hardly, the invention of half distance flight tickets is way more shameful.
Oct 08th, 2012 - 12:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0#13 - Since the Argie MoD have openly stated that the only thing preventing 1982 - part 2 is the British military the Argie whining is not only pathetic but hypocritical as well. That there is no real possibility of Argie aggression at this time is BECAUSE of the British military presence, without it the Argies would be back in a hurry; particularly as the CFK regime is in desperate need of a short victorious colonial war just like the Galtieri regime was.
we have been warned,
Oct 08th, 2012 - 12:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0we have no exuse,
we have camaron.
shit.??
Briton, Cameron is up for the defence on the FI though, unless you have heard anything to the contrary?
Oct 08th, 2012 - 12:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Personally, I would send an extra 1000 troops there for the training, just to send a firm message.
23 tonto
Oct 08th, 2012 - 01:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Personally, I would send a cruise missile to the Casa Rosada, after ensuring TMBOA was inside with her (laughingly called) cabinet.
Far more effective as a message than routine tests. It would allow the argies to test the durability of the pink emulsion. LOL
Lol Chris, the notion is tantalising but somehow I think that would be the excuse she needs for the UK versus SA in an all out war.
Oct 08th, 2012 - 02:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Part of me thinks she wants to try something before the referendum though.
19 blockade doesnt exist, alliances as you do, part of diplomacy, Venezuela supports Arg diplomatically, change the flag and if you come to steal resources we wont faccilitate the robbery of fish and oil, our president insulting, no, why, and arg is open hands to the people of the isles, many of them are living here since 1800s, and you can enter when you want without passport.
Oct 08th, 2012 - 02:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0UK is desperate of resources, and those tiny little isles if there is sth that you dont have is resources.
Hi Malen,,
Oct 08th, 2012 - 02:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0With all that is going on in the world at present, I think we are ALL barely hanging on as it is.
There's plenty of resource to go around the world and nobody is on the Argentinian mainland plundering all your plentiful and wonderful resources.
The military exercises are routine and are not hurting any Argentinians.
Gleadell, intendente of port San Julián, is descendants of british islanders, and so many of you are living in Arg. continent.
Oct 08th, 2012 - 02:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And there are many Argentines in the UK and Europe. Guess that puts us all in the same boat.
Oct 08th, 2012 - 02:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0no, inmigration is one thing exactly
Oct 08th, 2012 - 02:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0other is being an overseas territory of other country by usurpation with force
@30 that would have been when you invaded and expanded your dirty war to the islands in 1982.
Oct 08th, 2012 - 02:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Defensive military presence”
Oct 08th, 2012 - 02:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Defending from Argnetine Disarmy and its chinese allies, the Terracota Warriors!?
Haha
Hi Malen,
Oct 08th, 2012 - 03:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The British chartered and claimed these isles way before 1833, and rightfully usurped the resident uninvited criminals there.
How many generations does your family go back in Argentina? I could pretty much hazard a guess that they don't go back as far as the a majority of the resident Falkland Islanders living there to this day. I would say this makes the FI's more South American than most Argentines. The problem a lot of South Americans seem to have is the fact that British heritage resides on these Isles. If say they were German or Spanish, I don't think you would be giving them half the grief.
descendant of indeigenous in low scale, i think I can trace my descendancy very far away. almost 6.000 years in SAm.
Oct 08th, 2012 - 03:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0by no way you can declare yourselves to be indegenous to the isles.
British are very close minded people, different yes with others with whom we could have arrived to at least middle kind of solutions on the issue of sov.
You are obviously a native American and therefore I stand corrected, as I was speaking in context of you being of European ancestry.
Oct 08th, 2012 - 03:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Unfortunately because of the conflict in 1982, and that it was openly celebrated by all Argentines, and moreover with CFK's hostile words towards the UK government, the royal family, and the Great Britain itself, is the reason why there are no talks of sovereignty.
#34 - “...by no way you can declare yourselves to be indegenous to the isles. ”
Oct 08th, 2012 - 03:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Why not? The only place our species is truly native is in sub-Saharan Africa. All populations everywhere else is the result of migration - the Falklands migration is just a bit more recent.
@Argentina, get over it. The FI are not yours. You are an embarrassment to all South America.
Oct 08th, 2012 - 04:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@37
Oct 08th, 2012 - 04:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Would you accept Argentina banning all British in Argentina and closing the embassies and severing relations?
@13 The UK has every right to be in the South Atlantic and Antarctica. We have territories there. Territories like the Falkland Islands (1690), South Georgia (1775), South Sandwich Islands (1908) and the British Antarctic Territory (1908,1917). Of course there's no possibility of argie aggression. As long as our troops are there! As far as the missiles are concerned, they have a range of about 7 kilometres. Don't get scared. They are only there to shoot down “enemy” aircraft. Research says you have 243 enemy aircraft. You may find it advisable to keep them all on the ground during our exercises. And the 47 operated by your naval aviation. Wouldn't want any “accidents”, would we? And you won't mind if we continue the satellite surveillance over the so peaceful latam, will you? By the way, you're missing a “frigate”.
Oct 08th, 2012 - 04:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@30 Nope! You really must learn not to trespass.
@32 Let's see now: argie air force = 243 aircraft and 14,600 personnel;
argie navy = 42 vessels; argie naval aviation = 47 aircraft; argie army = 10 brigades.
British forces: air force = 4 combat aircraft, 1 tanker, 1 transport, 2 helicopters
navy = 1 patrol vessel, 1/frigate/destroyer, 1 auxiliary. army = less than half a brigade. Oh, and there “might” be a submarine. Maybe. Scary, eh? Well, it would be to you lot. Remember back in '82? Over 11,000, that''s ELEVEN THOUSAND, SURRENDERED! To ONE battalion of British troops. That's a maximum of 1,200 men. And we can see that 1 British soldier = 10 argies. Would you like a list of all the equipment confiscated?
@33 A small point. You can't “usurp” something that already belongs to you!
@34 Let's see the documents.
@38 Yep. Can't imagine why anybody who is really British would want to live in a cesspit.
A very few years ago, Argentina ran military exercises near the Uruguay river, at a time of hightened tension with Uruguay due to the Argentine blockade of the international bridge near Fray Bentos. Now they're complaining about British military exercises. Hypocrites!
Oct 08th, 2012 - 04:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Arifu Gobakuwi - now you've been kicked off the aviation forums are you here to bore us to death until you get banned again?
Oct 08th, 2012 - 05:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0#37
Oct 08th, 2012 - 05:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0YES PLEASE !!!!!!!!
What use are you to the UK.
Incessant moaning, lying and whining - it's like a bad case of tinitus on the diplomatic circuit.
As you and your like state that you hate us, fine, contact your leader and “demand” that your country expel all Brits. close down any organisations or companies owned by Brits. without compensation, which is your norm, and ban the English language in the press and TV. Add to this, forbid any technical, medical or scientific research which may have a use in your business or universities.
I think that should make you happy.
As for any Argentinians in the UK, we would continue to treat them with courtesy as they are not responsible for your actions.
Oh, sudden thought CFK and team are “demanding ” talks over the Falkands, how could they ever hope to talk if they broke off diplomatic relations.
#34
If you are an indigenous Amerindian to S.A. then you have the best right to be there.
However, were your far- distant ancestors even aware that there were a group of islands some 400 miles to the East of the mainland. Did they colonise them thousands of years ago and set up settlements . As far as I am aware no trace has ever been found, please correct me with details if you disagree.
What you should be fighting for is the return of your ancestral lands forcibly taken by the Spanish conquistadors in the current Argentina..
Malen (26)
Oct 08th, 2012 - 05:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0As is common practise for Argentine Posters on Mercopress...they do not answer a question that is put to them. You have not answered my question. What are Britain's imperialist policies in the South Atlantic? The Falklands have been a part of Britain as a colony and now as a self-governing overseas territory for over 180 years, so that is hardly anything new.
Also, the oil belongs to the Falklands, Britain will not directly benefit from the Falklands hydrocarbons industry. All of the oil companies have to be registered in the Falklands (which they are), all personal tax and corporate tax has to be paid to the Falklands Government and all resource licences and royalties will be received by the Falkland Islands Government (once again). So tell me about Britain taking natural resources again. The facts point to the Falklands gaining from the resources around the Falklands and not Britain. Your argument has been crushed in two paragraphs Malen.
23 tonto
Oct 08th, 2012 - 05:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We are an island, and all decent troops need proper training,
We could let the troops practice landing on Falklands beaches,
The royal navy could use the practice of bad and very cold weather, in and around the Falklands, and down to Antarctica and south Georgia,
And the RAF would have uninterrupted space to train.
The more we do, the more CFK will melt.
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Condorito, end diplomatic relations with the UK. Would the rest of South America be fine with us doing that?
Oct 08th, 2012 - 06:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Hahahaha, Who cares what Argentina thinks its none of their business what goes on in The Falklands, as its none of our business what corrupt, lying, poverty stricken dictocracy,self harming economic s**t goes on in Argentina on a daily basis.
Oct 08th, 2012 - 06:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I heard the RN has paid £10 for an obselete vessel for use in its naval exercise, however its delay in arriving from ghana may prolong the exercises indefinately. :)
9 copland
Oct 08th, 2012 - 07:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You beat me to it!!! I wanted to post that link!!! I read the story at work and thought it would just be the thing to get the Campora posters on here all worked up!!
It really is a halarious article.........
@43
Oct 08th, 2012 - 07:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Also, the oil belongs to the Falklands, Britain will not directly benefit from the Falklands hydrocarbons industry” for the time being perhaps...
http://en.mercopress.com/2012/10/08/pm-cameron-anticipates-further-cuts-in-public-spending-to-reduce-the-deficit#comments
'Decolonization Committee of the UN, Diego Morejon Pazmino, called to respect the resolutions of the body to a bilateral negotiation.'
Oct 08th, 2012 - 07:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.infonews.com/2012/10/08/politica-41944-los-ingleses-no-tienen-argumentos-para-evitar-el-dialogo-islas-malvinas.php
'Puricelli called for the demilitarization of the Falklands'
http://www.infonews.com/2012/10/08/politica-41944-los-ingleses-no-tienen-argumentos-para-evitar-el-dialogo-islas-malvinas.php
'Ministers discussed about the Falklands sovereignty'
http://www.infonews.com/2012/10/08/politica-41944-los-ingleses-no-tienen-argumentos-para-evitar-el-dialogo-islas-malvinas.php
'Analyze include the Malvinas in central discussion forum American Defense'
http://www.infonews.com/2012/10/08/politica-41944-los-ingleses-no-tienen-argumentos-para-evitar-el-dialogo-islas-malvinas.php
'Cristina uses the Falklands as a “smokescreen”'
http://www.infonews.com/2012/10/08/politica-41944-los-ingleses-no-tienen-argumentos-para-evitar-el-dialogo-islas-malvinas.phpo/salta/210025-Cristina-usa-las-Malvinas-como-una-cortina-de-humo.note.aspx
13 malen
Oct 08th, 2012 - 07:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0LOL and LOL and again I say LOL
26 malen
HA, HA, HA, HA stop it you crazy kid!!! no more!! I'm laughing so hard that a little bit of wee came out!!!!!!
34 malen
Stop!!! stop!!! no more!!!! you are killingme, you are absolutely killing me!! best laugh I've had in ages!!!
@ 45 Areefer
Oct 08th, 2012 - 07:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Condorito, end diplomatic relations with the UK. Would the rest of South America be fine with us doing that?”
I doesn’t bother me at all if Arg ends diplomatic relations with the UK. It wouldn’t be a problem for Chile either.
But that is not the issue. The people on the FI don’t consider themselves Argies and no one recognises Argie’s claimed sovereignty of the islands. As I said, get over it and move on, it is pathetic. You are holding us all back, wasting time and diplomatic capital on a non issue.
@52
Oct 08th, 2012 - 08:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You fell dead center on my point, well before I was preparing the set-up! Wow, that does not happen often.
Lets assume Argentina ceases its “patheticness”, ends the Falkands quest. It also decides to sever all ties with the UK, expel all of their citizens. How would that affect you since you already have hearty relations with them, as does Uruguay and Brazil.
At that point it would be you and our other neighbors forcing upon us an agenda we woudn't want, which is any sort of dialogue with that country.
.....The action is in the Middle East....
Oct 08th, 2012 - 09:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0hurry up Taliban tan tan blow all the UK embassies ...the sooner, the better
@ 52 A Gob
Oct 08th, 2012 - 09:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What? Goodness, you've really confounded us with your amazing logic this time.
What does Uruguay and Brazil have to do with this? And why would giving up the 'Falklands Quest' entail severing all ties and expelling people? Sounds like a non sequitur to me.
Are you saying you would expel Brazilians because of the Falklands? Really? Just so that you can cry about being forced into dialogue by your own stupidity? I don't think so.
52
Oct 08th, 2012 - 09:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Your point is null.
Firstly, Arg dropping its claim on the FI does not entail breaking diplomatic relations with the UK.
Secondly, even if it did, the expulsion of citizens does not follow the break off of diplomatic relations.
Thirdly, even if Brits were expelled from Arg, this would in no way result in Chile forcing its agenda on Argentina.
Bizarre.
@54
Oct 08th, 2012 - 09:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What would be left to talk to the UK about? Nothing. No need to waste Argentina's money, I would suggest, in a diplomatic relation that has no purpose whatsoever.
If you end relations with a country, you expel their citizens. No one said expelling brazilians.
56 Arifu Gobakuwi
Oct 08th, 2012 - 10:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No you don't. Britain and Argentina didn't expel each others citizens even when they were at war. You are talking ridiculous rubbish.
I think I see your point about Brazil. I thought the whole of South America supported you. Why would they lobby on behalf of Britain? You've lost the plot.
@56 Lordy, Tobi is that you under pseudonym #36? It's just that the whole isolationist “cut off all relations” thing sounds amusingly familiar.
Oct 08th, 2012 - 10:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@57, 58
Oct 08th, 2012 - 11:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Rubbish is what rubbish eats.
All I can say is that the day is coming when you all realize how wrong you are. The data banks are secure and all your scurrilous ramblings have been filed pending prosecution after the biological break is activated.
I would weep for your souls if they weren’t already lost in a mountain called monkey. There’s Clingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow...teleport to stun. Over? Roger Rabbit? Out.
Arturo Puricelli
Oct 08th, 2012 - 11:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You start it and we will consider it,
The guys a nut,
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@59 Arifu Gobakuwі (#)
Oct 08th, 2012 - 11:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Oct 08th, 2012 - 11:04 pm
PMSFL!
I never EVER use the word “rubbish”.
Oct 08th, 2012 - 11:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No doubt Argentina will start Bitching again? Maybe its because they are not used to military exercises in close proximity to them, because the Argie military is so weak? Or maybe its because they are shit scared of what their own military did to them in the past?
Oct 08th, 2012 - 11:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ a gob,
Oct 08th, 2012 - 11:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0nowt you or your flea circus government can do about it! Military exercises will happen and will in the coming years, just like HMS Dauntless is doing with your SA cousins! Oh wait i thought you had support of all of the SA nations.....whooops!
Now Gobakuwi, run along and be a good little boy!
The English act all moralistic talking down to Argentinians as they are morally superior lol . They have bread the likes of the Kray Twins and the disgusting and immoral creature called Jimmy Saville a knighted pedophile . These are the role models of this very sick society . Read more about Jimmy Saville who was feted by the highest society in the United Kingdom .
Oct 09th, 2012 - 12:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2213931/Jimmy-Savile-Little-slaves-sordid-boasts-dark-truth-friend--biographer-Dan-Davies.html?openGraphAuthor=%2Fhome%2Fsearch.html%3Fs%3D%26authornamef%3DDan%2BDavies
@63
Oct 09th, 2012 - 01:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0You may find that most people in this world do not think any higher of the the UK simply because it keeps a poweful military (at great costs to the British people in addition). Most especially if it is misused in dire fashion like Tony Blair did.
@No Bullshit
Oct 09th, 2012 - 01:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0Troll Alert!!!! Dive! Dive! If you are an Argentine who is really that stupid you have obviously forgotten that your own government murdered 30,000 of its own people. But I suspect you are nothing more than fooling around aren't you?
Has the British government and military never acted against their own citizens? If they have not, you have all the right to accuse the argentineans.
Oct 09th, 2012 - 01:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0If not...
@68
Oct 09th, 2012 - 01:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0Point it out then. The British government/military has had instances were accidents, mistakes and non-deliberate attacks have occurred like Bloody Sunday or the Peterloo Massacre but these are in comparison to the government and military in Argentina that deliberately cracked down on democracy and political opposition and undertook a campaign to murder 30,000 of its own citizens in only a few years. The UK has never been a dictatorship and at no point has the British military seized the government because they protect unlike Argentine's military which has a history of doing the opposite barely 30 years ago. Therefore I have every right to point out Argentina's past in this matter sir.
Good Night.
@69
Oct 09th, 2012 - 02:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0It would appear most of the world does not agree with you. I will not point it out, others have done so here ad nauseum already.
You do not have any moral right you call out the Argentines on this matter, unless you are suggesting they can call the UK out on its past before 1945.
Don't you see? It is your stuck up attitude towards them that makes the British such personas non gratas there.
what have rights or morality got to do with how people speak in here?
Oct 09th, 2012 - 02:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0It is tit for tat playground stuff! Some people are sensible posters, some are not!
I love it when it gets all bitchy!
Long live the prosperous Falklands and Falklanders, Long live the Queen (Lizzy not KFC - although the latter does look like a drag queen)!!!!!!
@72
Oct 09th, 2012 - 03:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0Well, for starters, if morality does not matter, then it would seem irrational on your part to expect the Argentines to show any fraction of respect towards outsiders.
I mean, we are only talking about basic human interactions that most of you seem to be denying have any bearing in how others perceive you. You demand others to be sensible when you yourself are anything but onto them.
Golly, how could I be so off, that people that push around get pushed back. Perish the thought.
@ 72,
Oct 09th, 2012 - 03:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0I dont care whether you and your monkey mates push me around as I am quite happy to push back! in fact it is one of the only reasons i come on here is for the stupid banter! For the record, i never asked for respect from you or any of the other RG monkeys who post on here!
Push Hypolite! push me!
Monkeys, right I forgot. Racism is alive and well.
Oct 09th, 2012 - 04:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0not being racist as i dont know what you look like, your religious background or even your sex! When a mother or father turn to a naughty child and say “you naughty little monkey” are they being racist????
Oct 09th, 2012 - 04:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0Come on push me Hypolite....PUUUUUUUSH ME!
Interesting that A Gob wants his country to break diplomatic relations with the UK, and eject all British Citizens from Argentina, what would the British response be?
Oct 09th, 2012 - 06:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0We'd not need to send your Ambassador home, as you'd bring her back anyway, we'd accept all the British Citizens you ejected, its our duty to our Citizens, we'd NOT eject any Argentine Citizens from the UK, and we'd make a statement to the UN that we find the actions of Argentina deplorable and unreasonable, but it would make no difference to us here in the UK, and no difference to the Falklanders either.
The annual exercises on the Islands would go ahead as they've done so for the last thirty years, and the Islanders will continue to live their lives and develop their economy as they see fit.
Argentina would suffer more that the UK from the cessation of trade, since you export more to us than we export to you. We'd buy our imports elsewhere, it would make no difference to us at all.
Argentina would probably withdraw from all sporting events where they would likely play against sportsmen from the UK, we wouldn't care whether you did or not.
Argentina would look the fool, we wouldn't.
We have an expression, 'cutting off your nose to spite your face', if you guys are hell bent on doing that, then thats entirely up to you, we don't care.
Highly unlikely Doveroverdover. The relationship with the BOTs has been established and written into the Falklands Constitution. That oil belongs to the Falklands and Britain can't do much about that.
Oct 09th, 2012 - 11:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0The English have no brains the most of them and are full of false arrogance and superiority . Their society has gone to the shit as proven by the race riots of last year . As stated before The Kray twins and Jimmy Saville are symptoms of this most sick society pedophiles in action lauded by the cream of English society . There is a rotten core of morality that would never be found in any Latin American society that values children and family .
Oct 09th, 2012 - 11:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0And for all the wankers out there who talk about the Military government this was not our idea and there was huge opposition to them for the beginning . Argentina is a country that has been manipulated by outside powers for a long long time .
The English military are more guilty of more crimes than any world wide government . How quickly you English condemn others when you have the blood of over 1 million Iraqis and half a million Afghanis on your hands. Do you remember the weasel Tony Blair talking about Iraq and its WMd weapons all lies to justify a massacre of an innocent people .
Look at yourselves English people and see yourselves for what others really see you . A people lacking is conscience and spirituality . Dead souls walking !
There hasn't been an English military for over 300 years, I think you're a little confused. Now, the British army? That's different. And that,s the thing, it isn't just the English who would be involved in a war with Argentina to protect the islands, it would be Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish and then many more troops from all over the world.
Oct 09th, 2012 - 12:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0#78 Total Bullshit
Oct 09th, 2012 - 12:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0One million Iraqis killed and 500,000 Afghanis. All the fault of the UK. Wow, I did not realise we were such a superpower.
Where do you get these figures from and where does it say that the UK caused all these deaths.
I don't think we have any suicide bombers in our armed forces or anyone leaving car bombs in crowded market places.
The Taliban have killed more Afghanis than the ISAF forces.
There are 50 contributing forces in Afghanistan - it is NOT a UK invasion.
Why don't you do a minimum of research before spouting the crap you posted above.
But again, the truth would get in the way of your prejudice.
#78 What a laughable diatribe. You appear to have nothing in side you but hatred.
Oct 09th, 2012 - 12:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I assume, by your condescending tone that South America has no riots? No violent crime? Tell me, what is the murder rate of glorious South America compared to the U.K.?
Well, in fact it is 1.2 (per 100,000 people) in the U.K. compared to 20 in S.A. Quite a big difference don't you think? In fact violent crime in the U.K. has been falling for years. How about in Argentina?
78 No Bullshit
Oct 09th, 2012 - 12:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The Kray twins? The ones from 50 years ago? You're getting a bit desperate aren't you?
Sadly for you, you've been talking to yourself for too long and you're believing your own bullshit.
You don't speak for the whole world, and the whole world does not despise Britain.
And the military government was your idea and your government and could not have governed without the consent of the people. You can blame 'outside powers' if you like but nobody believes it. It's pathetic. Grow up and move on.
Monty I am Anglo Argentinian . This does not give me any pride as the English as a race are amongst the most f.... up people in the planet .
Oct 09th, 2012 - 01:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Look at your heroes Jimmy Saville (wicked pedophile) a feted Knight and revered by the English . He permeates evil through his pores and you bloody people worshipped him for over 40 years . The BBC covered up his vicious crimes and the poor young buys and girls who were abused by him will live a life of permanent suffering .
#83 While it seems increasing likely Saville did commit crimes there was little or no indication to the general public previously. Saville received his knighthood for the great deal of good work he did throughout his life. What you're somehow insinuating is that the English [sic] view him as a hero *despite* these allegations. That is frankly stupid, if Saville is found guilty he will be stripped of everything (as much as he can be given that he's dead) and will be reviled by the general public.
Oct 09th, 2012 - 02:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Moreover citing a single individual as representative of an entire nation of 60 million is again frankly stupid, what matters are statistics. Once again I point to the fact that virtually all crime rates are lower in the U.K. than Argentina. The one possible exception is sexual crime, however this is notoriously difficult to estimate accurate. For example, Sweden officially has one of the highest rates of rape in the world, this is likely a reflection of both the stronger rape laws (we all know much of South America's view on this following the Assange debacle) and better reporting.
You speak of the moral or societal decay or decline of the U.K. I just don't see it. We have one of the lowest crime rates in the world, one of the highest HDIs, one of the highest life expectancies, and one of the lowest levels of income inequality (as measured by the Gini coefficient).
@76
Oct 09th, 2012 - 02:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Any loss in trade with the UK would not be much of an issue for the economy, even if it was simply not replaced. But since it would be made-up elsewhere, at least partly, the effect is even further diminished.
As for sporting tournanments, North Korea and the USA play all the time and it doesn't require relations.
I'm simply being pragmatic. Neither country stands each other's guts, or at best, as both argentines and british have suggested, don't matter to each other. Those being the two options, why waste the money?
Arguably the UK would me more upset because they have this unwritten code that their diplomatic presence should be global, to the British it is a status symbol just like Dior is to Paris Hilton. So having no influence or presence in Argentina whatsoever would as much as they would deny it, be a small thorn in their ankle.
83... What an amazing addition to an article about yearly defence exercise at MPA. You post about Jimmy Saville you are truly brain dead, have you posted before about George Galloway, Princess Kate boobs etc etc etc Muppet!,
Oct 09th, 2012 - 03:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@83
Oct 09th, 2012 - 03:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I don't think you are Anglo in the sense of having any British morals in your make up. The Argentine side of your genes has swallowed that whole and left you a sickened, embittered misfit in Argentina.
If you were part British you would know what comes next with the Savile expose. The Knighthood will be posthumously removed, the charities who bear the name are going to be renamed or closed because they cannot tolerate the thought of promoting this person.
Contrast that with Argentina. You know (or you should) that the Kircheners are crooks, the 'ministers' are crooks and the judiciary corrupt and crooks (with notable exceptions).
What is being done about all of this?
Nothing other than to hide the facts from the public, expropriate the printing house the VP is enmeshed with corruption in and generally bamboozle the public. AND, unlike Britain, THEY FALL FOR IT.
Part British? Yes, of course you are! LOL
@87
Oct 09th, 2012 - 03:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Well the Argentines jail their leaders that engaged in wars of agression and killed civilians.
Constrast that to the British tradition of providing cozy pensions to leaders who engaged in wars of agression.
The argentines sacked their economic ministers when it was discovered they and the banks had been colluding during the corralito.
Contrast that to the British response to LIBOR, where people got a slap in their hand and off they went.
You are quite an unimpressive society morally speaking. And your racist rant above degrades you even further.
88...Un impressive society Jajajajajajaja , what has the Argentina given the world?????? a society the murders 30,000 of its own men women and children and throws nuns out of helicopters, all in recent history!!!!!
Oct 09th, 2012 - 03:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0a British man just got the Nobel prize for science for stem cell technology , surely a product of a morally broken country....how's about that then , rattle rattle jewellery jewellery
88. So wait who are you pretending to be today? An Rg an African? A retard?
Oct 09th, 2012 - 03:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0All 3?
You're boring
Bring back Toby so we can watch another melt down
that was fun
When will the lights go out in Mendoza?
Chris R you are one of those liberal homosexuals that support Pedophilea . Did you know Jimmy Saville was a well known pedophile that was preying on young boys and gals for 40 years . Buy hey you are fine with that as you are english !
Oct 09th, 2012 - 03:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0There is not one Argentinian figure that comes close to the vile and slimy characters present in English society . I could write them down for you but unfortunately the list will be too long !
Since my statements are completely factual, and as we can see from 89 and 90 enfuriate thoroughly the bitter old farts because it causes within them a double dose of impotence: intellectual impotence of not being able to counter my post, thus their virulent distractive tactis of personal insults and changing the topic to electricity and nobel peace prizes...
Oct 09th, 2012 - 03:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0... and of course being old farts just your average impotence.
Both heads are impotent.
Hmm are't you scolding me on another thread about personal attacks
Oct 09th, 2012 - 04:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Hypocrisy much?
The smartest monkey in the zoo.
@93
Oct 09th, 2012 - 04:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No such personal attacks. I merely analyzed your personal attack in 89, ratioatinated, and conjured a conclusion of your behavior.
92 Arifu Gobakuwi and 91 No Bullshit
Oct 09th, 2012 - 04:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You're completely missing the point. No-one cares about Argentina and all the poor sad cases like yourselves sitting there and hating Britain for all you're worth over something that happened in 1807.
I wish for your own sake you would get over it because you obviously don't realise how pathetic it sounds, but it doesn't bother me. I know what Britain is, and it's great, in ways that you never will be. All your pious ranting about a sad old perv who was on the telly just smacks of desperation.
This is about the Falkland Islands; you were booted out in 1982 and you'll never get another chance and you know it. All your recent efforts have come to nothing. Sounds like, well, impotence to me.
@95
Oct 09th, 2012 - 04:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0On the contrary, I want to get over it by ending any and all relations with the UK.
@96
Oct 09th, 2012 - 04:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Are you sure your not Mr TTT? Its just that I haven't seen him comment in a day and at the same time you seem to fill the vacuum he left behind.
Yes he is sure.
Oct 09th, 2012 - 05:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0He has told us many times.
Don't you believe him?
Rgs don't lie they are known to be the most honest people in the world...aren't they?
@98
Oct 09th, 2012 - 05:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Well I can think of a few more honest nations.....well when I say a few what I really mean is the other 205 nations on earth.
@99
Oct 09th, 2012 - 05:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We have something in common. I can think of of 205 other countries who were less negatively disruptive in the course of human affairs and cultures than the UK.
See, who says there can't be a minimum of understanding.
but you have rivers killing babies...babies!
Oct 09th, 2012 - 05:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What about the children, the children!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HohRNEJEKE
@100
Oct 09th, 2012 - 05:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0;)
96... My comments are completely factual... Jajaja stop posting hateful lies.
Oct 09th, 2012 - 06:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You are a bitter racist Rg troll , now wait for your food parcel from maximo and also await orders for the next forum to troll on.
I don't think the indiginous natives that the Rgs murdered would agree with you, and the 30,000 women and children killed in very recent history, Argentina is one of the most disgraceful and corrupt countries around, no that's factual as you would say
96
Oct 09th, 2012 - 06:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Again you propose to speak for 40 million argentine,
When in fact, you represent CFK who pays you, and about 30 others.
If CFK had any balls or pride she would cut of all communication with the UK years ago.
She has not,
As a matter of fact,
She, has not done a lot, has she.
Except talk the talk.
Just like argie bloggers on here.
.
@91
Oct 09th, 2012 - 07:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0They are there, make no mistake.
You just don’t know about them.
That is how they operate.
@96
You have pretty much achieved that, can we assume that from now on you will now leave the Islanders in peace?
No, because it’s Argentina that continues to try and talk to the British, even when they know the British are deliberately ignoring them.
Please “end any and all relations” make our day.
@76 Wireless
Oct 10th, 2012 - 01:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0“Interesting that A Gob wants his country to break diplomatic relations with the UK, and eject all British Citizens from Argentina...”
Wireless, surely you are mistaken. What is “his country”?
Do you mean A Gob's country is Argentina??
He has sworn up and down that he is African, “I am not Argentinian”.
He has not said which African nation he is from. Captain Poppy asked him which language he speaks, besides his impecunious English.
He seems to want the UK out of Africa, Argentina, the rest of South America, and Antarctica and the South Atlantic... er, or was that the other guy who vanished ...?
Well, Arifu and his African brothers (and sisters) really deserves credit for integrity of the African people's and their courts which seized the little Cadet boat for the creditors.
Well done Arifu and friends! Glad to see you an example of ethical behaviour for the nations of the world.
Thanks!
@105: “No, because it’s Argentina that continues to try and talk to the British, even when they know the British are deliberately ignoring them.”
Oct 10th, 2012 - 10:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0They are not ignoring them, they have said they need to talk to the islanders as the UK has no control over local policy on the islands, David Cameron even handed an invitation into CFKs hands and she still didn't get the message, apparently neither did you.
91 No Bullshit (#)
Oct 10th, 2012 - 01:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Oct 09th, 2012 - 03:56 pm
“There is not one Argentinian figure that comes close to the vile and slimy characters present in English society...”
Julio César Grassi is one example of depravity similar to that of Savile!!!!!
@ 78 - I guess that Argentina is the beacon of all that is good and great...
Oct 10th, 2012 - 01:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The only good thing to come out of there was the Biro pen and even that wasn't truely an Argentine invention... they stole that too! :)
@83
Oct 10th, 2012 - 04:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Look at your heroes ”
OK-Colonel H Jones, Sgt Ian Mckay, Captain John Hamilton, Binnsy, Derek......
107 Boovis
Oct 10th, 2012 - 05:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“David Cameron even handed an invitation into CFKs hands”
When did that happen?
Or are you completely confused?
91 No Bullshit
Oct 10th, 2012 - 07:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You are really full of your tag.
If you had one vestige of English blood and an education in a real country, you would not spout such abject nonsense.
How bitter and twisted you are. Was your father the Brit and he left when he realised what a mistake he had made and now you can't cope with the fallout?
And what's with all the homosexual remarks? Coming out of the closet soon are you?
Come on, do better than this poor excuse for an intellect, it's no fun besting an Argie half-wit.
@92 TTT
Oct 10th, 2012 - 09:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Since my statements are completely factual, and as we can see from 89 and 90 enfuriate thoroughly the bitter old farts because it causes within them a double dose of impotence: intellectual impotence of not being able to counter my post, thus their virulent distractive tactis of personal insults and changing the topic to electricity and nobel peace prizes...”
If it quacks like a duck and trolls like a... well it certainly must be TTT !!
I would like to warn Britons and Islanders that any military performing without previous knowledge and authorisation from Argentina and the region, can be seen as provocation, threats, hostilities, etc provoking possibly military intervention with unpredictable catastrophic consequences for and British troops
Oct 11th, 2012 - 07:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0And SA countries will not feel responsible for the lost of British life taken in the process due to your irresponsibility.
You have been warned!
@114 DanyBerger,
Oct 11th, 2012 - 09:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0Ooooh, we are so frightened(not)!
Usual Argentine blah blah blah.
Your soldiers are good at killing unarmed civilians, but useless when they meet real soldiers.
Don't take my word for it, ask one of your own Mothers of the Disappeared.
(her words, not mine)
#114
Oct 11th, 2012 - 09:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0Dany, Dany, Dany, you are losing the plot here. What are YOU going to do ? Get your big brother(whoever that is ) to attack the islands.
Let us guess who it could be.
Brazil ? What is in it for them - nothing
Chile ? I hardly think so.
Paraguay/Uruguay. Again what is it to them
Peru. The Falklands don't matter to them
Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia As above
Venezuela is the only country which might be stupid enough to try, but I don't see any advantage to them.
Would it be Burkino Fasa ? No, they don't have enough canoes.
How about China, I am sure that the Falklands situation is the burning topic in the Peoples Palace.
Russia -World War III - hardly in their interest.
That leaves Iran or N. Korea. Your country seems to be cosying up to them - again a possible WWIII scenario with nuclear possibilities.
Argentina. Could it be an assault by la campora disguised as penguins ?
So, great strategist, enlighten us with your master plan.
Please, please tell us so we can get our troops out before dreaded day.
We are more likely to lose the islands to costa rica than argentina and costa rica doesnt even have an army,
Oct 11th, 2012 - 10:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0To quote Putridjelly, the Argentine 'defence' minister, “British military presence in the South Atlantic is the only element that upholds the usurpation of that part of our national territory”. So, they'd better be ready to keep it that way.
Oct 11th, 2012 - 10:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0KFC routinely yaps her catchphrase “give peace a chance”. “Give peace a chance”... or what? In this context she even 'boasted' at the UN that “Argentina has the best nuclear scientists in the region”, (presumably the ones who've been secretly liaising with Iran). Cameron should have replied, “We've got some of the best nuclear scientist in the world... oh, and a fleet of nuclear powered Trident subs armed with intercontinental ballistic missiles with multiple nuclear warheads. Your point being Krissy babe?”.
@114
Oct 11th, 2012 - 12:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“etc provoking possibly military intervention with unpredictable catastrophic consequences for and British troops”
What? Are you going to aim a stale fart at the Falklands?
Or going to launch your fleet of' Pampers' (not much of an improvement on the Pulqui 2 from 1950) and make British forces laugh to death?
114 Dunni-Burger
Oct 11th, 2012 - 01:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0On the drugs again?
Empty threats from someone who has no power at all to carry them out.
Or are you going to rely on Dead Man Walking Chavez to send a few Ruskie jets over, assuming the pilots have now learnt to fly them without crashing?
You still don't get it do you? The Brits know that your 'military' are a complete and utter joke.
You really do need to get a grip on reality.
Ah but you all forget that Dany is a military genius. I know this because he told me so himself.
Oct 11th, 2012 - 03:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0He's won at least one game of Risk in his life and thinks he's Napoleon.
Not only that but he is willing to sacrifice at least 10,000 Argentines on the beaches of the Falklands. He must believe that British troops have a kill quota (like the killbots on Futurama) and that when they've reached their quota they just stop fighting. LOL
However, his 10,000 strong Argentine 'Cannon Fodder' Brigade aren't fond of his plan at all.
#88 “Well the Argentines jail their leaders that engaged in wars of agression and killed civilians.
Oct 11th, 2012 - 05:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Constrast that to the British tradition of providing cozy pensions to leaders who engaged in wars of agression”
Good point, I hope one day we jail Tony Blair
@114 db
Oct 11th, 2012 - 06:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We can but hope danny boy, we can but hope.
After the turkey shoot, we would have the perfect opportunity and excuse to liberate Patagonia from the rule of a foreign implanted population.
Push the invaders back north of the black river, and turn it red with their blood.
Bring it on mate, asap.
@114
Oct 11th, 2012 - 11:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“unpredictable catastrophic consequences for and British troops”
But not from Argentina.They are only good at attacking unarmed people.
You were turned over in 1982 when there was not a serious defending force on the Falklands, and you still lost.
Chris R the fag spouting his same comments over and over again . By the Way Chris I know who you are and you are a disgrace to Argentina and should be deported for treason soon .
Oct 12th, 2012 - 12:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0@ BS TTT SSSie & AR Trolls
Oct 12th, 2012 - 04:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0Some 'Not Politically - Correct British Humour to lighten the mood:
Enjoy...
Still the best humour in the world.
British humour - ABSOLUTELY POLITICALLY INCORRECT
Police in London have found a bomb outside a mosque...
They've told the public not to panic as they've managed to push it inside.
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During last night's high winds an African family were killed by a falling tree.
A spokesman for the Birmingham City council said “We didn't even know they were living up there.”
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Jamaican minorities in the UK have complained that there are not enough television shows with minorities in mind, so CrimeWatch is being shown five times a week now.
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I was reading in the paper today about this dwarf who got pickpocketed.
How could anyone stoop so low.
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I was walking down the road when I saw an Afghan bloke standing on a fifth floor balcony shaking a carpet.
I shouted up to him, “What's up Abdul, won't it start?”
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@126 Troy Tempest,
Oct 12th, 2012 - 08:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0l like it.
Some jokes from a JEWISH friend of mine:-
Q. Why are Synagogues built round(l didn't know they were).?
A. So the people can't hide in the corners when the collection plate comes around.
Q. How does the Rabbi decide how much money goes to the church?
A. He throws the money up in the air,“what God wants, he keeps, the rest falls back to earth”.
l used to cook my friend bacon & eggs, his favourite breakfast.
l remarked that he probably shouldn't eat bacon.
His reply, “screw the Rabbi” (or words to that effect!).
'The Argentinian ambassador to the U.S. had lunch with students in I-House and discussed the Malvinas islands.'
Oct 12th, 2012 - 03:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://chicagomaroon.com/2012/10/12/argentinian-diplomat-on-island-dispute/
'Alicia Castro, today described as insulting to Argentina and for all countries in the region to reject a colonial enclave'
http://chicagomaroon.com/2012/10/12/argentinian-diplomat-on-island-dispute/
”127
Oct 12th, 2012 - 06:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0LOL !!
@128
Oct 14th, 2012 - 06:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0Her letter to the Telegraph
Argentina’s economy
SIR – You report (October 8) that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is “using the Falklands Islands as a smokescreen” to hide revolt over Argentina’s “ailing” economy. The article criticises her economic measures and oil policy, as well as the strategic alliance with Hugo Chávez.
On telegraph.co.uk the day before, in the article entitled “Debt Crisis: Spain’s jobless flee to Argentina” you report that more than 65,000 Spaniards have emigrated to Argentina since 2008.
Argentina does not apply cuts to health or education. Such austerity policies are precisely the source of public outrage that inspire the “Occupy” movement in European and North American cities. The Argentine economy is not subject to IMF regulations, which have failed.
The suggestion that we are “using” the Malvinas/Falklands issue as a smokescreen is insulting to Argentina and all countries in the region that reject a colonial enclave in the south of our continent. The goal to solve the controversy peacefully is supported by the international community.
Alicia Castro
Argentine Ambassador to Britain
London W1
@129
Oct 14th, 2012 - 08:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0Castro's letter didn't really say much, given their economy and history of invading during political crisis.
Fluffing up her feathers is about it.
:-D
Excellent and clever message to UK biased media puppet of KaMoron.
Oct 14th, 2012 - 09:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0Their little Islands is close to collapse and they are putting their eyes in other places instead to tell the Britons they disgraceful reality.
Which is that 3 generations will be living under austerity and paying the debt of the huge party made by bankers and politician.
@132 - Dany
Oct 14th, 2012 - 11:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0Castro's reply was weak and obvious, as is yours.
You see in Britain, our government doesn't restrict how many US dollars we can buy. They don't lie about inflation or the national debt, or indeed the recession.
The Argentine government, however, does nothing but lie. Lie about the economy, lie about inflation, lie about the dollar clamp, lie about the debts they owe, lie about the Falkland Islands.
Face it Dany, unless Argentina does something to stop the damage to the economy CFK and her insane fiscal policies are doing, Argentina will sink into the mire long before the UK ever will.
Denial of the problems Argentina is facing won't work. Blaming everyone in the world for your problems won't work. Growing up and accepting the problems, facing them and then come up with a sensible fiscal policy, which will lead to the international community willing to trust Argentina enough to invest money in you.
But I doubt that will ever happen.
And in the meantime the Falkland Islanders continue to live their lives the way they wish, under the administration they wish, and the UK will continue to defend the islands against fascist Argentine imperialist colonial ambitions.
Is that why you're always so upset Dany? Are you going to tell us your brilliant plan for invading the Falklands, by sacrificing thousands of Argentines to your own hubris?
Watch this space...Dany is going to show us his military genius! LOL
@133
Oct 14th, 2012 - 02:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Silly question Mr LEPRecon, Danny does not know much about anything.
125 No Bullshit
Oct 14th, 2012 - 02:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You have just proven my case that you are full of your tag.
You have NO idea who I am and even less of an idea WHERE I am.
Even the simplest minded argie knows WHERE I am and I give you a clue: it's not AG.
Perhaps I was on the button when I mentioned your 'British' father (that's what he told your mother OR that's what she is telling you) has left when he saw what he had gotten into.
Just grow a pair.
@130
Oct 15th, 2012 - 11:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0“and all countries in the region that reject a colonial enclave in the south of our continent”
But no word about Argentina's imperialist/colonialist ambitions and the three changes of constitution in the Falklnd Islands that move them further to independence, whereas Argentina wants them as a subservient province.
Tut, tut.
@134 Conor J
Oct 15th, 2012 - 10:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0is Conor J the one posting under Conor Louden-Brown the irish gay?
I only know that I know nothing...
Oct 16th, 2012 - 05:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0No big deal I guess.
@137 sussie
Oct 16th, 2012 - 07:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0I am not Isolde
@137 sussie,
Oct 16th, 2012 - 08:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0l AM lsolde, do you want to make something of it?
#130 Excellent letter, this lady should be in Parliament doing the opposition's job for them =) Telling that she can truthfully say Argentina doesn't close hospitals and the best retort you can think of is that Britain doesn't restrict dollars!
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