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Falklands' honors only New Zealand soldier killed during the 1982 war

Saturday, February 1st 2014 - 04:40 UTC
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Falkland Islands Member of the Legislative Assembly Mike Summers attended on Friday a wreath-laying ceremony at Palmerston, New Zealand, to honor the sacrifice of Private Richard Absolon who was the only New Zealand solider killed during the Falkland Islands war in 1982. Read full article

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  • Brasileiro

    Honor!

    Feb 01st, 2014 - 07:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • golfcronie

    Yes, something you know little about.

    Feb 01st, 2014 - 07:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Britworker

    @1

    We shall defend our islands, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

    Winston Churchill

    That's honour, are very rare commodity indeed in South America.

    Feb 01st, 2014 - 08:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Escoses Doido

    He was actually part of D Company when he died.

    Feb 01st, 2014 - 09:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • LEPRecon

    “They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old:
    Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
    At the going down of the sun and in the morning
    We will remember them.”

    For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon

    And indeed those who fell in the cause of freedom and justice will never be forgotten. Their memory and their brave deeds will be remembered forever.

    Rest in Peace brave warrior.

    Feb 01st, 2014 - 10:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • macsilvinho

    Britain should do argies a favour: have invaded Argentina and given argies a decent life!

    Feb 01st, 2014 - 10:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • toooldtodieyoung

    “Falklands' honors only New Zealand soldier killed during the 1982 war”

    God bless the ANZAC's!!!

    They are another reason why the British armed forces are the best in the world!!

    Bless you Private Absolon.

    Rest well. The debt that we owe you cannot ever be repaid but we will remember your courage and your sacrifice for all time.

    Feb 01st, 2014 - 11:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    Hang on. I thought nobody supported the Falkland Islands. Seems like Australia and New Zealand, in addition to Canada, do. Strange how genocidal spanish colonies call for assistance from other spanish genocidal colonies. But Britain isn't supposed to do something similar. How strange that there are few mentions of the spanish concentration camps in Cuba. Was it because they were camps for African slaves? How strange that there are few mentions of spanish slavery. Spain just continued slavery from the times of the Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans. “Christian” spain began to trade slaves in the 1400s. Spain kept up slavery until 1834. Strange how genocidal spanish colonists don't want to “remember” that. Strange how the largest “slave markets” were in Italy. Should we mention that a large percentage of latam places have large German populations? Hitler was very keen on slavery. Where do we go from there? Argieland? Destination of choice for nazis, fascists and Vichy French. The “heritage” of argieland and the rest of latam. What a “shame” we British put a stop to all of them. Only one thing left to finish the job. There are many names for it. Annihilation. Evolution. Justice. Pest control. Retribution.

    @7 We should not forget where up to 10% of Her Majesty's Armed Forces originate. Fiji. Jamaica. South Africa. Zimbabwe. Ghana. Ireland. Australia. Canada. Grenada. And there are others. One must not forget the Gurkhas. Imagine travelling all those miles to join an organisation of another nation instead of the armed forces of their own state. The largest “contingent”, apart from the Gurkhas, is actually from Fiji. We should be glad of all of them. And it says a lot about Britain as well.
    According to research, the only living recipient of the Victoria Cross awarded in the 21st century is Corporal Johnson Beharry from Grenada.
    Let us never forget!

    Feb 01st, 2014 - 01:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Narine T. Nüster

    @6

    Argentina would be 10 times worse had it been under British control. Look at India, Zimbabwe, Guyana, Jamaica, etc. All countries far worse off than Argentina, formerly under British control.

    British colonies are mostly a failure. The only ones that “function”, exterminated the local populations.

    Feb 01st, 2014 - 03:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conor J

    @9
    Deer oh deer, you don't know much do you? Under British rule these territories went from a Barbaric tribal based society to functioning and rapidly modernising colonies, under their own rule they have in some cases stagnated and declined. India before the British was a sub-continent of disease, religious extremism and 500+ states all fighting for power, under British rule 500 became one with a unified identity that they cherish to this day thanks to the British, it was the Muslim fanatics that ultimately broke India into 3 states rather then one. Zimbabwe under British rule had massive development, rising life expectancies and high economic growth and now the nation is in terminal decline under home rule. Need I go on? Considering that the bulk of British colonies have actually gradually improved over the years while SA is still a continent of nutters the Spanish empire failed miserably in comparison.

    I think you need to pick up an actual book regarding the history of Imperialism, rather then swallowing the left wing agenda when it comes to history, especially in Argentina.

    Feb 01st, 2014 - 03:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Narine T. Nüster

    @9

    Imposing things on others NEVER works. India, South Africa, Guyana, Jamaica, Zimbabwe are all failures of British imperialism. The only places that did well economically (and only economically), are those that committed genocide: United States, Canada, Australia.

    New Zealand falls in between.

    Yeah the Spanish could say the same: they unified the thousands of warring tribes (by subjugating the nations), and ended religious extremism (by forceful conversion).

    IF you look at a map of the commonwealth, the vast majority of those nations are POORER than Argentina:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations

    Feb 01st, 2014 - 04:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Clyde15

    #9 Tobi
    How can Argentina be 10 times worse than the zero it is fast approaching?

    Feb 01st, 2014 - 04:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conor J

    @11
    ”The only places that did well economically (and only economically), are those that committed genocide: United States, Canada, Australia.”

    Errr.....a bit like Argentina then? You fucking idiot!

    The whole world exists today because of Imperialism, the day when the first human picked up a rock and dropped it on the head of another the world entered a state of continuos development. If you don't like that then you are a waste of oxygen.

    Yes there are poorer countries in the commonwealth then Argentina, but if you cared to listen o what I wrote you would realise that they have declined under their own rule, when under British rule they actually had better qualities of life. Kenya went from bread basket under British rule to laughing stock under its own independence. We left Africa way to early.

    What country do you hail from and how does that give you a right to comment on Imperialism?

    Answer: Argentina, therefore you are a fool.

    We have had this discussion before TTT, and every time we do, you promptly bugger off after I have laid the same argument on your head: 'You only exist because of Imperialism.' GET USED TO IT!!!!! Your entire country is built on stolen land! Hypocrite!!!

    Feb 01st, 2014 - 04:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Narine T. Nüster

    @12

    Just because you state the sky is brown does not make the sky brown.

    @13

    They were not better off than Argentina even under British rule, all those nations have always been poorer. So it made no difference much then?

    Feb 01st, 2014 - 05:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conor J

    @14
    Ah.......so you think that Kenya was poor? Life expectancy in the 60s (just before independence) 67+. After Independence= 45 average.

    Kenya was renowned as the “Bread Basket of Africa” and today? Regular food shortages and rampant poverty.

    What about Dictatorship? Under British rule of the various African territories how many dictators came to power? None. How many dictators have ruled in Africa since Europe left? Hundreds if not thousands.

    India went from Agriculture back water and religious extremist sub-continest to steam driven, industry powered and prosperous place almost over bight thanks to the British. Did you know that since independence India has barely laid down a single new rail way line? Were did they get all this track from I wonder? Did the fairies perhaps lay it all down within a few decades across an entire sub-continent?

    Oh and how did 500 princely states become one? With an identity that India is most keen on promoting to the world? Oh thats right, a few thousand British bayonets, civilisation, parliamentary democracy and a lot of innovation from a damp cold island!

    Africa went from an unknown, desolate, savage and in many cases a genitalia mutilating and cannibalistic society under their own rule to developed and modernising under European rule. And what have many done with these gifts we gave them? Pissed them away!

    Scuttle off TTT, I am sick of having to bollock you with the same argument every time you stupidly even think that your small brain and fathom one time speck of the history of Imperialism.

    Feb 01st, 2014 - 07:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Briton

    yah yah,
    And Argentina would have had the best empire in the world,
    with the greatest leader [ CFK ]

    we have heard it all before.

    Feb 01st, 2014 - 07:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Britworker

    @14
    I know what is brown and you talk lots of it.
    The British colonies that embraced our way or life and became independent are amongst the wealthiest on the planet and have the highest standards of living. We gave all of our colonies the knowledge, experience and tools to do the job properly, some have thrived, some haven't, that's life.
    In comparison, in stark comparison, just look at the shocking state of Spain and their colonies, mostly poor and corrupt, with a few exceptions that includes most of Latam.

    Despite having the largest empire the planet has ever seen, far from crumbling, the UK is still a significant world player with utterly devoted overseas territories, all democracies doing very well with high standards of living under fearsome British protection, just ask Argentina.

    Feb 01st, 2014 - 08:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Briton

    And they are just jealous of us.
    The envy shows..

    Feb 01st, 2014 - 08:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • toooldtodieyoung

    14 Narine T. Nüster

    “Just because you state the sky is brown does not make the sky brown.”

    By that same logic then:- Just because you state that argentina is the rightful owner of the Falkland Islands. It does not mean that argentina is the rightful owner of the Falkland Islands.

    Right?

    Feb 01st, 2014 - 09:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • aussie sunshine

    so the Brits had to have outside help!!?? to kep the Falklands/MAlvinas.....
    how disapointing..

    Feb 02nd, 2014 - 02:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Escoses Doido

    What? Like the French, and Exocet ?

    FO you argentinian cnut.

    You are insulting my Austrailian friends by using that handle.

    Feb 02nd, 2014 - 06:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Heisenbergcontext

    @13 & 15 Conor J

    Africa 'unknown' - Arab's were trading off the East African coast a century after the death of Jesus Christ. 500 years later traders were travelling from as far away as India and Indonesia.

    You say Africa is a desolate and savage place. Within 20 years of the East African Protectorate being established Europeans were killing each other in staggering numbers during the Great War. Having failed to learn the lessons of this barbarity, 25 years later they went another round this time including ethnic cleansing. Apart from Nigeria's treatment of the fledgling nation of Biafra there is no equivalent in Africa.

    You say Britain left no dictators in it's path - but I would argue the Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel Arap Moi were indeed defacto dictators. You compare life expectancy before and after British occupation, but what good is a long life when you are a second class citizen in your own land?

    The people who live in what were once European colonies might well have developed system of living and government that reflected British and other European societies anyway - had there been prolonged and benign involvement with those nations/empires. But it would have been THEIR choice.

    I don't blame the British for their involvement in Africa, India and other places - they were acting within the values and mores of their time and I owe my very existence to that involvement. But I'm not sentimental about the consequences either.

    @11 Narine

    Canada, the United States and Australia did not commit genocide in their countries they respectively occupied - the descendants of the original people of those lands are still amongst us.

    The Maoris, on the other hand DID commit genocide on the original occupants and would have done the same to themselves had the British not arrived when they did. The great Kiwi movie Utu addresses this, and other issues. You should check it out.

    Feb 02nd, 2014 - 08:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • AzaUK

    UK does not have any colony's left anyway, silly Argentina.

    Making Argentina's arguments void, Imperialist and soo last century

    Feb 02nd, 2014 - 11:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Clyde15

    #20
    So, Argentina needed outside help to try and keep the Falklands.....how typical
    .
    While France overtly backed the United Kingdom, a French technical team remained in Argentina throughout the war. French government sources have said the French team was engaged in intelligence-gathering; however, it simultaneously provided direct material support to the Argentines, identifying and fixing faults in Exocet missile launchers.[44] According to the book Operation Israel, advisors from Israel Aerospace Industries were already in Argentina and continued their work during the conflict. The book also claims that Israel sold weapons and drop tanks in a secret operation in Peru.[45][46] Peru also openly sent “Mirages, pilots and missiles” to Argentina during the war.[47] Peru had earlier transferred ten Hercules transport planes to Argentina soon after the British Task Force had set sail in April 1982.[48] Nick van der Bijl records that after the Argentine defeat at Goose Green, Venezuela and Guatemala offered to send paratroops to the Falklands.[49] Through Libya, under Muammar Gaddafi, Argentina received 20 launchers and 60 SA-7 missiles, as well as machine guns, mortars and mines; all in all, the load of four trips of two Boeing 707 of the AAF, refuelled in Recife with the knowledge and consent of the Brazilian government.[50] Some of these clandestine logistics operations were mounted by the Soviet Union.[51]

    Feb 02nd, 2014 - 12:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Livingthedream

    All who gave the ultimate sacrifice on both sides should be honored!

    Feb 02nd, 2014 - 01:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    @9 You need to quit reading your script and do some proper research. India is certainly doing around a thousand times better than argieland. Of course, Zimbabwe has a black, male, CFK clone. For their size and population, the others are doing fine.
    @11 There are 30 countries that use the UK system of government. That's failure?
    @14 But argieland has 63% inflation! It has no REAL money. Every peso it's sitting on belongs to someone else. There are over a hundred legal judgements AGAINST argieland in the United States alone. In real terms, argieland is living mouth to hand. CFK's mouth. But it's pointless “talking” to a TiT like you. Do you have an appointment somewhere, sometime to get a brain fitted?
    @20 Yep. ONE British soldier with an origin in New Zealand. 1st Battalion 7th Gurkha Rifles were there as well. Very disappointed at how fast argie faggots could run, they were.
    @25 Can't see “honoring” an argie invader, occupier, coward and war criminal. More than 11,000 argie war criminals captured. Why weren't they questioned? Why weren't they shot? And back in argieland there were more that now claim they are “veterans”. Should have been bombed.

    Feb 02nd, 2014 - 02:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Kelper Corky

    @26 @25 Can't see “honoring” an argie invader, occupier, coward and war criminal. More than 11,000 argie war criminals captured. Why weren't they questioned? Why weren't they shot? And back in argieland there were more that now claim they are “veterans”. Should have been bombed.

    Like you benny?

    Feb 02nd, 2014 - 09:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Livingthedream

    @26 Yea Conqueror! Just a reminder. If it wan't for us here in the United States you all would be speaking German now ;-)

    Feb 02nd, 2014 - 11:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • A_Voice

    28
    Just a reminder the UK had a lot in common with the Germans, including the Royal family...Battenberg...(Mountbatten) Saxe-Coberg (Windsor)...

    Hitler believed the English would join him...they would have retained all the colonies and together, after the fall of Europe either isolated the US or attacked the US. The US would have fallen with the combined forces of Germany and the British Empire....without a doubt...
    It is you that is fortunate that Britain chose otherwise....

    Feb 03rd, 2014 - 01:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • jwolf

    How utterly absurd to compare former British colonies with former Spanish colonies and to say the British left a worse legacy. The new world was the perfect test case for this. Mineral and resource rich from the far north to the far south the Americas could have all been immensely prosperous. Mexico alone has the third largest oil reserves in the world for example. But from the get go the Spaniards used brutal short sighted policies to rape the land and its indigenous people. Yes, it happened to some extent in North America too, but not nearly to the degree the Spaniards took it. I have no doubt any surviving Patagonian indian would trade anything to have the life of what have become the very prosperous lives of the indigenous people of my home state of Wisconsin. The legacy of the former Spanish colonies in the Americas has been mostly abject poverty for the past 500 years. Compare that to the unmatched prosperity of the former British colonies of the United States and Canada. You can say all you want about genocide. Ask the Mayans and Aztecs today about that. If you can find any. Thank God for the two gifts Britain gave America: The English language and the English rule of law. I shudder to think what North America would look like today if the Spaniards had won out. The past 500 years started off as a clean slate. The perfect incubator for two competing cultures. Guess who won. :)

    Feb 03rd, 2014 - 02:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ynsere

    Conqueror @ 8

    Brasileiro will probably be upset when he's reminded that slavery in Brazil continued until 1888. Erm ... sorry ... did I say 1888? Actually Brazilian gov't inspectors discovered people made to work in slavelike conditions last week!

    Feb 03rd, 2014 - 03:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • rupertbrooks0

    Narine T. Nüster

    I think if you compare the Anglo-Saxon settler colonies of Canada, Australia, the USA and New Zealand with those of Latin South America, their sucess is self evident. Comparing Argentina with Nigeria or India doesn't make much sense.

    If Argentina had been absrbed into the British Empire in say 1807 would its history have been happier? Almost certainly. It would probably followed the path of Canada, or Australia.

    Instead it inherited the corrupt, fascist tendancies of Spain and Italy. Sad story.

    Feb 03rd, 2014 - 07:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • HansNiesund

    Tobias, as always, is parading his vision of history as a list of bad things done by Brits, with nobody much else involved. This makes for a pretty comic world view.

    What he's missing in this case is that pretty much anybody who is anybody had an empire at one time or another, and they didn't all run on the same principles. The British and Dutch, for example, were largely mercantile and focused on trade, and much of the growth of the British empire arose from the need to protect those trade routes.

    Others, such as the Belgian and the Spanish, were based primarily on plunder. And thus the Spaniards set out to exterminate anybody who got in their way, and and thus it was the Spaniards who made the remarkable discovery that it's possible to steal so much you impoverish yourself through inflation, default on your debts, and end up with pretty much nothing.

    Fortunately, there are fewer these days in Latin America who believe that wealth is something you take from somebody else and keep for yourself, but it's a shame that a lot of them constitute the government of Argentina.

    Otherwise, I am with Heisenbergcontext on this.

    Feb 03rd, 2014 - 09:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • aussie sunshine

    *32 Yeah !! The typical Anglo saxon attitude of Work and no fun!!!That is why all the Brits take off to Spain when they can..to get away from that boring culture!!
    Sunny Spain with its rich culture ...25 million British tourists can´t be wrong?? can They?

    Feb 03rd, 2014 - 12:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Clyde15

    #34
    If it was not for the sunshine--no visitors. It's also cheap. They come for the sunshine and the booze. If you look at the various Costas , there is very little of Spain in them.

    And the culture of Spain is what ? Lazing about and letting N. Europeans pick up the bill. The Spaniards with any gumption are leaving their country and guess where a favourite destination is? Boring old Briton with no culture !!!

    Feb 03rd, 2014 - 01:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Kelper Corky

    The 5 islands will disappear by climate change:

    1. Salomon Islands
    2. Malvimas
    3. Seychelles
    4. Fiji
    5. Samoa

    hahahaha bennys, start preparing the oars.

    Feb 03rd, 2014 - 02:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • inthegutter

    #34

    “Boring culture” - The British have probably made one of the greatest contributions to world culture (and I include science here), even in the last 50 years. To suggest that British culture is boring is stupidity.

    #36
    Never heard of islands called the “Malvimas” but if the Falklands “disappeared” then so would most of Argentina, in particular the bits containing 99% of the population. Idiot.

    Feb 03rd, 2014 - 03:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    @27 Shame. Wrong hemisphere. Wrong nation. Ever felt like a prat? Because you are one.
    @28 Just a little reminder. You wankers did NOTHING for THREE years. All we said was “Give us the tools and we will finish the job”. All we wanted was your industrial capacity. You should try some REAL history. Check out how many ships, and crews, you lost in your own coastal waters because you were too stupid to turn off the lights in your coastal villages and towns. Even though we told you. Check out how many ships, and crews, you lost because you wouldn't take our advice and adopt the convoy system. Check out how many aircraft, and crews, you lost because you insisted on daylight mass formations. Check out how many troops you lost because they didn't know how to get off a boat. And how many more you lost because the Germans, that we had already beaten, ran right over them. Still, they were only yanks and there were plenty more. And right there in the United States you had plenty of krauts, eyeties and japs. How come that on D-Day you yanks only had two beaches, and you couldn't get off of one of those, while the Brits had three? How come your dumbo Clark nearly screwed Anzio because he disobeyed orders and went for Rome? How come the “Battle of the Bulge” was saved by Montgomery? Where were you yanks during the Battle of Britain? Hiding at home! Forget your dumb movies etc. Just propaganda to make you feel better. And, since 1945, for how many wars have you been desperate for British assistance? Here's a thought. 1956 to 1975. Vietnam. We refused to go. You LOST! Why aren't you speaking Vietnamese?
    @31 Thank you. Much obliged.
    @34 Yeah, they can. Not interested in the tourists. Tourists go anywhere. Argies go anywhere to get out of argieland. Difference is that only three-quarters of a million Brits live in Spain. And now they'll be losing their fuel allowance. More losses for spain!
    @36 Malvimas? What a dumb argie PRAT! No such place.

    Feb 03rd, 2014 - 03:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    these british wannabes should honour the 550 argentinian pilots, 220 killed in action plus the other 4000 argentinian soldiers, nurses and volunteers who fought for the uk in ww2.
    the relatives of those soldiers and pilots still wait for some recognition from the uk govt.
    without the help of dozens of countries, they (including the kelpers) would be speaking german right now.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJVxzgfHiBs

    Feb 03rd, 2014 - 05:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Briton

    aussie sunshine
    The typical Anglo Saxon attitude

    What wrong with Anglo Saxon,

    Salt of the earth they are...

    Feb 03rd, 2014 - 05:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Kelper Corky

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    Feb 03rd, 2014 - 08:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Klingon

    “It's a tragedy that young men have to die in war, but if they die in the cause of freedom, then they have done great work” said MLA Summers.

    It a shame old bastards like him send young men off to war.
    NZ should have stayed out of it

    Feb 03rd, 2014 - 08:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • inthegutter

    #39

    Are you fucking serious? Yes, individuals of many nations fought WITH (not FOR) the UK to defeat the Axis. If it hadn't been for the US, the USSR, or the UK, the course off war might have been very different. But how is this relevant? Of almost all western nations Argentina provided the least help to the allied cause. Do you think this gives Argentina a free pass to the Falklands or something?

    #41

    Pathetic child. Must be hard for you to know that you'll never get your thieving hands on the Falklands.

    #42

    It's more a shame the Argentine public were so happy to send men to death all for because they wanted to subjugate a peaceful people and steal their land, something more reminiscent of 19th Century imperialism, not the late 20th Century.

    Feb 03rd, 2014 - 08:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    those +4000 argentinian citizens fought FOR the uk
    and nothing is more reminiscent of the 19th century imperialism than a colony.
    now, what has the uk done for argentina, putting aside the 3 failed attempts of invasion (1807 - 1807 - and vuelta de obligado 1845): the seize and looting during el período agro exportador.
    and then they dont want to be called pirates. lol

    Feb 03rd, 2014 - 09:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • toooldtodieyoung

    44 paulcedron

    “now, what has the uk done for argentina”

    “Britain also contributes £7million to a £50million EU aid program to Argentina”

    You are a joke arn't you? You really are a sad sorry little boy clutching at straws.......

    Lets not mention that fact that us WINNING the Falklands war hastened the overthrow of an unpopular Junta.....

    Oh, and the other thing that “the uk has done for argentina” ????

    We didn't bomb BA during the Falklands war.

    So you owe for that as well.

    Feb 03rd, 2014 - 09:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Clyde15

    #44
    See #43 and digest for you, what is an unpalatable truth.

    It a shame old bastards like him send young men off to war.
    Who sent him off to war? Certainly NOT Mike Summers.
    Did you read the article above or can you read.

    Richard Absolon was born in England, but in 1972 his family moved to New Zealand, taking up farming in Marton. In 1980, aged 18, he returned to Britain and joined the army, where after six months' training, he was sent to 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment, and joined A company. He was later deployed to the Falklands, where he worked as a reconnaissance scout.

    The lad wanted to join the Paras.---no one forced him. Soldiers go to war...is this a concept you cannot understand?
    The Argentinian government sent conscripts to the Falklands -these were REAL bastards.
    Mr Summers was paying tribute to a young man who put his life on the line for something in which he believed.
    Before you post any more inaccurate crap, think it through.

    #44
    and nothing is more reminiscent of the 19th century imperialism than a colony.
    Could not agree more, fits Patagonia to a T.

    Feb 03rd, 2014 - 09:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ynsere

    It's true that many Argentines and foreign residents in Argentina volunteered for Allied armed forces during WWII, including British, Canadian and French.
    They deserve admiration: they could have stayed well away, making money. However, the Argentine Government and a significant portion of the population were pro-Nazi until they realized the Allies were going to win.

    Feb 04th, 2014 - 01:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Troy Tempest

    44 Pee Cee

    “what has the uk done for argentina,?”

    Hmmm, if I recall, they helped you industrialise, build infrastructure , and enter into business ventures profitable for both Britain and thje UK.

    That helped you become the leading economy in South America and one of the wealthiest, most promising countries in the world, for the first half of the 20th century.

    Until of course, Peron vilified the Islanders and Britain, preferring the Fascist examples of Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco.

    Somebody help me, isn't there a statue honouring the British in BA ?
    I expect its gone by now.

    Feb 04th, 2014 - 02:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    “.... and enter into business ventures profitable for both Britain and the UK.”

    troy,
    dont know if it was a freudian slip, but i couldn't agree more.

    about statues honoring the british, well there is the torre de los ingleses in retiro, it is like a landmark.

    Feb 04th, 2014 - 03:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ynsere

    Troy Tempest @ 48

    And the breeds or cattle and sheep still prevalent in Argentina were brought into the country by farmers from ... guess where!

    Perhaps Paulcedron's question should have been, “What good things has Argentina managed without the British?”

    Feb 04th, 2014 - 05:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Usurping Pirate

    Paulcedron “these british wannabes should honour the 550 argentinian pilots, 220 killed in action plus the other 4000 argentinian soldiers, nurses and volunteers who fought for the uk in ww2.”

    So , let me guess , your italian fascist grandfather was one of them was he ? Or are you an Anglo who went to St Albans and now plays for the Lomas First XI at cricket ?

    Feb 04th, 2014 - 09:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    usurping pirate.
    pretty close.
    not lomas athletic but belgrano athletic.
    and not 1st xi cricket, but 3rd xv.

    Feb 04th, 2014 - 11:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Usurping Pirate

    Belgrano Athletic : Founded by the British in the 1880's , the club house was burnt down by the Peronistas in the 1940's , yet you are still brainwashed by them .....

    Feb 04th, 2014 - 01:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    usurping pirate.
    i am almost in the opposite side of peronismo.
    now talking seriously, putting the rant aside, there is a lot of good things about the brits in argentina,not only my old club, but also the architecture from the industrial revolution period, the railway stations and bridges, schools, the large british- argentinian community, etc.
    they are very appreciated here

    Feb 04th, 2014 - 03:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conor J

    @54
    Given the way you Malvinas nutters slam us, I find that hard to believe.

    Feb 04th, 2014 - 06:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Usurping Pirate

    @54 : ” now, what has the uk done for argentina, putting aside the 3 failed attempts of invasion (1807 - 1807 - and vuelta de obligado 1845): the seize and looting during el período agro exportador.
    and then they dont want to be called pirates ”

    You are opposed to Peronism but are quoting Peron and Peronist myth verbatim....You are therefore brainwashed .
    Good God man , you'll be telling us next the Falklands belong to Argentina .
    The invasiones inglesas of 1806-7 convinced the Criollos they no longer needed Spain and could become independent , which they did with British help . Good old Britain .
    Thanks to over 100 years of British investment , Argentina was the 7th richest country in the world .
    In 1945 Argentina had the second biggest gold reserves in the world after the USA yet when Rojas and the Revolucion Libertadora took power in '55 they found there was nothing left because Pocho and Eva used it all to buy popularity , votes and the support of the armed forces .
    Unlike Reina Cristina or Menem, the silly old fox didn't even keep some of it back for himself , he got on the gunboat with nothing but the clothes he was wearing and spent the next 18 years living off the charity of people like Vandor , Rucci and other loyal union leaders .
    The only time Britain robbed Argentina was when Peron paid 3 x the actual value of the railways and when he accepted surplus arms and planes instead of cash for the huge debt Britain had amassed during the War . Peron ( and therefore Argentina ) was a willing victim .
    And in case you had forgotten , it stopped being La Torre de Los Ingleses in 1982 .

    Feb 04th, 2014 - 06:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Briton

    54 paulcedron
    Perhaps you could supply us a list of men and women all over the world, who fought in WW2 on the allied side,

    Then perhaps we could send them all a bunch of flowers,

    Honestly,
    Britain cant do everything, thank everybody over and above what it has done,
    You condemn Britain, but we don’t see you condemning the USA or the RUSSIANS,
    The French, NZ Australia most of Europe,
    Should they not, in your eyes also say thank you,

    And also, we hear not you condemnation of Japan , Italy , and Germany , for starting the damm thing in the first place, that lead directly to the deaths of millions of people,
    Have you written to them and ask them to say sorry.

    Sorry-just a thought..
    ..

    Feb 04th, 2014 - 07:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Audi Consilium

    8 Conqueror (#) - Very very well said !!!

    Feb 04th, 2014 - 08:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    56
    it seems your capacity for self criticizing is almost zero.
    britain did some good things and some bad things here.
    you should read more history of argentina during the periodo agroexportador before opining.
    or at least read the treaty roca runciman
    or the history of how hundreds of british farming companies got the land (estancias of + 10.000 ha) in patagonia.

    Feb 05th, 2014 - 03:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • rupertbrooks0

    34 aussie sunshine

    Weird comment. No Fun? Have you never been to Sydney, or New York or London? Each is a global centre of culture and creative industries.

    Spain is great, I love Madrid, wonderful art galleries, cafes, bars and clubs; all part of the rich tapestry of Life.

    Anglo-Saxons don't work any harder than anyone else. The British think the Germans are workaholics, just a myth of course.

    I rather think what with the 25% unemployment in Spain (45% in Andulusia) Spaniards could do with a bit more work, anglo-saxon or otherwise.

    Feb 05th, 2014 - 04:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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