MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Falklands economic growth could benefit Argentina if attitudes change, says visiting minister
Minister of State for the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Rt. Honourable Hugo Swire currently making his first visit to the Falklands reiterated on Wednesday his previously expressed opinion that the attitude of the present Argentine government towards the Islands denies to the people of Argentina an opportunity for economic growth as well as denying the fundamental right of self-determination to the population of the Islands. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesEnd to economic bullying by Argentina? Agree.
Feb 13th, 2014 - 03:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0End to threats of flights? Agree.
Leave the people of the Falklands in peace? Agree.
Economic cooperation and dialogue with the Falklands or UK?
GFY.
Agree!
Feb 13th, 2014 - 04:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0Now if only Argentina would GF themselves and leave the Falklands alone to develop deeper economic and social ties with Chile and Uruguay.
I dont want to post much more in island related articles but I will only add this.
Feb 13th, 2014 - 04:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0The reality is Argentina had a very good cut out of the whole thing in the 1990s when it had a shared split of any possible oil revenues in the future thanks to good will diplomacy and a normalization of ties with the UK.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orH6LIkEYXg
Menem even laid wreath at the British memorials in London for the war in 1982. Something unthinkable today. The government understood that the concept of diplomacy back then was in order to negotiate you can’t pretend to get the whole pie…
Kirchner destroyed this arrangement in 2007… And his wife’s chauvinistic government toke the rhetoric so far away that’s impossible to reset the diplomacy at its previous format for Arg in the future.
Patience could have won the Falklands for Argentina.
Feb 13th, 2014 - 05:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0But 1982 together with Kitchnerism has destroyed that possibility forever.
The Argentine government has the patience of a 16 year old virgin in a brothel.
Funny that you would know about 16 year olds so well...
Feb 13th, 2014 - 06:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0(and about virgins).
(and about brothels).
(and about patience)
(and about women)
Just another NEUTROLL OBSERVATION
(brought to you by 120.9 TROLL FM, soon to be transmitting on a new frequency to avoid censure)
Trolley
Feb 13th, 2014 - 07:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0The very sad thing is that Argentina already cooperates with the UK. There are hundreds of UK businesses operating in Argentina, I assume these are mutually beneficial. If you want this to stop fair enough, but that isn't the current scenario.
Argentina save their economic sanctions for the Falkland Islanders, not Britian, just the islanders....the very people they deny exist. How sad and pathetic is that?
Racist turd Stevie pretends this has something to do with Iraq or Afghanistan or debts or some other shit, but it can't be...otherwise there would be sanctions against the UK. Nope, just the islanders.
A bit pathetic...and cowardly.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/10634998/Former-Navy-chief-accused-Argentina-of-unacceptable-harassment.html
Feb 13th, 2014 - 07:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0Another example of the crass stupidity and nastiness of the current Argentine regime!
“Falklands economic growth could benefit Argentina if attitudes change, says visiting minister”
Feb 13th, 2014 - 08:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0HA!! You'd be better off looking for rocking horse s**t or hen's teeth rather that waiting for “attitudes to change” in argentina.
The people, the government are so brainwashed that a change in attitude seems very unlikely.
But still, f**k 'em!! SA needs the Falklands Islands more than the Falkland Islands needs SA so if they don't want to play. no problem at all!!
Oh, seems Nostrils will change his name again soon.
Feb 13th, 2014 - 09:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0But not his ineffectiveness nor his inferiority complex.
@ 3 CabezaDura2: “And his wife’s chauvinistic government”
Feb 13th, 2014 - 09:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0I would rather call it completely erratic, and the policy decided on today's whim.
Argentina's position in the Global Corruption Index is 106th position while Uruguay and Chile have scores around 20th. With a fantasy government statistics office called INDEC which fails to produce the real inflation rate and politicians that openly tell lies at the UN and break agreements with the UK on Falkland fisheries, flights and hydrocarbons there is every reason not to have any trust or confidence with this or any other Argentine regime. Argentina has become the laughingstock of Latin America.
Feb 13th, 2014 - 10:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0The opportunities for Uruguayan, Chilean and Brazilian companies (or international companies based there) to take part in the economic developments in the Falkland Islands are very substantial. The forward looking Uruguayans are the first to react, and to see that their best interest is not served by slavishly following Argentina's failing foreign policy. Look for the Chileans and Brazilians to follow.
Feb 13th, 2014 - 10:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0That would be normal life in a regional context. Argentine businesses ? Well, there would be a lot of law to rescind. And no-one would let them anywhere near anything strategic. International companies based in Argentina....of course, why not.
You are welcome to join us and serve your own economic interests as well as ours. Those who stay away will not prevent us from moving forward to develop our country for future generations, hopefully in peace.
Navy chief accused Argentina of 'unacceptable harassment'
Feb 13th, 2014 - 10:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0cruise liner he was travelling on after its crew were ordered to lower the British flag in Buenos Aires
the ship had basically been threatened with a very punitive fine - about 10,000 US dollars - and also told there would be 'trouble' in inverted commas
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/10634998/Former-Navy-chief-accused-Argentina-of-unacceptable-harassment.html
The British government will complain AGAIN for the millionth time.
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Please CFK don’t insult us, we will tell your mummy,
Please, we beg you; we will give you one of our carriers if you leave us alone,
We no longer have the backbone to stand up to you,
Please we beg you, leave us along, wail , ,wail, ,,
Eye say, when are we going to put a stop to this humiliation,
attitudes
When they treat us like this,
stop the bullying,,,,stop the bullying.
“Arg policies is counterproductive and had not achieved anything”.........on the contrary, its diplomatic approach is the correct in the dispute of the isles sov.
Feb 13th, 2014 - 11:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0”much needed (?) recovery of Arg could involve cooperation with, BUT (BUT) that would require recognition of soverignity (in dispute)”. So, what UK is looking with business is THEIR recognition of soverignity, specially in matters of natural reosources.
This business about the Red Ensign has to be the most laughable of all the news that's come out of Argentina recently.
Feb 13th, 2014 - 12:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It's a good job Argentine flagged vessels are incapable of reaching UK shores or there'd be pressure to reciprocate which would be embarrassing.
menem´s government was a disaster in many aspects, but he had a good team in cancillería, most of all because of vicecanciller cisneros.
Feb 13th, 2014 - 12:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0he was the one who understood that after losing a war, all you can or have to do was to try to bring the things back as they were before the war.
that is to try to reestablish the commerce and cooperation with the islands, etc.
for some reasons (kirchner had something or a lot to do) all those attempts failed miserably.
now, sadly, the “economic growth” of the islands cannot benefit countries like argentina or brazil in any way.
guess they play in different leagues.
but probably they can benefit uruguay.
with the current governments in south america, they will have to make up their mind whether they want to play with the islands and maybe chile, or with the rest of south america.
they want to play with the islands and maybe chile, or with the rest of south America.
Feb 13th, 2014 - 12:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0you mean, grow with the Falkland's,
or sink with the rest,
easy choice..lol
Well said, Minister Swire. Another Falklands advantage is its membership in the European Union, and Falklands' bringing the EU closer to Argentina could benefit Argentina's economy too. After all, Argentina is negotiating with the EU now and having Falklands close by could be a boon to Argentina - if Argentina chose to look at the Falklands through the lens of being a good neighbour, not being a bully.
Feb 13th, 2014 - 01:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The Falkland Islands could benefit one single solitary neighborhood in Rio Gallegos economically, any under 5.000 inhabitants. That's all.
Feb 13th, 2014 - 01:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I love the open-air hallucinations of the British. The Falklands with 3.000 can affect a continent of 300.000.000 (that's one hundred THOUSAND times larger), but the other way around its irrelevant.
What do these people inject before posting here? Are all Anglos drug addicts?
I feel ashamed to be argentine. I'm really sorry you have to put up with all the crap our government pull on you.
Feb 13th, 2014 - 01:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I hope things change someday, but i don't expect it anytime soon under this regime.
The Malvinas are Argentine. Therefore, the Falklands should only grow to allow Argentina.
Feb 13th, 2014 - 02:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Take a tugboat and take this Fantasy Island to the River Thames.
Quickly!
@2o
Feb 13th, 2014 - 02:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I hope things change. Leave them alone so we can be left alone.
Whether a misintrepretation of what Min Swire said, or whether in fact he did say what is headlined, but what the Falklands does not need, nor should it be persuaded, to give up any of its hard earned economic growth to Argentina. That would signal a beginning of an end, if not a slight tripping on one's own hard won sword. It is foolish to suggest Argentina could share in the delights of an economically sustainable Falklands, with perhaps a bountiful future ahead in the 2020's. The Arg sovereignty claim enshrined in the Arg constitution is the Falklands crown jewel.
Feb 13th, 2014 - 02:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Did anyone watch the programme on BB3 last night on sexual appetites (seriously) in Argentina
Feb 13th, 2014 - 02:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Would you believe they have special bars where people once a week be it married or in relationships go to cheat on their partners
So Argentines are in deed a nation of Thieves liars and now cheats.
The British host was shocked how dirty and forward Argentine men were.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03vhmcz/Secrets_of_South_America_Generation_Sex/
Poor Brasileiro he must be triplets or at least twins - one single person cannot be so marvellously stupid all by himself.
Feb 13th, 2014 - 03:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@14 Could you try a different songsheet please? The one that you're using is REDUNDANT! Even the ICJ says that SELF-DETERMINATION trumps all. Neither “territorial integrity” nor “historic title” even get close. Not that argieland could ever legitimately claim either. And you can forget UN GA resolutions as well. You can cut all these down to “It might be nice if........” Meaningless. Reinforced by the FACT that all UN GA resolutions are NON-BINDING. How long is it going to take before you lot realise that you've LOST!
Feb 13th, 2014 - 03:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Do tell us what you're going to do if the Falkland Islands become independent, except for the defence treaty with the UK? The treaty where the Falkland Islands Government will make its entire territory available for British forces training and exercises. In exchange for the Falkland Islands having a say in how big the British garrison should be, the number and type of combat aircraft to be based there, the number of surface naval vessels that will be permanently or temporarily based at the Falklands or in the vicinity. And the frequency of visits by British nuclear-powered submarines. There might even be one or more submarine bases with underwater entrances. If they aren't there already. After all, we built the tunnel under the English Channel. A submarine naval base would be child's play by comparison. And how many Typhoons are already there? Ever considered the underground hangars? An RAF squadron is usually composed of 12 aircraft. So what's there? One squadron? Two? Four? Get used to it. The Falkland Islands will be what THEY want to be. You don't get a say. Fun for you. Watching the tankers and then sailing AWAY. Without even a pint of oil for you. Because the Falkland Islands will be able to afford the British forces they want.
@20 I understand. And I do feel sorry for someone intelligent who can see the criminality of “your” government. Only thing I can suggest is to get together with like-minded people, and leave!
25 Rap.........thanks
Feb 13th, 2014 - 03:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 024
Feb 13th, 2014 - 04:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0it is preferable than having the problems of sexual abuse and violence the uk has.
“According to a news report on BBC One presented in 12 November 2007, there were 85,000 women raped in the UK in the previous year, equating to about 230 cases every day. The 2006-07 British Crime Survey reports that 1 in every 200 women suffered from rape in that period. It also showed that only 800 people were convicted of rape crimes that same year, meaning that less than 1 in every 100 reports of rape led to a conviction.[152][153] According to a study in 2009 by the NSPCC on young people aged between 13-18, a third of girls and 16% of boys have experienced sexual violence and that as many as 250,000 teenage girls are suffering from abuse at any one time.[154][155] 12% of boys and 3% of girls reported committing sexual violence against their partners.”
so, thieves, pirates and sexual abusers...
no wonder why their biggest “heroes” are cromwell and jimmy saville.
28 paulcedron
Feb 13th, 2014 - 04:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Hero's???
“no wonder why their biggest “heroes” are cromwell and jimmy saville”
Please, please, please think before you open your mouth otherwise you may look like a complete and utter moron......... oops!! Too late for that.
My advice?
The very next time someone says “Penny for your thoughts” SELL!!
You see how GREAT Great Britain is?
Even the people that we have tried to forget about are still famous throughout the world.
Where as, I am betting, your homegrown “Hero's” ( to a man, a collection of murderers, Thieves, liars and cheats ) No one else in the whole world has ever heard of them.
You see how GREAT Great Britain is?
Feb 13th, 2014 - 04:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0great?
britain?
no, dumbass, it is just a tiny little island.
“No one else in the whole world has ever heard of them.”
because our murderers, thieves, liars and cheaters are not so big and important than the british.
guess you are proud of that.
30 paulcedron
Feb 13th, 2014 - 05:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“no, dumbass, it is just a tiny little island.”
Yeah, and we STILL manged to re-gain the Falkland Islands in 1982 even though we were outnumbered 3 to 1 by your troops
You see how GREAT Great Britain is?
But still, I guess YOU can be proud of that...............
I have been giving a little attention to the various mood swings in “a cold prune aka paulcedron” has exhibited of late.
Feb 13th, 2014 - 05:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Sometimes he is even critical of TMBOA though I suspect having just lost his employment has prompted that, then, without warning we get the abject nonsense of 28 and 39 above.
Now where have we seen this before from a now defunct argie poster: of course DanyBerger, the one without a brain. At least the previous DB did have a brain and used it until La Camping-It-Up slapped him senseless again.
So there we have it, DanyBerger incarnate: paulcedron!
32 ChrisR
Feb 13th, 2014 - 06:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You mean.....!!! You mean....!!! You mean that argie posters are just creating a new tag for themselves in a desperate attempt to conceal their true identity???
And there was I, thinking that poor, brain dead, paulcedron was just another poor brain dead La Campora stooge.
Poor, poor Dany. Looks like even a new identity can't hide his stupidity.
@30 paulcedron
Feb 13th, 2014 - 06:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You are right. Britain is a little island belong to France's King. Conde de Aquitaine, vassalo from Louis, King of France, conquer in 1066.
You are right!
@26
Feb 13th, 2014 - 06:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Since last year i started to save cash so i get to leave the country, but the inflation and restrictions are making things very complicated.
You have no idea how much i'm looking forward to get out of here soon.
23- toilet cleaner/ uruguayan boot licker chris r:
Feb 13th, 2014 - 06:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Sometimes he is even critical of TMBOA though I suspect having just lost his employment has prompted that, then, without warning we get the abject nonsense of 28 and 39 above.”
i suspect you need to get a girlfriend.
or better, to get a life.
33 toostupid
that is the problem with poor ignorants like you and toilet cleaner chris.
you dont have the slightest idea of what la campora is, how many they are etc., and yet you think the argentines here belong to that group.
to put the things a bit clearer for you, they are the argentine version of stupids like you.
luckily they are very, very few.
@35
Feb 13th, 2014 - 06:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Go son. Go with God.
@21, 27, 34, 37, Brazzo, I gave you some good advice in a different blog, which seems to have been too profound for your little brain to grasp...so here goes again :
Feb 13th, 2014 - 06:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Sometimes it is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are an imbecile, than to open it and prove them right””
@25 Doggy, you're right...his attempts to write English are obviously a joint effort of a bunch of morons as stupid as he is...but the numbnut ideas behind the remarks, are all to his exclusive credit...
@37
Feb 13th, 2014 - 06:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0All in due time.
Hopefully if things go as i expect, i'll be out of here this year.
“Hopefully if things go as i expect, i'll be out of here this year.”
Feb 13th, 2014 - 07:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0and what would be “here”?
the islets?
britain?
this world?
Why are you Argies watching BBC television,
Feb 13th, 2014 - 07:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0we hope you have a licence for it,
its a hundred quid fine if you aint..
@40
Feb 13th, 2014 - 08:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Argentina, i don't think i need to clarify this as i've already stated my nationality in post nº20
Has anyone read the two articles on Argentina on The Economist today?
Feb 13th, 2014 - 08:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Tearing shreds off is a kind way to describe them.
The Falklands are the national obsession of Argentina because they are so powerless to fix their problems.
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Feb 13th, 2014 - 08:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 043
Feb 13th, 2014 - 08:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Haven't looked at the articles but I mostly agree with your last sentence.
Just said mostly because a vast majority of us are just sick of the use and abuse of this lost cause by megalomaniacs like the Junta and now CFK.
@44
Feb 13th, 2014 - 09:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Provincia de Buenos Aires, i cannot disclose my location for now.
As for the football, never been a fan of sports, but Boca is the team of my choice.
@23 falklandlad,
Feb 13th, 2014 - 09:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0My thoughts, exactly.
Why should they share, after all they've done?
lt would only reinforce to them that bullying pays off.
@46 Sir Rodderick Bodkin,
Good luck in your adventures.
lts a pity that you have to do this as Argentina should be a very rich country with plenty of opportunities.
lf you are a man & under 35years old, have you considered work on an oil-rig?
They must be needing people as l get offers of employment sent to my computer at least twice a week.
They don't know my circumstances, just my email address.
A few years in oil production would give you a nice nest egg.
Cheers
Tarquin Fin
Feb 13th, 2014 - 09:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I would have thought the last economic crisis would be enough to jolt Argentina out of its complacency and empower a desire for change and rebuilding.
Unfortunately it has just led to a repeat of the exact same policies that have failed before.
I don't know how it would be possible to change Argentina's direction.
36 paulcedron
Feb 13th, 2014 - 10:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“you dont have the slightest idea of what la campora is, how many they are etc., and yet you think the argentines here belong to that group”
No I don't!!! There are some Argentine posters on here of the “Simon68” ilk, who have their heads screwed on straight and think that what is best for argentina is not to steal everything that is not tied down and make off on your private jet with all the profits.
There some Argentine posters on here ( believe it or not ) who believe that paying people what you owe them is a good idea and that 1 days work = 1 days pay.
Those Argentine posters, those who are free thinkers and those who have not been told what their opinion is, those posters I can respect and have a conversation with.
You on the other hand, who clearly came down in the last rain shower, who think that, just because they post something on here, that they are immediately right. You can't respect.
BTW champ, I notice that, in your eagerness to insult friend “ChrisR” you didn't actually deny that you are a more modern incarnation of that peppy little spitf**k DanyBerger.
So from that I can only assume that friend “ChrisR” saw right through you. Too bad Dany, lifes a b*tch. Now, GFO.
@30 Paul
Feb 13th, 2014 - 10:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“You see how GREAT Great Britain is?
great?
britain?
no, dumbass, it is just a tiny little island”
That's why Gollum sh1ts himself if Argentina even suspects a UK submarine is in the Atlantic.
Its pathetic that a giant country like Argentina got their asses kicked by a few thousand Brits from a tiny country in 1982.
We had to come from across the world to do it-and you still lost!
@46
Feb 13th, 2014 - 10:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Thank you, Isolde. :)
I wish i could stay but life is getting complicated here, i'm living with fear of losing my job since 1 year ago, my salary isn't enough, my purchasing power and standard of living has decreased rapidly throughout the years under the K regime.
I'm afraid of things that might happen giving the current political/economic situation and i don't really want to put up with this anymore.
I'm a 26 years old man with no experience in that field, but i'd like to work on that kind of job as it seems very interesting and something i could learn and gain some experience, i think.
By the way. What oil extraction company are you getting the emails from?
I'd move right away if given such opportunity. A friend i met on FB from Falkland Islands also offered me an opportunity, he told me to send him my CV to see if he can find something for me.
I'm saving all the money i can for when the moment arrives.
@49
Well spoken, respect!!
46
Feb 13th, 2014 - 10:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“ i cannot disclose my location for now.”
who are you? the superagente 86?
49
tooblablabla
again, you don´t have the slightest idea about argentina, the ultra k, la campora, quebracho, etc, and yet you insist in posting nonsense.
you dont know the difference between them nor the conflicts they have with most of us.
to be against a group, agrupación, political party or whatever you want, you need to know them well.
well, it is not your case.
50
it seems many here like to flaunt about the british military power.
funny, because you have never won a war without the help of the u.s.
@46 That's none of your business, you are just another kirchnerite/camporista trying to do some intel, i know you all very well.
Feb 13th, 2014 - 10:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 053
Feb 13th, 2014 - 11:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0yo kirchnerista?
LOL
you know me very well?
where from, you paranoid?
you are as argentinian as jack the ripper, so stop lying
this issue, on the other hand, is diplomatic.
it has nothing to do with party politics.
@54
Feb 13th, 2014 - 11:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0So you think i'm not from Argentina. Well, i couldn't care less to be honest.
To each their own.
@51 Sir Roderick Bodkin,
Feb 14th, 2014 - 09:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0Got a few email addresses for you.
Please be careful, l don't know any of these companies, l think that they are genuine.
Just beware of scammers.
www.miningoilandgasjobs.com
www.oilcareers.com
www.oil&gasJobSearch.com
www.rigzone.com
www.globaloiljob.com
www.greenhandoiljobs.com
Many more but thats a start.
You may have to pay a fee to a recruiting company, but if you do it would be once only.
Don't keep sending money to anyone.
Good luck
Bon Chance.
@45 Tarquin
Feb 14th, 2014 - 10:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0Is your full name Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel?
54 paulcedron
Feb 14th, 2014 - 12:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Looks like you've just been rumbled by friend “Sir Rodderick Bodkin” as well.
WOW, you “La Campora” posters must be so transparent........
52 paulcedron
Feb 14th, 2014 - 12:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Many here like to flaunt about the british military power.
Funny, because you have never won a war without the help of the u.s.
Back to front, just a view—
How many wars have the British won
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• davidjohnston29 answered 3 years ago
It can be a little difficult to answer a question like this. Did the British win the War of 1812 by retaining Canada, or just pull off a tie by ensuring that boundaries would remain unchanged? Were the Napoleonic Wars a single war, or four or five different and connected wars? Do the wars in India that were fought by the East India Company count as British wars? I tell you what. Here's the list of wars that Britain has fought since unification in 1707. You can decide for yourself what qualifies.
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War of the Spanish Succession (1702–1713) - won
Queen Anne's War (1702–1713) - won
Jacobite Rebellions 1715-16; 1719; 1745–46) -won
Clifton Moor Skirmish, near Penrith (1745) - won
Battle of Culloden (1746) - won
War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718–1720) - won
War of Jenkins' Ear (1739–1742) - DRAW
War of the Austrian Succession (1742–1748) - stalemate
King George's War (1744–1748) - DRAW
Seven Years' War (1756–1763) - won
French and Indian War (1754–1763) - won
Anglo-Cherokee War (1759–1763) - won
Pontiac's Rebellion (1763–1766) - won
First Anglo-Mysore War (1766–1769) - won
American War of Independence (1775–1783) -lost
First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–1782) - won
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780–1784) - won
Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780–1784) - won
Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789–1792) - won
Australian frontier wars (1788-1930s) - won
French Revolutionary Wars (1793–1802) - DRAw
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798–1799) - won
Irish Rebellion -won
this is just a snap shot but gives you a GOOD idea but please be awere in the
@50
Feb 14th, 2014 - 12:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“ because you have never won a war without the help of the u.s.”
The US helped you out in 1982 and you lost:
Argentine Chinooks used in 1982 war=US
Argentine Bell Huey Helicopters used in 1982 war=US
Argentine Skyhawks used in 1982 war=US
His Dishonourable Fascistness Galteiri's General Belgrano used in 1982=US
Argentine Hercules aircraft used in 1982 war (including the one that bombed a civilian ship) =US
Amtrack landing craft used in 1982=US
US Mercenaries fighting for Argentina on Mt Longdon in 1982=US
Argentine Beechcraft Turbo Mentor used in 1982=US
Argentine Lockheed maritime patrol aircraft used in 1982=US
Boeing 707 reconnaissance aircraft ( that Mrs Thatcher refused Navy permission to shoot down) used in 1982=US
Argentine Learjet reconnaissance aircraft=US
52 paulcedron
Feb 14th, 2014 - 01:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Many here like to flaunt about the british military power.
Funny, because you have never won a war without the help of the u.s.
Back to front, just a view—
How many wars has America fought and how many has it won without foreign help?
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061017130311AAk6QFF
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• o41655 answered 7 years ago
Well, let's go through the big ones:
1. War for Independence--French, Dutch, and Spanish allies.
2. War of 1812--no allies, but no clear victory either.
3. Mexican War--no allies; significant USA victory leading to massive land transfer.
4. Civil War--all American.
5. Spanish-American War--USA joins a pre-existing rebellion against Spanish rule in Cuba and in the Phillipines.
6. World War I--USA joins war relatively late; many Allied nations.
7. World War II--USA joins war in 1941; numerous Allies.
8. Korean War--USA allied with South Korea. No victory for either side.
9. Viet Nam War--USA allied with South Vietnam. Other allies were South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and a few more. South Korea provided the second largest group of non-Vietnamese soldiers. War ends with defeat of South Viet Nam--no USA victory.
So, “How many wars has America fought and how many has it won without foreign help?”
I count 1 out of the big 8 foreign wars: the Mexican war. If we count the Civil War, which was not a foreign war, 2.
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a great answer although for the first half of the 1812 war britain was also at war with france
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Feb 14th, 2014 - 03:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Thank you very much Isolde!
I'll check these out later tonight!
Cheers!
That's a big IF, Mr. Swire...
Feb 14th, 2014 - 04:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 057
Feb 14th, 2014 - 07:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Busted!
52 paulcedron
Feb 15th, 2014 - 09:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0That told you!
All Argentine governments, not only the present one, will need “Malvinas” hysteria to distratct the population whenever there's a cock-up. That's why it's enshrined in their constitution.
Feb 17th, 2014 - 08:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Falklanders: be alert at all times.
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