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Falklands 'raided' by British Special Forces to test the garrison's security, says UK media
British Special forces have carried a raid on the Falkland Islands to test the garrison's security amid fears that Argentina may try to land commandos on the Islands, according to a piece published in the Sunday Express. Apparently such routine exercises are carried out in UK highly sensitive bases and defense compounds. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesmembers of 3 Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, are scheduled for the next rotation to the Falklands in June”.
Apr 12th, 2015 - 09:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0Well, I think that rules out any Argentinian invasion for a while !
However,ear plugs will be required to drown out the screeching from B.A.
Apache helicopters would be a useful addition to the Falkland Islands Defence Force.
Apr 12th, 2015 - 09:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0It would be a good idea for the SBS to 'visit' an Argentine naval port and open up the sea docks on a naval vessel. Oops! Perhaps they already did!
Apr 12th, 2015 - 09:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0Now we see the real reason for the increase in Defence budget...a report will have been submitted based on the ease in which the defences succumbed and what extra deterrents are needed.
Apr 12th, 2015 - 09:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0Always read between the lines of any press releases...
....and if you have any serious construction work planned...it's best to hide it behind something innocuous like maybe a hospital or a school...for the sake of satellite spying etc.....
...and don't worry about budget figures....everyone knows they are estimates and always need to be doubled...
It's all in the ”Top Secret (But Never Fools Anyone) Handbook”..available from most reputable military stores on offer at £12.99....
Voice- Nothing to do with the recent defence statement on money at all!
Apr 12th, 2015 - 12:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0These exercises go on regular - have done for 3 DECADES! Our own Defence Force often plays enemy and trials different ways of attacking and infiltrating
places.
Sorry no extra defence spend - all normal sensible routine stuff.
Nothing unusual in 3Para coming back either- Many other Army units have rotated back since 1982 - its logical that every so often one coming here will be one that has been here before! Not rocket science to calculate the odds!
but I do apologise for the crap written by some UK newspapers - they are almost as bad as Argentine ones1
Anyone think that argies could be as good as the SBS? Just as the majority of SAS are Paras, the majority of the SBS are Royal Marines. But it would be hard to choose between any part of UK Special Forces. At least eight other military units around the world are based on the UK Special Forces.
Apr 12th, 2015 - 12:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 05
Apr 12th, 2015 - 12:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Nonsense....
There are striking similarities to the commando attack described by that well known (to MI6) member of the Elite Argentine Military Think Tank that frequents the Mercopress site....usually under an Italian guise....
Unfortunately MI6 have been following his loose tongued exploits as he is affectionately referred to in clandestine circles as Blabbermouth Bert....
...remember you heard it here first...
@7 Voice
Apr 12th, 2015 - 01:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Yes, the parachuting of boats with wheel on them over MP must have really worried British military planners.
“British Special forces have carried a raid on the Falkland Islands to test the garrison's security amid fears that Argentina may try to land commandos on the Islands, according to a piece published in the Sunday Express”
Apr 12th, 2015 - 02:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0wot?
what commandos are these twats talking about?
cheap excuses for militarizing the south atlantic even more.
it seems a typical exponent of the yellow english press, the worst in the world, is in charge of the english intelligence now...lol
the consequences will be more and more isolation for the islets.
@ 9 paulcedron
Apr 12th, 2015 - 02:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Wot, going to drift further out into the Atlantic are they.
It must be clear even to you that even S. America doesn’t support you in that.
Any declaration from the OAS summit in support of Argentina was there?
I think we should get the Commander to give us an update. He'll know what's going on with his high-level connections in the MoD. Shame we lost somebody of his calibre on here. Something to do with a trip to Waitrose during a terrible storm. Terrible business.
Apr 12th, 2015 - 02:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 010
Apr 12th, 2015 - 02:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0boludo
read and learn, if your tiny little brain allows you.
the consequences will be a total and complete isolation for the benny-hillbillies.
they want it, they get it.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/falklandislands/7296721/Latin-America-backs-Argentina-in-Falkland-Islands-drilling-dispute-with-Britain.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/falklandislands/7296721/Latin-America-backs-Argentina-in-Falkland-Islands-drilling-dispute-with-Britain.html
Latin America leaders back Argentina over Falkland Islands stand-off
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/falklandislands/7296721/Latin-America-backs-Argentina-in-Falkland-Islands-drilling-dispute-with-Britain.html
@12 paulcedron
Apr 12th, 2015 - 03:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Particularly liked “the prospect that Argentina could lose out on mineral wealth discovered offshore” bit.
So no action then, just more words from Argentina.
I’ll take that as a “no” on the OAS summit then.
@12 idiot child/payaso/mamarracho
Apr 12th, 2015 - 04:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0¡Nabo de m----a!
As always your links are five years' old and not many people give credence to the The Guardian.
Conclusion - your comments are of no value¡
@4: Not quite the same as keeping 114 civilians locked up as prisoners, in the middle of Goose Green, is it? That's the sort of cowardly shite that your type get up to. You really are as thick as two short planks.
Apr 12th, 2015 - 05:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@9. It seems fair to assert that argieland doesn't have anything called 'commandos'. Argieland couldn't manage to find individuals with the requisite intelligence, expertise and courage. So there's no problem. The scum can be exterminated anytime.
Apr 12th, 2015 - 05:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@12. Have you noticed that, using the Voyager type aircraft, the Falkland Islands can be reached from the UK without refueling?
And from Cape Town?
Isolation? In the near future, you criminal psychotics will indeed be isolated. Perhaps the UK could issue an 'advisory' that argieland could be hit by one or more British nukes without warning. Don't believe that crap about Britain only being able to launch with American permission and/or launch codes. It's anytime. That START treaty doesn't affect the UK. Never mind the currently-stated UK 'stockpile'. 64 missiles, each with 12 MIRV warheads, each 100 kilotons. Brain bursting? 76,800 kilotons. Can Britain only build warheads up to 100 kilotons?
How about if Britain, all by itself, can obliterate SoAm?
'Isolation' from argieland is an excellent idea. And, according to Nostrils, argieland wants to be isolated. Falkland Islands trades with the world, argieland dies. Perfect!
Don't make any mistake. Unlike argies, I think that people should be able to choose. None of this 'You can be British, but the land is ours' crap. How do our 'pals' feel if it's the other way around. 'You can be argies, but the land is ours'.
Could you cope with that, slobchops?
Gollum is crapping himself as we write: THREE PARA!
Apr 12th, 2015 - 06:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Pity it wasn't the Ghurkhas: but was it?
Oh dear what a laugh, apart from the argies that is.
THREE PARA! Ha, ha, ha.
genetic aberration
Apr 12th, 2015 - 06:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“How about if Britain, all by itself, can obliterate SoAm?”
it seems you do not understand a shite yet, no?
if the u.s. do not help england, england cannot even obliterate an anthill.
and it is more than clear that obama does not like england too much.
so, a comerla boludo.
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Apr 12th, 2015 - 07:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Did I miss a page somewhere...? only WTF!!! are you talking about?
How does that relate to my comment Newbie...?
Making a list
checking it twice
gonna find out
who's naughty or nice
Voicey now will always bring you down....
;-)))))
British Special forces have carried a raid on the Falkland Islands to test the garrison's security
Apr 12th, 2015 - 07:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 01, Argentina knew nothing,
2, CFK was still in la la land,
3, the argies on here were still telling us how bad our forces are
4, once again we go where we want , when we want , and no argy tea leaves will stop us,
Apparently they tested the security of the mainland, but that's for us to know,...lol
These exercises would have been useful before April 1982. Not anymore. Nobody wants to die for Malvinas now.
Apr 12th, 2015 - 07:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Argentina will just keep claiming the islands peacefully and restating its case in international forums that will increasingly support the end of colonialism.
The breaking point will be reached when it will become too costly to keep spending in the islands and Argentina's prosperity will also attract the islanders. It may take some time but we are on the way to it.
#21
Apr 12th, 2015 - 07:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Argentine's prosperity ????????????? You ARE joking, aren't you ??????????
Kids need have fun every now and then and spend some of the taxpayers' money.
Apr 12th, 2015 - 07:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0They would be spending some money in a training about taking responsibility of sick tourists so, next time, FI allow them to land and be cured in the local hospital instead of taking for granted that Tierra del Fuego Province will accept and cure them.
Nobody wants to die for Malvinas now.
Apr 12th, 2015 - 08:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We totally agree with you,
how many argies would fight and die for land that does not exist, but only in the mind of CFK.
Paulie- So you reckon here is solid S.A. support for Arg against the nasty oil companies?
Apr 12th, 2015 - 09:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0So:
1 How come Brazil a year or so ago awarded a sizeable onshore exploration area to Premier Oil?
2 How come goods from Chile can be found on the Oil Rig?
3 How come goods from Uruguay can be found on the Oil Rig?
Enrique-21. Colonialism ended in these Islands a couple of decades ago. Why does Argentina want to reinstate the Rule of a Colonial Power - namely enforce the rule of a foreign state over the people of a country/territory?
@19: “.it's best to hide it behind something innocuous like maybe a hospital or a school.” . Who the fuck are you to call me “newbie”?
Apr 12th, 2015 - 09:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Voicey” is very unlikely to bring anybody down. I've been reading and commenting on your crap for longer than I care to think about.
@21
Apr 12th, 2015 - 09:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It is you that is trying to colonise them not us. Oh and on the way to prosperity, on the way down the S-bend more like. You're so deluded I feel sorry for you, when you are finally free of peronism and a truly democratic government looks at the books, you are in for one hell of a shock senor.
Our aircraft carriers get closer each day and your window of opportunity gets smaller and smaller. Hopefully we will finish the job next time and pay you a visit on the mainland.
Whenever placed on the defensive and unnerved, British forces break under the pressure and surrender en masse. 100,000 were quickly rounded up during The Battle of France in May 1940, 120,000 surrendered at Singapore in February 1942. The Italians also rounded up 300 British Paras in early December 1942.
Apr 12th, 2015 - 10:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0https://web.archive.org/web/20110617054745/http://sill-www.army.mil/FAMAG/1943/FEB_1943/FEB_1943_PAGES_143_149.pdf
And yet the British still won that war!
Apr 12th, 2015 - 10:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@28: And yet, when faced with overwhelming odds, they made you all scuttle back to RGland. Seems odd to me. The 70 or so Royal Marines took out a full Amtrac and a soldier in the garden at Government House, they only stood down when they were ordered to by the Governor. Seems we learnt something from history. I think if you ever get round to studying history yourself, you'll find mitigating circumstances to the soldiers surrendering to overwhelming numbers of German and Japanese.
Apr 12th, 2015 - 10:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What happened to the RGs at Goose Green when faced with the Paras? What happened to the soldiers when they heard that the Gurkhas were approaching?
skippy
Apr 12th, 2015 - 10:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0the british?
lol
yeah, right...tell that to the americans.
the only thing england has won in ww2 was a massive bankruptcy.
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Apr 12th, 2015 - 10:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0A liar too...you have never ever previously commented on a single post that I have made...prove it and show me....
..a little short on the brains to be on here...I think....
“....and if you have any serious construction work planned...it's best to hide it behind something innocuous like maybe a hospital or a school...for the sake of satellite spying etc.....”
...refers to any construction work...like if you were wanting to build extra weapon facilities.....say you are building a school or hospital etc.....
Like the “school” they are going to “build” in the 180 million budget increase
God are you one of those idiots that needs a post broken down and explained in Janet and John easy learning styles...?
How about the Cat in the Hat...one fish two fish red fish blue fish....
....friggin dimwit....
Ever heard of satire...look at the end of the post in question....
...”It's all in the ”Top Secret (But Never Fools Anyone) Handbook”..available from most reputable military stores on offer at £12.99....”
...do yourself and the rest of folk on here a favour and make yourself scarce...now that I have noticed your inane babbling and your ability to start running your mouth off when you misunderstand something....I will be sure to ridicule your paltry efforts...
fuckwit....
32
Apr 12th, 2015 - 10:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Ouch, you ARE a bit touchy. Why are you so bitter? BTW, thanks for your share of the cost of operating Mt Pleasant. We really do appreciate it.
30
PDG0192
He's just bitter and twisted. A real issue with the Falklands.
No I just have an issue with idiots that don't understand posts or a satirical slate...
Apr 12th, 2015 - 11:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0...nah I just have an issue with the brain dead....
...nah I just have an issue....
...nah...
30 PDG0192 (#)
Apr 13th, 2015 - 12:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0I want hard evidence not British wartime myths. The Japs were outnumbered up to 4 to 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Singapore
And no Argie APC was destroyed during Operation Rosario although one was hit by GPMG fire & was shown to have survived to TV audiences worldwide thanks to war correspondent Nicolas Kasanzew. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Singapore
And yes, Task Force Mercedes surrendered at Goose Green, but fought for 14 hours when the Paras had planned to capture Goose Green in time for breakfast. The British battalion was also rendered inoperable with 18 KIA & 64 WIA & about 200 psychiatric cases , but was forced to fight again after the destruction of the Sir Galahad and when promised the 6,000 artillery shells that it got to blast the Argies off Wireless Ridge. Subtract the immense artillery support the British got at Wireless Ridge & we'd be talking about 30 British dead instead of the 3 in that battle. The Argie company on Mt William withdrew to Sapper Hill only when ordered to because Argie GHQs feared a helicopter-borne assault that would entrap BIM 5 on Mt Tumbledown.
I remember one time when the British invaded Spain by mistake.
Apr 13th, 2015 - 02:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0For their sake, I hope they never invade Argentina by mistake. We won't be as forgiving as the Spanish who let you back off. Try that on our shores and we will take you prisoner and torture you before shipping you back to the Falklands in coffins.
@36
Apr 13th, 2015 - 03:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0Trident ?
Your coffins will be just shadows ...
Oh PLEASE attack us with those nukes in response for us repelling YOUR invasion us.
Apr 13th, 2015 - 03:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0Please! It may cost lives, but it will once and for all prove what a worthless society in moral terms you are (attacking another country and invading it illegaly, and responding with nukes when that other country merely defends itself).
PLease do it.
oh, I really can't be bothered to respond to such an inane comment. Does anyone else want to take this?
Apr 13th, 2015 - 03:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0cheers!
Who would want to invade Argentina?
Apr 13th, 2015 - 05:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0It's broke, destitute and full of brainwashed Argentinians.
Have no fear Nostrils, considering who you country keeps electing, the danger is from outside.
@38
Apr 13th, 2015 - 05:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0¡Loquito de remate!
35- Was not in Singapore but I recall in had a bit to do with who had air power and all the tactical advantages - and safety and well being of the civilian population - not something Argentines ever bothered ab0ut in 1982.
Apr 13th, 2015 - 10:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0Goosegreen - you lot had all the advantages of defensive cover and numerical superiority in the early morning after dawn - and you lost it due to incompetence and bad leadership.
2 Para had 200 men unable to carry on after GooseGreen because of mental state!- utter crap!
Mt William - try a different story - by the time Mt William was attacked Tumbledown had been virtually all captured by the Scots Guards! I agree yes the Arg forces were in retreat by then - a general retreat because you were loosing the last bits of high ground.
Wireless Ridge was never the target for the Welsh Guards - wrong side of the attack - WG were part of 5 brigade on the south side. They lost 1 Company effectively at Fitzroy on Sir Galahad but 2 and 3 Companies were already ashore at Bluff Cove and took part in Mt Harriet battle - and were scheduled for attacking Sappers Hill- in daylight on the 14th - then the surrender came so they stopped.
There were chances for your side to have won in 1982 on more than one occasion - but your Commanders bungled them all.
Paulie- no answer from you. Well guess that means you cannot face facts again can you?
@34 Voice
Apr 13th, 2015 - 05:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“You have issues” mate, best just leave it at that eh!
@35 General.Ram.Esperanza
Amazing, after all that the British still won and the Argys still lost.
Like Germany in 1918, so convinced that they nearly won they just had to have another go.
Everyone who ever fought the British nearly won, except the fiendish British turned up to the Battle.
@ 43 Pugol-H
Apr 13th, 2015 - 06:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Everyone who ever fought the British nearly won, except the fiendish British turned up to the Battle.”
Damned unsporting that, Old Chap! :o)
43
Apr 13th, 2015 - 06:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Wow the master of stating the obvious....
Who doesn't have issues....?
The first Liar step forward and raise their hand...;-))))
“Everyone who ever fought the British nearly won, except the fiendish British turned up to the Battle.”
That would make more sense if it was written thus...
“Everyone who ever fought the British nearly won, until the fiendish British turned up to the Battle....”
I'd be glad to edit your posts for you in future if you wish....
Some silly argies think we should NUKE EM HIGH,
Apr 13th, 2015 - 07:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0probably would never happen,
BUT
on the other hand, if those silly argies children with their lunatic CGK ever got NUKS,
we ask the silly question,
Would you argies nuke us.
And the answer , on a post card to heaven please...lol
28 General.Ramon.Esperanza
Apr 13th, 2015 - 07:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0'Whenever placed on the defensive and unnerved, British forces break under the pressure and surrender en masse.' Really??
Are you for real? 300 Paras? Compared to the 300 000 Axis soldiers who surrendered at the end of the North African Campaign?
As for the Battle of France, the BEF was outflanked when the Germans broke through French defences via the Ardennes. Most of the soldiers were evacuated, and even Rommel was moved to praise the British resistance. How is this a 'mass surrender' and being 'rounded up'?
I can understand you not wanting to talk about the Battle of the Falklands, with the British unsportingly being better trained, stronger, more determined and superior in every way.
However, history is full of stories of British resistance and success against the odds. You are just talking rubbish. I'll give you the Battle of Kohima to start you off.
Roark's drift.
Apr 13th, 2015 - 07:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 011 Gone but clearly not forgotten. How very reassuring. Mrs DoD sends her warm regards but now, along with most other members of the British Middle Class, shops at Aldi. It saves her the trip to Hythe in bad weather and good. I, on the other hand, continue to spar with Bernard at the RBL over a rum or two. When I'm not counting passengers on and off the cruise ships at Western Dock that is.
Apr 13th, 2015 - 07:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Heh guys and gal's, The Lunatic of Chew Butt is back from hols by the look of it!
Apr 13th, 2015 - 10:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@35: “18 KIA & 64 WIA & about 200 psychiatric cases , but was forced to fight again after the destruction of the Sir Galahad”......really? Which 200 psychiatric cases? I don't recall that happening. You weren't there though, were you?
Apr 13th, 2015 - 10:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The destruction of Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram: the Welsh Guards who survived went on to fight on Harriet, not everybody died that day.
The Paras knew they were facing superior numbers and would be fighting uphill, towards well-entrenched troops. They actually anticipated up to 4,000 RG men, so, no, it wasn't expected to be over by breakfast, nor was it over in 14 hours. Neither were they rendered inoperable, they wanted to carry on, it's what they do.
Most posts here are a consequence of watching too many war movies. Come on guys. Argentina has moved on. If Brits are happy to keep spending to “defend the islands” be our guest.
Apr 14th, 2015 - 12:24 am - Link - Report abuse 051 PDG0192 You don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure out that 2 Para had an equal number of psychiatric cases.
Apr 14th, 2015 - 06:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0“It has been estimated that 10 to 30 percent ineffectiveness in a unit may render that unit incapable of accomplishing its mission”. The Great American Bomb Machine, p. 81, Dutton, 1971
And yes 2 Para had been promised no more fighting after Goose Green.
“The loss of the Guards meant we would now be called back into the front line for the assault on Stanley. Our particular task was to take Wireless Ridge on Mount Kent. The enemy had an entire regiment up there waiting for us”. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2109429/A-dirty-war-British-soldiers-shot-dead-enemy-troops-waving-white-flag-Argentinian-prisoners-bayoneted-cold-blood-An-ex-Para-tells-horrors-Falklands.html
47 Monty69. While no Argie conscript shot their officers or raped the local women, the British army lost the plot at Dunkirk.
”Many of the writers who acted as willing cogs in the propaganda machine would live to regret their reports, most notably the British Alexander Werth. In 1960 he issued an apology after it became clear that his fantasies of military order ran in stark contrast to the reality of panic, cowardice, desertion and the shooting of officers by drunken troops who prowled the nearby streets, looting and raping. (Loose Cannons: 101 Myths, Mishaps and Misadventurers of Military History, Graeme Donald, Osprey Publishing, 2012)
Nothing for Rommel to admire here, I'm afraid.
General- like so many General,s of World War 1 era, you blunder about without a clue and cannot read a map!
Apr 14th, 2015 - 09:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0Mt Kent was secured by 22regt SAS about same time as 2 Para captured GooseGreen - it is about 10 miles or so away from Wireless ridge which is right on the edge of north western Stanley.
If you knew anything you would know that Paras in particular are well known for some “embolishement ” of facts - good brave men as they are.
@23 pgerman and to our other Argentine trolls
Apr 14th, 2015 - 10:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0This is nothing unusual. All UK military installations have there defences tested periodically in this way, no matter WHERE they are in the world.
I suspect that most countries test their own defences so they can plug any gaps.
Pgerman, I love the way that you are SOOOOO worried about how the UK taxpayers money is spent, but the UK taxpayers aren't.
We know that the Falklands are well defended from the likes of you Argentines who don't believe in human rights, who don't believe in self-determination, and who want to steal land that doesn't, and has never, belonged to you.
But us British taxpayers are happy for our money to be spent this way, ensuring that Argentina never gets its thieving grubby hands on the Falklands again.
And remember this, Argentine trolls, IF you were truly serious about wanting to gain sovereignty over the Falklands all you have to do is persuade 3,000 people that it would be beneficial to them. Because the only LEGAL way Argentina could gain sovereignty is through an act of self determination by the Falkland Islanders.
Yet in the past 33 yrs, instead of building bridges of friendship and trust and proving to the Falklanders that Argentina wasn't like the Junta, all you have done is burnt what was left of the bridges of friendship and trust and PROVED to a new generation of Falklanders that Argentina is STILL just like the Junta.
And what does Argentina offer the Falklanders? Scorn. Abuse. Threatening behaviour. Lies. Insults.
And then you act surprised when they don't want anything to do with you.
You claim that they can remain as they are if they volunteer to become Argentine...except that they'll lose their independence, become a colony ruled from BA, have to use the worthless peso, have to learn corrupted Argentine history, and have no say whatsoever in how their own country is run.
Oh yes, it's well worth any money to protect the islanders from Argentine fascism and greed.
53 General.Ramon.Esperanza
Apr 14th, 2015 - 10:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0So it wasn't a mass surrender then. Glad we got that one sorted out.
I can give you link to the Wikipedia article on the Battle of Kohima if that helps, since it seems to be your reference material of choice.
If you want anyone to take you seriously though, I suggest that you stop referring to DailyFail articles.
toodlepip,
M
55
Apr 14th, 2015 - 10:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0“But us British taxpayers are happy for our money to be spent this way, ensuring that Argentina never gets its thieving grubby hands on the Falklands again.”
..speak for yourself and maybe the other keyboard warriors on here...
Since when do you represent the British taxpayer....
I've never been given a choice where defence money is spent...as have you....
No doubt Terry Hill would claim it as Silence means Consent...I claim it as... why not ask me and the whole of the British Taxpayer...
@ 57 Voice
Apr 14th, 2015 - 11:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0Oh dear, crying foul over taxes for the Falklands again, anybody would think you are poor.
Living in a civilised society brings responsibilities on the citizens: paying their tax is one.
I know, compared to you, that I do not pay much tax in the UK, but I do not even live there now or use any of the services. :o)
Increase the defence budget on The Malvinas/ Falklands while 200,000
Apr 14th, 2015 - 11:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0Brits have to go abroad seeking medical assistance
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/570305/Britons-NHS-waiting-lists-medical-treatment
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Apr 14th, 2015 - 11:56 am - Link - Report abuse 058
...but you will be back eventually...is the novelty wearing off yet....
There are some really good deals to be had in the South of France...they won't rip you off on a property and the weather has over 300 days of sunshine...food is pretty cheap and diesel is cheaper than the UK....also best health care in the world...;-)
...good for the wife....
@17. Based on a bit of research, it seems that the Gurkhas are already there! Specifically, 69 Field Squadron, 36 Engineer Regiment.
Apr 14th, 2015 - 12:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@18. Unlike you shitty argies, I understand that shit is supposed to go down a toilet. Or you can go outside and dig a trench. Ever seen a toilet? Incapable of digging a trench? Come now, you were pretty good at cowering in trenches, and shitting yourselves, when our MEN were coming for you.
@21. But...in the year 3858, you'll be dead and dust and won't know about it.
@28. Must be magic using an american army site to 'remember' something that happened more than 2 years before the US joined the war. Curiously, given the evacuation of 338,226 troops evacuated via Dunkirk, the British Expeditionary Force lost 68,000 men during the entire Battle of France. But then the Americans said WE couldn't retake the Falkland Islands.
@31. Yes, you're right. We British were too busy supplying the soviet scum and teaching the americans how to fight. Take the examples of all the american ships sunk because they didn't believe us about convoys and coastal blackouts. And Operation Torch. The operation specifically organised so that we British could hold american hands.
@35. He didn't say 'destroyed', he said 'took out'.
Extract “Lieutenant Bill Trollope, with No. 2 Section, describes the action:
Six Armoured Personnel Carriers began advancing at speed down the Airport Road. The first APC was engaged at a range of about 200 to 250 metres. The first three missiles, two 84 mm and one 66 mm, missed. Subsequently one 66 mm fired by Marine Gibbs, hit the passenger compartment and one 84 mm Marines [George] Brown and [Danny] Betts hit the front. Both rounds exploded and no fire was received from that vehicle.”
@38. Okay. That's an invitation, isn't it?
@52. Very brave. Thousands of miles from your 'homeland'. We're okay. Plenty of money.
@53. Oh, a Russian.
@57. You're a British taxpayer? I don't believe you. So prove it.
Monty69 The British Army was the first to surrender en masse during WW2, before the French & Italians. The BEF during The Battle of France was up to 350,000-strong:
Apr 14th, 2015 - 01:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Original estimates of the strength of the B. E. F. ranged from 300,000 to 350,000”. (The New York Times Book of World War II 1939-1945, p. 104)
The British War Office admits it pulled out 225,000 British troops:
“The War Office had hoped to bring out between 50,000 and 100,000 men, but in fact 225,000 British soldiers had been evacuated”.(Britain and 1940: History, Myth and Popular Memory, By Malcolm Smith, p. 37)
So that would leave us with up to 125,000 British POWs.
The BEF also suffered reportedly 3,500 killed & half apparently aboard a ship, that means that less than 1% were actually killed manning their defensive positions or retreating.
Yet the British like to joke about the French, Italians, Argentinians, could it be cause they fear Latins when it comes to their women? Anybody in their 40s would remember that schoolgirls & their mothers went wild over John Travolta in the 70s & British servicemen in WW2 would've noticed their women going bonkers over Rudolph Valentino, also known as the 'Latin Lover'. Maybe the jokes about the Italians started in the 50s with all the female hysteria over Dean Martin, Frankie Valli, Paul Anka, etc?
62 General.Ramon.Esperanza
Apr 14th, 2015 - 01:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The British were completely right to retreat and return to fight another day. Nothing you can say will ever persuade me that they should have heroically died defending their positions.
Your last paragraph is pretty bizarre. As a Falkland Islander, I don't find anything remotely funny about the Argentines, and nobody is joking about the 'Latins'. I'm merely refuting your claim that the British always roll over and surrender at the first opportunity, when history teaches us plainly otherwise.
The idea that the British 'fear the Latins when it comes to their women' is laughable, as well as being an example of obnoxious everyday sexism. I'm going to let you off as I think you probably were young in the 1950s and you haven't noticed that the world has moved on.
61 Conqueror The British soldiers were the ones suffering from explosive diarrhea after the sinking of the Atlantic Conveyor & all their drinking water.
Apr 14th, 2015 - 02:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“The town was normally home to just a few thousand people, then suddenly had to cope with thousands of extra Argentine and British soldiers. The place just couldn’t take it. There was only sporadic electricity and water and the sanitation system collapsed. The streets were ankle-deep in human waste. The stench was awful, really awful, and we were all suffering from what we called Galtieri’s revenge. He lost the war but left us ill”. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/Britain_at_War_Readers__Memorie/9130824/The-Falklands-invasion-by-those-who-were-there.html
The paras also stole valuable items from the kelpers & broke into their homes
64 General.Ramon.Esperanza
Apr 14th, 2015 - 02:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0There isn't anything wrong with our drinking water on the islands when we haven't got Argentine soldiers shitting in it. If your chaps hadn't been so filthy the forces wouldn't have had to bring their own water.
As for the Paras breaking into Falkland Islanders homes, I never heard that story; what we chiefly remember is Argentines booby-trapping children's toys and defecating all over people's houses.
I'd give this line of argument a rest is I were you; it's going nowhere for you.
65 Monty69 The men of 42 Commando were suffering from diarrhea before the Battle for Mount Harriet according to their CO.
Apr 14th, 2015 - 03:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Drinking-water had become virtually unobtainable. Cooking fuel was so scarce that marines were no longer able to boil the liquid they got from the brackish puddles. As a result, increasing numbers of them were suffering from diarrhoea, or 'Galtieri's Revenge' as they called it”. (Take that hill!: Royal Marines in the Falklands War, Nick Vaux, p. 158, Pergamon-Brassey's International Defense Publishers, 1986)
2 & 3 Para had the same problem as well as 45 Commando, the Scots Guards, etc, so it wasn't lack of hygiene on the part of Argentinian troops, but a widespread problem affecting the British troops also.
@45 Voice
Apr 14th, 2015 - 03:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Nah, I actually prefer my version.
@62 General.Ram.Esperan
Completely overlooking the fact that Dunkirk was only one of many evacuation points from France.
For several weeks after Dunkirk the British were evacuating troops ect from ports further south like St Nazarie.
There was no mass surrender or anything like. You’re just dreaming.
Hey, I have dazzling blue eyes, Latina women luuuuv them, with blond hair, well they just fall at my feet, you know what I mean.
Amongst Latinas, whose men are usually third world ugly, often as dumb as rocks and all have ego’s much bigger than either their penises or abilities.
Hey I can do no wrong, you know what I mean, nudge, nudge.
Veeeerryy obliging they are, you know what I mean, wink, wink.
67 Pugol-H I'm afraid you're wrong. Elvis Presley, a blond guy, used to dye his hair jet black & get a tan to get the 'Latin look' that made him a worldwide sensation. In CHiPs (US TV Series Hit 1977–1983), Eric Estrada stole the limelight from Larry Wilcox, the blonde guy, that the producers had originally planned to make the star of the show. Yes right from the start Estrada became an overnight sensation & I remember all the blonde girls in my class having a huge crush on him.
Apr 14th, 2015 - 04:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And if we're gonna have to pull the measuring tape out, I'm afraid the British & their descendants are going to come out second best, with the Argentinians & Italians having a huge advantage as the British newspaper article “The penis size study: How do British men fare?” points out. http://morallowground.com/2011/03/23/on-controversial-world-penis-size-map-americans-dont-measure-up/avg-penis-size-by-country/
@68 General.Ram.Esperan
Apr 14th, 2015 - 04:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Except we’re not talking about Presley or Estrada here, we are talking about ME and Latinas, mate.
As for the blonds in your class, you clearly drew the short straw and are third world ugly then. Better luck in your next life.
The mind boggles, are you seriously suggesting people were walking round shopping centres, tape measure in hand, asking to collect data for a survey.
As I have never had that happen to me, I am clearly not in the data or the table would look completely different.
#64
Apr 14th, 2015 - 05:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The paras also stole valuable items from the kelpers & broke into their homes
Where is your source for this ? Can any Islander verify the truth of this statement.
British servicemen in WW2 would've noticed their women going bonkers over Rudolph Valentino,.... a corpse buried in 1926 ? Get real !!
It was Errol Flynn, Clark Gable. Ronald Coleman, James Stewart, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant,Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck and Tyrone Power who were the heart throbs then....not a Latino amongst them
Also teenage girls in the 1950's were going hysterical over Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Pat Boone, Buddy Holly etc. at the same time. I remember because I was a teenager then.
So, your point is that young teenage girls get hysterical about pop singers..... ...what a revelation. Well done, full marks !!
68 General.Ramon.Esperanza
Apr 14th, 2015 - 05:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I can assure from personal experience that having an enormous cock is no compensation at all for being an enormous cock. Sorry, but there it is.
Actually girls told me I looked very much like Elvis, Lou Diamond Phillips and Johnny Depp thanks to New Wave gel & my first girlfriend was a blonde lass that got into 1950s music because of me. I should've married her but I decided to be a player. This was around the time La Bamba came out & I was heavily into Rock N' Roll. Anyway I forgot to point out that Rudolph Valentino was the first Hollywood male sex bomb & yes he died young but he still remained a pin-up star during WW2. Also Frank Sinatra was the first teen pop-music idol. And let's not forget John Travolta (Danny) won Olivia Newton John (Sandy) In the movie Grease.
Apr 14th, 2015 - 05:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@62, 64, 66, 68, 72. You're a very sad piece of scum. Plenty of evidence that argie conscripts spent their time shitting in the homes of Falkland Islanders. In their baths, in their beds, on their furniture. No doubt part of the 'hearts and minds'.
Apr 14th, 2015 - 06:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I'm so glad that you're like Elvis. Ever tried emulation? He's dead. But just to set you on the right track, there are always some girls that like a bit of rough. Temporarily.
1958, eh? Shouldn't you be dead by now?
People
Apr 14th, 2015 - 07:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0ignore General.Ramon.Esperanza and he will be reduced in rank to private,
then he will be a nobody.
@72 General.Ram.Esperan
Apr 14th, 2015 - 07:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You appear to be living in a complete dream world.
Look like Elvis, who was really blond, yea right.
Grease was A MOVIE, you’re confusing fantasy with real life here.
Stick to wandering around shopping centres with your tape measure.
@52
Apr 14th, 2015 - 11:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“ Argentina has moved on ” Well Enrique your government doesn't seem to know that. Perhaps a little word in CFK's and Fimus's ear would suffice, counld you do that , there's a dear.
Umm. . .
Apr 15th, 2015 - 12:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0Just to get back to reality here.
The Falkland Islands are British.
End of debate.
I see we have a new armchair general barely out of puberty on board who names himself after a ficticious character in Diehard......
Apr 15th, 2015 - 04:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Refight the war as many times as you like sonny , but the fact remains , the British 3 Commando Brigade and 5 Infantry Brigade kicked the Argentines off the Falkland Islands in 3 weeks , despite having lost their logistics on the Atlantic Conveyor and 33 years later , they remain British , so gather up your crayons and f*ck off and play somewhere else .
David, today states he will defend the territories as long as they wish to remain British,
Apr 15th, 2015 - 07:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ 79 Briton
Apr 15th, 2015 - 09:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The bastard also said that he would allow a referendum on leaving the EU.
David says many things, but does very little.
Apr 16th, 2015 - 07:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0How did l miss this thread?
Apr 17th, 2015 - 12:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Very interesting, but too late to comment really.
“”Since when do you represent the British taxpayer....“”
Apr 17th, 2015 - 04:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0ever since he was one I would imagine...
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“The paras also stole valuable items from the kelpers & broke into their homes”
Jore Argentine “creative history” methinks...
Unless you mean they stole the Argentine soldiers will to fight...
83
Apr 17th, 2015 - 05:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Sorry about that...I didn't realise that one British Taxpayer was representative of all British taxpayers....
...my bad...
Argentina's Secretary for Malvinas Islands Affairs, Daniel Filmus will be giving a conference on Friday in London
Apr 17th, 2015 - 07:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Some say he is the secret leader of all argentine extra Special Forces,
And was secretly photographing British locations for a possible argentine extra special forces raid on parliament before they all go back..lol
So they say.
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