BRITS: how do you feel about the Falkland Islands war of 1982?

Question

¡Las Malvinas son argentinas!

Answer 1

the people on the falklands wanted to remain a part of Britain, they should be free to do so

Answer 2

I feel good about the military operation undertaken to reclaim the Falkland Islands and bring it back into the fold.
The UK Government gave out the message to the rest of the world that the "British Citizans" in the Falklands were members of the UK masses, and that we would send down a fighting force to liberate the Falklands.....However if you look a little further into the tactical reasons and political aspects of the war we can see the good reasons why we went to conflict mode.
The Islands and the territorial waters that surround this lump of S.Atlantic rock in fact offer up some nice comodities, the offshore gas and small pockets of subteranian oil will be of use to the UK in the long haul.
Very little sysmic activity has been conducted to date, so the chances of variable sized seabed oil deposits and gas pockets is promising and lucrative to the country that has terrotorial rights.
Tactically wise the Islands are ideally suited to observe activity on all mainland S. American countries. From here the Government and Military can detect any movement of any forces in the region. The US like the idea of having British military listening posts on the Islands as both our countries can monitor any unrest that might develop in the future when the oil wars begin.
It also allows us to monitor shipping that has to pass this most southernly position, here we can monitor drug / weapon carrying ships that make there way across the Atlantic. The south listening post (F/Isles) triangulates with the Island of Hawaii and mainland US, so we can monitor all traffic in this catchment triangle this is very useful for tapping into any countries listening networks and getting first hand information.

Answer 3

You say Las Malvinas son argentinas!
which translated means that the Falklands belong to Argentina.
I think the British would be quite happy for the Falklands to belong to Argentina just as long as the few British people who live there can continue their British customs and the British maintain a navy military base. But no, you Argentinians had to come in and take possession of the islands by force. That was a dumb thing to do, and totally unnecessary to the Argentinians.

Answer 4

It should of happened because all of the people living on the islands were British.Can you imagine if Argentina won and all those Brits were kicked off of the islands.Although Britain was going to give Argentina the islands but then Argentina invaded instead so we kept the islands for ourselves(not many people know this)

Answer 5

Argentina committed an act of aggression which could not stand. They got what they asked for.

Since then, their policy towards the Falklanders - trying to win them over - has been more sensible than the bullying used by Spain against the people of Gibraltar.

Answer 6

Some outstanding people did a shity job 7,000 miles from home against a vastly superior force that had months to prepare and dig in.

Ma Thatcher told them to go home or get a good toeing.
They stayed - stupid mistake.

Our soldiers completly trashed them and if hadn't been for the bravery and professionalism of the Argentine air force it would all have been over much quicker.

Too many Brits killed. Too many Argentines killed.
But when faced with aggresion, there can be only one answer.

Answer 7

I am not a great supporter of wars, but when another country illegall attacks and occupies a part of your country then you must fight to get it back. Still the defeat of the Argentine military in the Falklands led to the downfal of the dreadful dictatorship that had been running that country. Perhaps the Britsh freed two civilisations, not one by fighting to retake what is rightfully ours.

Answer 8

It was a correct decision, The falkland islanders wanted to
remain british, their choice, and not to be ruled by a murderous
dictatorship! hats off to Margaret Thatcher, the only P.M
"with balls" since Churchill. Eat your heart out blair!

Answer 9

The UK repelled an invasion by force, implemented by an undemocratic dictator as a means of distracting attention from his own failings, and re-asserted the rights of the indigenous population to self-determination. I lost friends in that conflict; my best friend died on the Shiny Sheff. But I am proud of my country's actions - it is possible to do the right thing, even for what some may claim to be the wrong reasons.
The irony of comparison with recent military ventures does not escape me, but I would say it was on the whole an honourable enterprise.

Answer 10

It was a desperate act by Argentina with no real planing and we were quite right to go to war over it especially as the Northern Ireland thing was going on.

Answer 11

It was simply a good PR stunt for Thatcher to revive her flagging popularity. If she hadn't retaliated the Tories would never had won the 83 election.