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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (56483)	11/10/2002 8:02:28 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Once the British had it's supplies guaranteed from the USA, the Argentinians did not stand a chance. Thats not the point though. The Falklands are much nearer Argentina then Britain. What if Argentina said the UK Hebridies belonged to Argentina? It's plain silly. Britain could have given each whining Falklander, and each sheep, several million dollars each to relocate, and still saved lots of money and even more lives and suffering on both sides. On top of that though, a whole bunch of anti British types thought they would see Britain humiliated. Silly thing to expect when you have Thatcher in control of a nation armed with lots of big nukes plus a significant armed forces with loads of history. Very silly attitude I think. Britain can and does fight. Britain should have declared a 200 mile fishing exclusion line around the falklands too aka Iceland, and developed a real fishing industry. But, no, another mega f**k up by the useless British Government.

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (56483)	11/10/2002 8:44:15 PM
From: epsteinbd	Respond to of 281500

The Argentinians never had a chance, the British ships sunken were the work of fire an forget French exocet missiles, and the only invention the Argentinian military have credit for, is the conversion of fair twin engine Pukara planes into anti riot weapons... The Irakis do have the same Exocet missiles, it's just that the pilots always forget where they parked their planes.