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jimnicebutdim said:
I am but a mere ex-crab, so I dont understand the niceties of international politics. However, if I were PM.....
My opening shot would be to surface the Astute off the coast of Argentina just long enough for the RGs to know it's there before letting it dive back to the depths.
I would then (in quiet) send the RG Govt. some nice satellite imagery from JARIC, and some nice radio intercepts from GCHQ, along with a DVD showing what damage Storm Shadow and Tomahawk can do to hardened facilities in Libya.
At the same time I would (quietly) ask the BBC to start doing some features on the advances in British war fighting technology since 1982. I would ensure that they contained some nice pictures of some Gucci kit exercising in the FI (imagine a recreation of the famous picture of bootnecks romping with the Union Flag, but with Jackals, WMIKs, Mastiffs, and Warrior flanking the column)
I would (again quietly) remind the RG Govt. that the average British Tom has real world conflict experience, some of the best equipment money can buy, a robust and efficient management and support structure, and, will fight like a pissed off lion over a piece of godforsaken desert scrub. Do they really want a ruck with them over Soverign Territory?
If after all this, they are still bleating, then quite publicly, I would offer them a simple solution...."Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough!!"
I think someones been reading pistonheads:My opening shot would be to surface the Astute off the coast of Argentina just long enough for the RGs to know it's there before letting it dive back to the depths.
I would then (in quiet) send the RG Govt. some nice satellite imagery from JARIC, and some nice radio intercepts from GCHQ, along with a DVD showing what damage Storm Shadow and Tomahawk can do to hardened facilities in Libya.
At the same time I would (quietly) ask the BBC to start doing some features on the advances in British war fighting technology since 1982. I would ensure that they contained some nice pictures of some Gucci kit exercising in the FI (imagine a recreation of the famous picture of bootnecks romping with the Union Flag, but with Jackals, WMIKs, Mastiffs, and Warrior flanking the column)
I would (again quietly) remind the RG Govt. that the average British Tom has real world conflict experience, some of the best equipment money can buy, a robust and efficient management and support structure, and, will fight like a pissed off lion over a piece of godforsaken desert scrub. Do they really want a ruck with them over Soverign Territory?
If after all this, they are still bleating, then quite publicly, I would offer them a simple solution...."Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough!!"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17908679
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southame...
What a very silly video - as one of the comments says, you couldn't show the FI looking any more British if they tried - they really are moronic.
Also, he should be practicing for the high jump in one of the minefields they left behind.
What a very silly video - as one of the comments says, you couldn't show the FI looking any more British if they tried - they really are moronic.
Also, he should be practicing for the high jump in one of the minefields they left behind.
Asterix said:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southame...
What a very silly video - as one of the comments says, you couldn't show the FI looking any more British if they tried - they really are moronic.
Also, he should be practicing for the high jump in one of the minefields they left behind.
Love this comment:What a very silly video - as one of the comments says, you couldn't show the FI looking any more British if they tried - they really are moronic.
Also, he should be practicing for the high jump in one of the minefields they left behind.
"An Argie running and face down in the dirt in the Falklands. Whats new we have seen it before."
Galsia said:
"There are 323 voices calling to us that there is an open wound. Every day they they remind us that the Malvinas are, were and will be Argentine."
Does anybody else find it really tasteless that she is using the dead as a political tool?
Very. I also find it tasteless that they've involved the Olympics in it. The whole idea of the Olympics is to put political differences aside and just play sport.Does anybody else find it really tasteless that she is using the dead as a political tool?
But for balance, I also find the comments on here that seem to call for another armed conflict so we can kick their ass/teach them a lesson etc etc just as tasteless, especially when a lot do not even appear to be in jest.
Mario149 said:
Very. I also find it tasteless that they've involved the Olympics in it. The whole idea of the Olympics is to put political differences aside and just play sport.
But for balance, I also find the comments on here that seem to call for another armed conflict so we can kick their ass/teach them a lesson etc. etc. just as tasteless, especially when a lot do not even appear to be in jest.
Olympics have never been just about sport, Germany 1936, anti apartheid boycott and ban, Afghan conflict boycott etc. But for balance, I also find the comments on here that seem to call for another armed conflict so we can kick their ass/teach them a lesson etc. etc. just as tasteless, especially when a lot do not even appear to be in jest.
People fail to recognise the task force in 1982 got very, very lucky, making the assumption that the preparations on the island will prevent a similar occurrence, might want to wind it in a bit, it is 10 000 km away, with no fixed wing aircraft carriers, a shrinking military and military budget etc. Underestimating the enemy, all to familiar from the last time.
Traveller said:
Mario149 said:
Very. I also find it tasteless that they've involved the Olympics in it. The whole idea of the Olympics is to put political differences aside and just play sport.
But for balance, I also find the comments on here that seem to call for another armed conflict so we can kick their ass/teach them a lesson etc. etc. just as tasteless, especially when a lot do not even appear to be in jest.
Olympics have never been just about sport, Germany 1936, anti apartheid boycott and ban, Afghan conflict boycott etc. But for balance, I also find the comments on here that seem to call for another armed conflict so we can kick their ass/teach them a lesson etc. etc. just as tasteless, especially when a lot do not even appear to be in jest.
People fail to recognise the task force in 1982 got very, very lucky, making the assumption that the preparations on the island will prevent a similar occurrence, might want to wind it in a bit, it is 10 000 km away, with no fixed wing aircraft carriers, a shrinking military and military budget etc. Underestimating the enemy, all to familiar from the last time.
TeamD said:
Can we not just nuke Buenos Aires and get on with our lives? I understand that the tridents are getting a bit past the use-by date so we might as well.
Sure, but expect retaliation of a similar kind, how about a great big dirty bomb going off in the middle of London? Making it glow for 50 years, think Canary Wharf or Manchester IRA bomb with added glow. You do not need full fat nukes to do serious damage.TeamD said:
Traveller said:
Mario149 said:
Very. I also find it tasteless that they've involved the Olympics in it. The whole idea of the Olympics is to put political differences aside and just play sport.
But for balance, I also find the comments on here that seem to call for another armed conflict so we can kick their ass/teach them a lesson etc. etc. just as tasteless, especially when a lot do not even appear to be in jest.
Olympics have never been just about sport, Germany 1936, anti apartheid boycott and ban, Afghan conflict boycott etc. But for balance, I also find the comments on here that seem to call for another armed conflict so we can kick their ass/teach them a lesson etc. etc. just as tasteless, especially when a lot do not even appear to be in jest.
People fail to recognise the task force in 1982 got very, very lucky, making the assumption that the preparations on the island will prevent a similar occurrence, might want to wind it in a bit, it is 10 000 km away, with no fixed wing aircraft carriers, a shrinking military and military budget etc. Underestimating the enemy, all to familiar from the last time.
jimnicebutdim said:
jimnicebutdim said:
I am but a mere ex-crab, so I dont understand the niceties of international politics. However, if I were PM.....
My opening shot would be to surface the Astute off the coast of Argentina just long enough for the RGs to know it's there before letting it dive back to the depths.
I would then (in quiet) send the RG Govt. some nice satellite imagery from JARIC, and some nice radio intercepts from GCHQ, along with a DVD showing what damage Storm Shadow and Tomahawk can do to hardened facilities in Libya.
At the same time I would (quietly) ask the BBC to start doing some features on the advances in British war fighting technology since 1982. I would ensure that they contained some nice pictures of some Gucci kit exercising in the FI (imagine a recreation of the famous picture of bootnecks romping with the Union Flag, but with Jackals, WMIKs, Mastiffs, and Warrior flanking the column)
I would (again quietly) remind the RG Govt. that the average British Tom has real world conflict experience, some of the best equipment money can buy, a robust and efficient management and support structure, and, will fight like a pissed off lion over a piece of godforsaken desert scrub. Do they really want a ruck with them over Soverign Territory?
If after all this, they are still bleating, then quite publicly, I would offer them a simple solution...."Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough!!"
I think someones been reading pistonheads:My opening shot would be to surface the Astute off the coast of Argentina just long enough for the RGs to know it's there before letting it dive back to the depths.
I would then (in quiet) send the RG Govt. some nice satellite imagery from JARIC, and some nice radio intercepts from GCHQ, along with a DVD showing what damage Storm Shadow and Tomahawk can do to hardened facilities in Libya.
At the same time I would (quietly) ask the BBC to start doing some features on the advances in British war fighting technology since 1982. I would ensure that they contained some nice pictures of some Gucci kit exercising in the FI (imagine a recreation of the famous picture of bootnecks romping with the Union Flag, but with Jackals, WMIKs, Mastiffs, and Warrior flanking the column)
I would (again quietly) remind the RG Govt. that the average British Tom has real world conflict experience, some of the best equipment money can buy, a robust and efficient management and support structure, and, will fight like a pissed off lion over a piece of godforsaken desert scrub. Do they really want a ruck with them over Soverign Territory?
If after all this, they are still bleating, then quite publicly, I would offer them a simple solution...."Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough!!"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17908679
Traveller said:
TeamD said:
Can we not just nuke Buenos Aires and get on with our lives? I understand that the tridents are getting a bit past the use-by date so we might as well.
Sure, but expect retaliation of a similar kind, how about a great big dirty bomb going off in the middle of London? Making it glow for 50 years, think Canary Wharf or Manchester IRA bomb with added glow. You do not need full fat nukes to do serious damage.
TeamD said:
Traveller said:
TeamD said:
Can we not just nuke Buenos Aires and get on with our lives? I understand that the tridents are getting a bit past the use-by date so we might as well.
Sure, but expect retaliation of a similar kind, how about a great big dirty bomb going off in the middle of London? Making it glow for 50 years, think Canary Wharf or Manchester IRA bomb with added glow. You do not need full fat nukes to do serious damage. Just do it when Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff