4066  Problems with the Falklands

Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:00:07 +0000
From: Dani Iannarelli <dani@TANGO-LA-DOLCE-VITA.COM>
Subject: Re: Problems with the Falklands

Oh, and another thing, Burleigh...

The military balance has not "shifted". It has never been anything but than with the British! The British have the reputation of being (from an historical conflict viewpoint) the foremost naval power in history.

In fact, the British army (all departments) is the finest in the world.

Although even as a Brit (actually an Italian-Brit) I concur that these islands - the Malvinas - were taken illegally (I believe) from Argentina a century or two ago, they have since become internationally accepted as British. Therefore, until that changes, they are the Falkland Islands...!

Dani
'El Zorro de Los Falklands'

burl burl <burlq7@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
It would be very foolish to go after the Malvinas again, at least from a military point of view. With no real anti-submarine warfare capability the navy would suffer the fate of the Gen. Belgrano (a US cruiser sold to Argentina)--sunk in the last war.

The english have tomahawk cruise missiles which are now much more effective than the exocet. The military balance has very much shifted toward the english since the last war.

yours
Burleigh