| They’re not yours though lads. 23:01 - Jul 15 with 10576 views | SitfcB |
Argentina could be in trouble with FIFA for that they just said on BBC News. |  |
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| They’re not yours though lads. on 10:17 - Jul 16 with 1317 views | J2BLUE |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 23:09 - Jul 15 by LeoMuff |
They could always send over their decrepit navy and rag tag army over again and try and take them back ? |
What, like last time, when 258 of our people died?
Sounds good to say have another go but it had a huge cost. |  | | |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 10:22 - Jul 16 with 1280 views | J2BLUE |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 23:24 - Jul 15 by vapour_trail |
Reminds me of the GSTK boys on here.
FFS. |
I post that purely because I know how much some of you hate it. Imagine being so triggered by supporting your nation. | | | |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 10:23 - Jul 16 with 1279 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
Ooof. I go to bed, get up this morning, get a few things done, make a brew, pop on here and suddenly this thread feels like step A of Phil's, "I'm getting a bit fed up", cycle.
Anyway, The Falklands. Stick a few anti ship and aircraft batteries down there I reckon.
We could sick a few hundred cattle on there too and start rivalling Argentina for the corned beef trade, that'll show 'em. |  |
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| They’re not yours though lads. on 10:42 - Jul 16 with 1213 views | MattinLondon |
The Falklands issue is quite strange - prior to the war various UK governments and PMs (including Thatcher) actively tried to get rid of the islands but Argentina rejected such proposals.
After the war, the Falklands is still a massive issue in Argentina but over here, no one is that bothered about them. If it wasn’t for the fact that British soldiers died defending them, this issue would’ve been resolved. |  | | |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 10:44 - Jul 16 with 1200 views | vapour_trail |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 10:23 - Jul 16 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Ooof. I go to bed, get up this morning, get a few things done, make a brew, pop on here and suddenly this thread feels like step A of Phil's, "I'm getting a bit fed up", cycle.
Anyway, The Falklands. Stick a few anti ship and aircraft batteries down there I reckon.
We could sick a few hundred cattle on there too and start rivalling Argentina for the corned beef trade, that'll show 'em. |
The playground bullies have assembled. Reply to them individually and you end up in Waveney territory.
Que sera. |  |
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| They’re not yours though lads. on 10:51 - Jul 16 with 1174 views | DanTheMan |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 10:42 - Jul 16 by MattinLondon |
The Falklands issue is quite strange - prior to the war various UK governments and PMs (including Thatcher) actively tried to get rid of the islands but Argentina rejected such proposals.
After the war, the Falklands is still a massive issue in Argentina but over here, no one is that bothered about them. If it wasn’t for the fact that British soldiers died defending them, this issue would’ve been resolved. |
Also quite weird in that it's probably one of the only times we've not done anything wrong. We didn't throw out any indigenous population and the Argentine claim is pretty tenuous.
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2 |  |
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| They’re not yours though lads. on 10:51 - Jul 16 with 1164 views | GlasgowBlue |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 10:42 - Jul 16 by MattinLondon |
The Falklands issue is quite strange - prior to the war various UK governments and PMs (including Thatcher) actively tried to get rid of the islands but Argentina rejected such proposals.
After the war, the Falklands is still a massive issue in Argentina but over here, no one is that bothered about them. If it wasn’t for the fact that British soldiers died defending them, this issue would’ve been resolved. |
There isn't much to resolve. In the last referendum 99.8% of voters chose to remain a UK Overseas Territory. |  |
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| They’re not yours though lads. on 10:53 - Jul 16 with 1162 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 23:03 - Jul 15 by Plums |
But they won't be, of course. |
$50,000 fine. Slap on the wrist. |  | | |
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| They’re not yours though lads. on 10:58 - Jul 16 with 1148 views | MattinLondon |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 10:51 - Jul 16 by GlasgowBlue |
There isn't much to resolve. In the last referendum 99.8% of voters chose to remain a UK Overseas Territory. |
If it wasn’t for the war, both countries would’ve come to some deal. Not sure that a couple thousand islanders would’ve printed that from happening - but the war did happen and they are still British. | | | |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 11:01 - Jul 16 with 1139 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 10:53 - Jul 16 by ArnoldMoorhen |
$50,000 fine. Slap on the wrist. |
Behind closed doors qualifier against The Dominican Republic. | |
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| They’re not yours though lads. on 11:06 - Jul 16 with 1116 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 10:58 - Jul 16 by MattinLondon |
If it wasn’t for the war, both countries would’ve come to some deal. Not sure that a couple thousand islanders would’ve printed that from happening - but the war did happen and they are still British. |
What sort of deal? Do people not have the right to self determination? Argentina was run by a military junta that threw dissidents out of a helicopter (amongst other atrocities), handing them any sort of sovereignty would have led to a very dangerous situation for the islanders. Claiming sovereignty over somewhere just based on proximity is farcical. | | | |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 11:09 - Jul 16 with 1099 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 10:58 - Jul 16 by MattinLondon |
If it wasn’t for the war, both countries would’ve come to some deal. Not sure that a couple thousand islanders would’ve printed that from happening - but the war did happen and they are still British. |
They absolutely wouldn't have come to a deal. What deal can there possibly be with a military junta that protects the rights of British Citizens? | |
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| They’re not yours though lads. on 11:09 - Jul 16 with 1086 views | Ryorry |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 10:44 - Jul 16 by vapour_trail |
The playground bullies have assembled. Reply to them individually and you end up in Waveney territory.
Que sera. |
"The playground bullies" ?
My irony meter just broke.
Look in the mirror. |  |
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| They’re not yours though lads. on 11:11 - Jul 16 with 1074 views | positivity |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 10:22 - Jul 16 by J2BLUE |
I post that purely because I know how much some of you hate it. Imagine being so triggered by supporting your nation. |
i always find it amusing as it comes up as black flags on my computer; an alternate universe where the posters have all evolved into bankster! | |
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| They’re not yours though lads. on 11:11 - Jul 16 with 1065 views | bluebud |
If they think they own the Falklands and are always so confused, don't know what to call it and so emotional. We should rename them to the Belgrano Islands...then they might have to do their homework |  | | |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 11:26 - Jul 16 with 1015 views | J2BLUE |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 11:09 - Jul 16 by Ryorry |
"The playground bullies" ?
My irony meter just broke.
Look in the mirror. |
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| They’re not yours though lads. on 11:26 - Jul 16 with 1016 views | vapour_trail |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 10:58 - Jul 16 by MattinLondon |
If it wasn’t for the war, both countries would’ve come to some deal. Not sure that a couple thousand islanders would’ve printed that from happening - but the war did happen and they are still British. |
I don’t think that would be the case. We have long committed to self determination. | |
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| They’re not yours though lads. on 11:55 - Jul 16 with 915 views | Benters |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 11:09 - Jul 16 by Ryorry |
"The playground bullies" ?
My irony meter just broke.
Look in the mirror. |
Blooming arrows are too close together I wanted to give you an uppie! |  |
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| They’re not yours though lads. on 12:04 - Jul 16 with 888 views | itfcjoe |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 11:09 - Jul 16 by Cheltenham_Blue |
They absolutely wouldn't have come to a deal. What deal can there possibly be with a military junta that protects the rights of British Citizens? |
I think he meant over time, not when the Junta was in power, but in more recent years
The invasion meant that can now never happen |  |
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| They’re not yours though lads. on 12:53 - Jul 16 with 801 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 09:29 - Jul 16 by m14_blue |
We wouldn't need to take them back, absolutely no chance they could take them in the first place. |
Well things just got interesting on that front:
https://en.defence-ua.com/news | | | |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 13:13 - Jul 16 with 772 views | bluejacko |
No not really those aircraft and training of crews will take years to be ready!They also have not got the combat range to get to the falklands and back without AAR which the Argies do not have!
The defences on the islands are very different from ‘82’ when it was just a troop of RMs in place!
With the air bridge (C17,Voyager) the ability to reinforce if necessary is a well practiced procedure👍 | | | |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 13:52 - Jul 16 with 710 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 13:13 - Jul 16 by bluejacko |
No not really those aircraft and training of crews will take years to be ready!They also have not got the combat range to get to the falklands and back without AAR which the Argies do not have!
The defences on the islands are very different from ‘82’ when it was just a troop of RMs in place!
With the air bridge (C17,Voyager) the ability to reinforce if necessary is a well practiced procedure👍 |
Thanks for this informed reply.
A bit of subsequent research from me shows that with external fuel tanks the F16 could just about get close enough to launch Paveway or similar, but that the superior range of The Eurofighter's Meteor Air to Air missile compared to the AMRAAM equipped F16, alongside the Sky Sabre Anti Aircraft missiles stationed at RAF Mount pleasant, means that even with superior numbers, the F16 isn't a threat as long as the Eurofighter presence is maintained or upgraded. | | | |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 16:20 - Jul 16 with 595 views | OCCOLD335 |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 00:39 - Jul 16 by Butterbing |
Has any one of them been to the Falklands? Has anybody on here? Genuinely seems like arguing over who gets to eat a turd. |
I've been there..4 months in '83. Definitely British. | | | |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 16:24 - Jul 16 with 588 views | OCCOLD335 |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 00:39 - Jul 16 by Butterbing |
Has any one of them been to the Falklands? Has anybody on here? Genuinely seems like arguing over who gets to eat a turd. |
I've been there. Back in '83. Definitely British. | | | |
| They’re not yours though lads. on 16:32 - Jul 16 with 579 views | GlasgowBlue |
The Falkland Islanders have spoken.
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