The New Commie South - More Argentine Hilarity

**Lord Consul** · May 11, 2012, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by Zé do Pipo

That said, Consul, don't you think Brazil has been pursuing a rather aggressive approach on diplomacy around South America? I'm talking more specifically about what's going on in Bolivia. I mean, you are no saints, and this is coming from someone, as you know, that loves Brazil.

I actually think Brazil is not acting in its national interest when it comes to Bolivia. Evo nationalized a billion-dollar Petrobras refinery a couple of years ago and Brasília didn't lift a finger. He unilaterally raised gas prices and the Brazilian government acquiesced. So I don't think Brazilian capitalism is being that successful in the Bolivian highlands.

But, sure, Brazil is pushing its weight around. Brazil is bigger than all of the rest of South America combined so all the dealings taking part there are bound to be asymmetrical.

**brandbll** · May 11, 2012, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by Menelik_I

I never quiet understood the outrage over the sinking a ship which was taking part in military conflict.

Well if it was filled with gold bouillion and you raised it you'd probably have Spain trying to get a piece of the action, we know that much.

**grouchy13** · May 20, 2012, 11:24 AM

The British Government move more pieces round the board,

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...n-the-sub.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...Falklands.html

England v Argentina ... we bring on the sub

Navy sends deadly show of strength

Nuclear powered ... HMS Talent is on way
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EXCLUSIVE
By DAVID WILLETTS, Defence Correspondent

Published: Today at 00:05

BRITAIN has sent deadly nuke sub HMS Talent to the Falklands to warn off the sabre-rattling Argies.

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The fearsome submarine was dispatched last night with Tomahawk warheads as tensions simmer on the 30th anniversary of the conflict with Argentina.
The Trafalgar-class “hunter-killer” vessel slipped into a port in South Africa last week under a cloak of secrecy.
Simon’s Town dock in Cape Town is a strategic staging post for South Atlantic missions.
Defence insiders confirmed the sub was ready for a lengthy deployment around the Falklands.
Talent will arrive in good time for June 14 — the anniversary of the day the British task force ended a 74-day Argie occupation of the islands.

HMS Talent ... fearsome

A source said: “Final preparations are being made in South Africa before a deployment to the South Atlantic. HMS Talent will be dropping by the Falklands and keeping watch. That’s what she is built to do — protect Britain’s interests.
“And that is what she will be doing this summer.”
Argentina and president Cristina Fernandez have been upping the tension over the Falklands with a host of inflammatory stunts.
They whined when helicopter pilot Prince William was sent on deployment there, they instigated trade blockades and they accused Britain of war mongering.

Stunts ... Cristina Fernandez

And Argentina sparked international outrage by secretly filming an Olympic athlete training on the steps of the war memorial in the capital, Port Stanley. The video ends with the provocative slogan: “To compete on English soil, we train on Argentine soil.”
A source added: “There’s a lot of talk about the Falklands, but there’s only one nation in this row with nuclear submarines.”
HMS Talent — built to hunt down and destroy subs and warships — arrived in South Africa on Tuesday after quietly requesting a nuclear permit for a visit between May 10 and 30.
She is expected to leave this week. Her presence in the South Atlantic will quell fears of any misguided stunts by Argentina on the June 14 anniversary.
Since launching in 1988 HMS Talent has conducted operations worldwide in her principal role as a hunter-killer.
But she can be deployed in a surveillance role — and is fitted with cameras and thermal-imaging periscopes.

Tensions mount ... Argies' Olympic film

Although nuclear powered, she does not carry nuclear warheads.
But she is armed with a full complement of Tomahawk cruise missiles.
They have a range of up to 1,000 miles — and were used successfully against Col Gaddafi in Libya last year.
The MoD said last night: “We do not comment on submarine operations.”

**Rolling Thunder** · May 20, 2012, 06:38 PM

And that's the old version. Astute is even more

ing deadly.

**Darkhorse** · May 20, 2012, 06:49 PM

Astute could pick up Argentine shipping in their harbours whilst sitting docked in Ascension. - Would be a much subtler deployment with an even stronger message, the one that says "we don't actually have to be there in order to catch you out..."

Can't really say I see the point of this deployment, probably sent the sub down there with a formal apology to the Argentine government for the arrival of Katie Price...

**Future Filmmaker** · May 20, 2012, 11:38 PM

Originally Posted by Choki

a yankee talking about nationalism

Some of us actually find that term pejorative, sir.

**Claudius Gothicus** · May 21, 2012, 09:42 AM

Take your falklands crap elsewhere people, this thread is about Argentina's Vice-Minister Kicillof ''Porn-star hair cut'' confiscating Spain, our president dancing with Angolans and other stupid PR stunts our lefty-populist government likes to pull out of it's ass

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