H.M.S. Dauntless sets sail for the Falklands

[♖The Balkan Sobranie♖]

Her Majesty's Ship Dauntless is due to set sail from Portsmouth today for a six-month deployment in the South Atlantic whilst tension between Buenos Aires and London increases. A few days ago services in both countries were held to mark the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War. A conflict which resulted in the loss of 258 Britons and 649 Argentines dead.
The ship is one of the most advanced in the Royal Navy. As a Type 45 Destroyer, it is easily capable of wiping Argentine planes out of the sky. It is a clear warning to Mrs. Kirchner's Government that Great Britain is prepared to defend her interests and will not tolerate foreign aggression.

The Full Story:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...Argentina.html



H.M.S. Dauntless


Do you believe it possible for a conflict between the two nations to spark? If so, which country would stand triumphant?

[Prosaic Visitant]

This is good; although the whole Falklands thing is beaten up by the Kirchner government to simply distract people from her government's hand in messing things up economically. So war wont come of it.

[Ketnix]

This is good; although the whole Falklands thing is beaten up by the Kirchner government to simply distract people from her government's hand in messing things up economically. So war wont come of it.

This. Argentina will continue to talk big, but nothing will come out of it. Plus Britain can have any sort of military assets it wants in the Falklands, its their territory anyways.

[Gatsby]

Obviously an act of British imperialist aggresion designed to facilitate the restoration of the vast British South American colony of New Devon that Argentina fought so hard to escape from in the War of the Triple Alliance which was caused by British opium imports and the harsh exploitation of Argentina's precious corned-beef deposits.

Though, as usual, this is all a ploy of deception by the cunning piratical Brits to distract all international attention onto this seemingly titanic struggle. Meanwhile, they will steal the Shroud of Turin, the Parthenon, and in fact the whole city of Istanbul from right under everyones noses (to be sold to the Chinese) in order to fund their oil-conquests in Afghanistan.

[Prosaic Visitant]

Obviously an act of British imperialist aggresion designed to facilitate the restoration of the vast British South American colony of New Devon that Argentina fought so hard to escape from in the War of the Triple Alliance which was caused by British opium imports and the harsh exploitation of Argentina's precious corned-beef deposits.

Though, as usual, this is all a ploy of deception by the cunning piratical Brits to distract all international attention onto this seemingly titanic struggle. Meanwhile, they will steal the Shroud of Turin, the Parthenon, and in fact the whole city of Istanbul from right under everyones noses (to be sold to the Chinese) in order to fund their oil-conquests in Afghanistan.

This man, this man knows their grand plan.

[Gatsby]

This man, this man knows their grand plan.

It's plain to see, the world just needs to open it's eyes.

[Lebron James]

Messi > Beckham. So I wouldn't be suprised if there is an upset this time around.

But in all seriousness, armed conflict would be bad policy.

[Claudius Gothicus]

There's not going to be an armed conflict of any kind.

[Prosaic Visitant]

There's not going to be an armed conflict of any kind.

Of course; yet its still amusing to see all this tension being hyped up from politicians and the media. I particularly get a kick out of the Falklands being referred to as 'imperialism' or 'colonialism'.

It's plain to see, the world just needs to open it's eyes.

verily, long have i preached on this master plan and yet they all called me crazy! they all said I was insane! well no more shall i be known as mad malzahar

[BlueLion]

The funniest thing about this is that Argentina is itself an ex-Spanish colony and probably about 90% of them are descended from Europeans.

[Prosaic Visitant]

shhh, we can't allow this to interfere with Irrational West Bashing.

[cookiemonster]

i agree with cpreston5 and Malzahar this is an evident British build up to conquer the whole of South America, i just wish the whole world could see such an obvious Imperialistic ambitions, the next step the British and the French is to plant their flags on China and divide the country between themsevels with the British planting millions of oak trees to help create a thousand 18th 80 gun Ships of the line conquer the seas, while the French create millions of vineyards to create quality cheap wine in order to create an monoply on the wine market to fund their massive defence budget,
i am just amazed that hardly anyone has figured this all out????

[Prosaic Visitant]

i agree with cpreston5 and Malzahar this is an evident British build up to conquer the whole of South America, i just wish the whole world could see such an obvious Imperialistic ambitions, the next step the British and the French is to plant their flags on China and divide the country between themsevels with the British planting millions of oak trees to help create a thousand 18th 80 gun Ships of the line conquer the seas, while the French create millions of vineyards to create quality cheap wine in order to create an monoply on the wine market to fund their massive defence budget,
i am just amazed that hardly anyone has figured this all out????

This man also knows. The Masters must be worried; 3 people now know of their plans. We shall spread the word with all haste.

[Stavroforos]

The whole recent "tension" over the Falklands is mainly small grievences between Argentina and Britain blown out of proportion by the media because of their desire to have something interesting to report over because it's the 30th anniversary of the Falklands expedition.

Though I do suppose that for the Brits, it's good that the media is making a big deal out of this so that they can feel that their military expenditures and egos are justified.

[The Edain]

Though I do suppose that for the Brits, it's good that the media is making a big deal out of this so that they can feel that their military expenditures and egos are justified.

Our Militarily Imperialistic ego's are never sated!


On a serious note though, I don't see any war coming. A BBC correspondent in Argentina over the weekend asked locals if another war was inevitable, they answered no. Even if the Argentine government did (god forbid) push for war, they'd be thrown down quicker than the military junta were back in the 80's.

[Azog 150]

Interesting. Just last year they were eager to express that they backed the Argentinian claim on the Falklands.

You're certain of this?

There is a difference between paying lip-service to Argentina and actually spending time, money and effort in supporting them and in turn deteriorating their relations with Britain

The whole recent "tension" over the Falklands is mainly small grievences between Argentina and Britain blown out of proportion by the media because of their desire to have something interesting to report over because it's the 30th anniversary of the Falklands expedition.

Nail on head

[Justice and Mercy]

There is a difference between paying lip-service to Argentina and actually spending time, money and effort in supporting them and in turn deteriorating their relations with Britain

Sure, but the South American countries have great interest in standing up to Great Britain. To begin, I don't think there's any way that Great Britain would want to fight a war against an alliance of many South American nations. But primarily, it would be a wonderful political move for these leaders if they forced Britain to leave the Falklands.

I'm not saying this isn't actually the case, it's just contradicts previous indications.

But I wouldn't ever accuse leftists of being consistent anyways.

[Ketnix]

Sure, but the South American countries have great interest in standing up to Great Britain. To begin, I don't think there's any way that Great Britain would want to fight a war against an alliance of many South American nations. But primarily, it would be a wonderful political move for these leaders if they forced Britain to leave the Falklands.

I'm not saying this isn't actually the case, it's just contradicts previous indications.

But I wouldn't ever accuse leftists of being consistent anyways.

Why would any other South American nation risk it? Whats in it for them?

Falklands isn't going anywhere any time soon, it will remain British.

[Justice and Mercy]

Why would any other South American nation risk it? Whats in it for them?

The same thing that's in it for the President of Argentina: Political popularity. They'd be seen as standing up to Western, capitalist imperialism.

[Condottiere 40K]

And yet the real danger is the Penguins that are stealthily massing for an amphibious assault.