Will the UK lose the Falklands?

[J Wolfsberger]

It's a boogeyman. The largely irrelevant Falklands and their mythical 30-years old "we will soon produce oil there, but don't yet" symptom are being used to keep the militaryspending up.

It's a ridiculous Warsaw Pact surrogate now that the Arabs aren't the boogeyman of the day any more.


I have no respect for people who fall for such primitive scaremongering.

In that case, you have to admit this is quite an accomplishment for British diplomats, getting Kirchner to blow this up so their colleagues in the military could press for budget increases.

Actually, I think Red Rat has it mostly right. Kirchner has manufactured a crisis partly because the domestic situation in Argentina is almost Grecian. But I also think her government's major purpose is using this as a lever to pry some concessions out of the UK regarding exploitation of the oil.

Regardless, as a Bolivaran in good standing she was guaranteed the diplomatic support of Columbia, Brazil and Cuba. I doubt they'd back her to the point of armed conflict.

[ganulv]

Regardless, as a Bolivaran in good standing she was guaranteed the diplomatic support of Columbia, Brazil and Cuba. I doubt they'd back her to the point of armed conflict.

Since the Columbian government is tied up dealing with a decades–long insurgency and the Cuban government is tied up dealing with a neighbor whose stated policy is regime change and who also happens to be the most powerful nation in the history of the world I think we can be pretty sure that those two aren’t going to go to blows for Argentina. And I believe that the Brazilians would rather not have their carrier destroyed by the Brits. But you know who Kirchner can count on? Sean Penn.

[carl]

ganulv:

That was an almost perfectly constructed paragraph and I laughed like hell at the end.

[davidbfpo]

Ganulv:

But you know who Kirchner can count on? Sean Penn.

Ah, we still have 'The Handbag' in reserve and SSN(s).

[J Wolfsberger]

Since the Columbian government is tied up dealing with a decades–long insurgency and the Cuban government is tied up dealing with a neighbor whose stated policy is regime change and who also happens to be the most powerful nation in the history of the world I think we can be pretty sure that those two aren’t going to go to blows for Argentina. And I believe that the Brazilians would rather not have their carrier destroyed by the Brits. But you know who Kirchner can count on? Sean Penn.

I got a laugh as well.

Unfortunately, I suffered a brain f--- when I wrote the post. I meant "Venezuela, Brazil and Cuba."

Next thing you know, I'll start to get crotchety.

[Stan]

But you know who Kirchner can count on? Sean Penn.

Matt, That's a keeper

I got a laugh as well.
Unfortunately, I suffered a brain f--- when I wrote the post. I meant "Venezuela, Brazil and Cuba."

Hey John, You old buzzard - we hate all of those dudes (well, at least until we get another president with another agenda).

Where have you been anyway ? On some sort of sabbatical

Next thing you know, I'll start to get crotchety.

As I needed to check the definition of that word, I ran across far too many definitions at the Urban Dictionary and decided on the following

1. Of or pertaining to the crotchular region.

2. Of a sexually promiscuous nature.

1. Ray-Ray was experiencing a crotchety itch, so he jiggied on down to the clinic on the corner.

This, BTW, has jack to do with this thread !

[J Wolfsberger]

Matt, That's a keeper



Hey John, You old buzzard - we hate all of those dudes (well, at least until we get another president with another agenda).

Where have you been anyway ? On some sort of sabbatical



As I needed to check the definition of that word, I ran across far too many definitions at the Urban Dictionary and decided on the following



This, BTW, has jack to do with this thread !

I got tied up in a series of other activities.

As for "crotchety," more along the lines of:

1.irritable: irritable and difficult to please

The proper emoticon is:

[Stan]

I got tied up in a series of other activities.

As for "crotchety," more along the lines of:

1.irritable: irritable and difficult to please

The proper emoticon is:

Sorry about that John
Glad to have you back and pissed off !

[Steve Blair]

Maybe we can just send them Sean Penn and call it good. Please?