The Falklands, 25th Anniversary
Today, 25 years ago, the Argentinian junta invaded the Falkland islands. Suspecting the British wouldn't have the capacity to fight over a remote island, they were surprised when Mrs Thatcher decided to send a taskforce to liberate the islands.
The short campaign was ultimately sucessful and the islanders very grateful. It also showed the world that we, the Brits, still had some bulldog spirit left in us.
What a change from then to now, especially as far as the Royal Marines & Royal Navy are concerned. Compare the two images of Royal Marines below, how times change....
The picture above is disgraceful, we seem to have found that appeasement is our foreign policy.
Whilst the Falklands war was not without its controversy and its share of disasters, we prevailed and won a famous victory. We stood tall against tyranny and managed to stand firm in 1991 against Saddam and then finish the job in 2003.
Tony Blair has gone on record to say that he would have fough the Falklands if he had been in charge, one wonders if that was bluster. Will he continue to appease the Iranian/Islamic fundamentalists or finally discover his backbone and manage to stand up to tyranny?
I must say i am not confident of this at all considering the rumours of sending an envoy to Iran and talk of promising the Iranians we won't trespass again. If true, we are just running up the white flag. Is a there Churchill somewhere who will do what needs to be done? If not we won't see pictures like this anymore.
The short campaign was ultimately sucessful and the islanders very grateful. It also showed the world that we, the Brits, still had some bulldog spirit left in us.
What a change from then to now, especially as far as the Royal Marines & Royal Navy are concerned. Compare the two images of Royal Marines below, how times change....
The picture above is disgraceful, we seem to have found that appeasement is our foreign policy.
Whilst the Falklands war was not without its controversy and its share of disasters, we prevailed and won a famous victory. We stood tall against tyranny and managed to stand firm in 1991 against Saddam and then finish the job in 2003.
Tony Blair has gone on record to say that he would have fough the Falklands if he had been in charge, one wonders if that was bluster. Will he continue to appease the Iranian/Islamic fundamentalists or finally discover his backbone and manage to stand up to tyranny?
I must say i am not confident of this at all considering the rumours of sending an envoy to Iran and talk of promising the Iranians we won't trespass again. If true, we are just running up the white flag. Is a there Churchill somewhere who will do what needs to be done? If not we won't see pictures like this anymore.
posted by McNam at 15:17
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