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January 30th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
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Daniel Martin
Last updated at 2:07 AM on 30th January 2012
It would be ‘just about impossible’ to retake the Falklands if Argentina invades, the former head of the Army declared.
General Sir Mike Jackson warned that defence cuts meant that the UK no longer has the capability to get the islands back if the Argentines secured the airfield.
As the 30th anniversary of the Falklands Conflict approaches, the president of Argentina has been restating the South American country’s sovereignty over the islands.
General Sir Mike Jackson warned the UK’s shrinking defence capabilities leaves the Falklands vulnerable
Sir Mike said the Coalition’s mothballing of the Harrier fleet would mean a task force would now be unable to retake the Falklands.
He told the Sunday Telegraph: ‘The official answer will be that it would not be possible for the Argentinians to gain a foothold on the islands, in particular to take Mount Pleasant airfield, which is key to the British defence plan.
‘Defences on the Falklands are better now – by a factor of several tens – than they were in 1982. We have a large international-sized airfield to allow for very rapid reinforcement by air, should circumstances so require. But I suppose I have learnt in life – never say never.’
But he added: ‘What if an Argentinian force was able to secure the airfield? Then our ability to recover the islands now would be just about impossible.
‘We are not in a position to take air power by sea since the demise of the Harrier force. Let us hope we don’t live to regret that decision.’
Weakened: Sir Mike raised fears that the mothballing of the Harrier fleet would mean a task force would now be unable to retake the Falklands
Meanwhile Tory backbencher Andrew Rosindell has called for the Falklands and 20 other British overseas territories to be given seats in
Parliament – allowing residents to directly elect MPs to the Commons.
The move would make it harder for other countries to claim the territories were merely colonies, because they would become an integral part of the UK.
Mr Rosindell, a member of the foreign affairs select committee, has put the issue up for debate.
He said: ‘We have a democratic hole for hundreds of thousands of people for whom we make laws, whom we ultimately govern and on whose behalf we can declare war, make foreign policy and sign international treaties.’
In his interview, Sir Mike accepted that the defence cuts were ‘savage’; adding: ‘This will be the smallest Army since the Napoleonic wars. My understanding is that we’re heading for 82,000.’
He also acknowledged that David Cameron had not gone as far as he would have liked in upholding the military convenant, which says a soldier should get all the equipment and support he needs in return for being prepared to lay down his life for his country.
Sir Mike said: ‘[The covenant] has certainly been acknowledged by the Prime Minister. Quite handsomely.
‘But my interpretation of the covenant is that no solider or soldier’s wife should be housed in below-standard accommodation. We’re not there yet. I give you that as one example.
‘It’s not that I think there isn’t a wish to uphold the covenant. There is sometimes the inability to do – and to pay for – things that do uphold it.’
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