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December 23rd, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
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Last updated at 8:56 AM on 22nd December 2011
Today, just as in 1982, the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands is a deadly serious matter
To some, the crisis over the Falklands may sound like the plot of an Ealing comedy, with no place in the real world of the 21st century.
How, they may wonder, could this barren outpost of empire – 8,000 miles from London and with a population of little more than 3,000 – again become the focus of huge tensions between the United Kingdom and South America?
Wiser heads will recognise, however, that the islands’ sovereignty is a deadly serious matter, as relevant today as at any time in history.
For what is at stake in the Falklands – whose islanders have been British for two centuries, and remain so by their own will – is nothing less than the integrity of international law and the right of free peoples to decide their own allegiances.
Margaret Thatcher understood this when, three decades ago next year, she sent our troops to liberate the Falklands after General Galtieri’s invasion.
But now, tempted by the islands’ booming fishing industry and the promise of offshore oil, Argentina is eyeing them covetously once again. And cynically, other South American countries are joining the conspiracy to throttle the islanders’ freedom by banning Falklands-flagged ships from their ports.
No doubt Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner calculates that, after the defence cuts and with so much else to worry about, Britain lacks both the military means and the political will to come to the rescue a second time.
David Cameron must put her right. And firmly.
True, we could not assemble a task force on the scale of 1982. But with our much improved air links to the South Atlantic, it is well within the RAF’s power to dominate the skies over the Falklands.
Mr Cameron must leave President Kirchner in no shadow of doubt that if diplomacy fails, he is ready to scramble an air armada at a moment’s notice.
He owes it to democracy, to the islanders – and to the 255 British heroes who died for the cause of freedom in 1982.
It’s not all gloom
Amid all our woes, a very merry Christmas may sound too much to hope for this year. But aren’t there at least a few economic fairy-lights twinkling in the gloom?
Take public spending. For three months running, Government borrowing has been well below forecast, leaving the debt-reduction strategy firmly on course. And despite the scaremongers, Britain’s AAA credit-rating seems rock-solid.
Or public sector pensions. After all the posturing, the signs are that the unions are being talked into sense – and the spectre of widespread strikes is vanishing.
As for prices, yes, they’re rising far too steeply. But inflation appears to have peaked and the outlook for the New Year is encouraging.
Meanwhile, a Bank of England report finds that companies large and small intend to maintain their investment in 2012, offering some hope for new jobs.
The Mail doesn’t pretend that the outlook for Britain is rosy. But if all else fails to lift the spirits this Christmas, isn’t there at least some comfort to be drawn from the knowledge that for other countries, it’s a whole lot worse?
Bah humbug, Vince
Despite earning £134,565 a year, Vince Cable says he won’t give up his £200 winter fuel allowance, like other rich pensioners, though he admits he doesn’t need it. Nor is he sending Christmas cards to his Tory coalition partners.
Whatever became of the public-spirited and shrewd Vince Cable whom the nation took to its heart before the election?
How quickly public office has turned him into a vain and sour old Scrooge.
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If Cameron loses the Falklands the CONservative Party might as well disband.
Sack a couple of hundred Generals, Brigadiers, Admirals and all the rest of the money-grubbing military leaders who have nothng and no-one to lead anymore …. and instead get at least one ship that can be permanently stationed in the south Atlantic.
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‘whatever the cost may be,
we shall fight on the beaches,
we shall fight on the landing grounds,
we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,
we shall fight in the hills’. Sound familiar? The Argentineans must be made to realise that britain is not going to give up the Falklands. Instead they should trade and stop their hopeless politicizing. The sad fact of this latest stupidly is that the two countries were getting on quite well.
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There is a principle here that the UK must defend, that of the inalienable right of self determination. This is a principle that must be defended to the death for the sake of humanity and small populations around the world. We must declare that all small nations, however small must and will be allowed to determine their own destiny and status free from the fear of greedy hypocritical bullies. If we dont make this clear there are hundreds of small islands around the world at risk from being invaded by greedy evil big nations just waiting to steal the land of others. I must be made plain that the wishes of the Falklands are supreme, only they can decide their future and not some greedy evil bullies who cast their hungry eyes over their smaller neighbours, in this world there are many hyenas ready and waiting to crush the life out of the weak and vulnerable.
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For the first time in this conflict, time is on the side of Argentina.
Since Argentina is a multi cultural countries with hundreds of thousands of ethnic brits, irish, welsh scotts etc, I don’t think there is an interest of mistreating the locals. In fact, a large number of the locals have visited Argentina more than once.
Argentina strategy on getting back the islands points at two strategic points mainly:
First, make the Malvinas a very very very expensive island. So far, the cost of the military is making the islands a costly venture. Eventually, food will have to be imported either from Africa or Europe making it even more expensive. A pound of fruit will cost 15 Euros.. Cost of living will have to be subsidized even more.
Second, make oil exploration impossible. WIthout continental support oil exploration will be more expensive.
Isn’t it cool how Argentina forces the hand of a the UK with a 5 billion dollar military budget and a stale air force?
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Ironic that outposts like the Falklands and Gibraltar put us all to shame now because they retain in their lifestyle and beliefs what the home country has to a large extent lost. Britain has a knack of producing weak politicians in peacetime and has given away most of its sovereignty and decision making to the unelected bureaucrats in the EU and now fights America’s resource wars almost as a servant to the Superpower. This sends a message that Britain is a Country which is afraid to stand alone any longer and afraid to defend its principles or even its own citizens any more. What a sad turnaround in less than a generation , the politicians have shamed and betrayed the land that was once proud of its achievements and its independence.
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Your comments:Obviously the Argentines want the land and they don’t give a fig for the British people who live there. Much like Spain and Gibraltar.
Total disregard for people and their wishes.
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DM you failed to mention the billions of pounds that we have and are still paying to maintain this “sheep farm” with
its very questionable “recources “.
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