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 Post subject: Re: 1200 New Houses.
PostPosted: Sun Jul 14, 2024 3:42 pm 
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That brings back bad memories of that unnecessary war and loss of life on both sides. And you have a good memory because that's how I remember it now I have read your post. The name I never forget though is the General Belgrano sunk by Thatcher when outside the zone. I think it was 1200 men on board when she committed that war crime. :roll: I still remember a lot of my friends saying it was nessessary and had to be taken out :roll: But regardless of opinions It was just outside the agreed zone so it was a war crime. If my memory serves I don't remember the Argies sinking a ship outside that zone at least up until that sinking sctatchinghead Wars are nasty with no real winners just lots of military killed for government agendas. banghead


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 Post subject: Re: 1200 New Houses.
PostPosted: Sun Jul 14, 2024 4:14 pm 
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The ship in question was a geriatric ex US cruiser of WW2 vintage…….trouble was it was going round the zone but could leave our two aircraft carriers very vulnerable and I have no doubt the Argentinians would not have hesitated to take advantage and sink the carriers…it’s war…it’s dirty, it ain’t nice
No one enjoys killing anybody but the whole point is to save your own lads first and keep your casualties to a minimum.

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 Post subject: Re: 1200 New Houses.
PostPosted: Sun Jul 14, 2024 4:19 pm 
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Snowy wrote:
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Leggie43 wrote:
My eldest son is a serving soldier and yes our military definitely needs a massive influx of personel and a huge financial boost just to keep up with the rest of the major players around the World. We live in very delicate times with a real possibility of a pending war. I personally believe it's criminal the way our armed forces have been allowed to gradually dwindle down to such a state its becoming a real concern as to what could happen in the very near future. :roll:


I'm with you there.





It needs addressing very urgently :wink:

The one thing with the Tory’s that pisses me off was despite what people might think, the Tory’s are a disaster with defence.
The Falklands happened because Defence Minister John Nott announced swingeing defence cuts that included scrapping HMS Endurance the Falklands Island’s Antarctic supply and patrol vessel …the Argentine junta got the message and assumed that the UK wasn’t bothered anymore…all that trouble to save peanuts.
And they’ve been the same ever since.


Same happening all over NATO. Putin sees defence cuts and not much happen when he takes parts of Georgia and Crimea so he thinks 'in for a penny' and goes to grab the rest of Ukraine.


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 Post subject: Re: 1200 New Houses.
PostPosted: Tue Jul 16, 2024 6:14 pm 
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When the Berlin Wall came down and the Warsaw Pact collapsed, Western politicians had a collective orgasm and invented the peace dividend…like Chamberlain they thought the had peace in our time and slashed defence spending to the bone and now their chickens are coming home to roost.
Like Roosevelt said…” Talk quietly and carry a big stick”.
But Western politicians just maxed their collective cards on defence savings.

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