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Cameron Says Britain Would Fight to Keep the Falklands
2013-01-07
[An Nahar] Prime Minister David Cameron
... has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite, which means he's not. Since he is not deeply ideological he lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger, but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ...
said Sunday Britannia was prepared to fight militarily to keep the Falkland Islands if necessary, in the face of renewed Argentinian rhetoric over their future.

Cameron said Britannia had "strong defenses" in place on the islands and fast jets and troops were stationed there.

President Cristina Kirchner said this week that Argentina was forcibly stripped of the Falklands by Britannia in "a blatant exercise of 19th-century colonialism" and demanded they be handed over to Argentina.

Cameron insisted he was "absolutely clear" that Britannia would defend the islands with military force.

In an interview on BBC TV, he said: "I get regular reports on this entire issue because I want to know that our defenses are strong, our resolve is extremely strong."

Asked whether Britannia would fight to keep the islands, he replied: "Of course we would, and we have strong defenses in place on the Falkland Islands, that is absolutely key, that we have fast jets stationed there, we have troops stationed on the Falklands."

Cameron said this week that the 3,000 residents of the Falklands had a strong desire to remain British and would have a chance to express their views in a referendum on their political status to be held in March.

The islanders are expected to vote strongly in favor of continued union with Britannia.

Census data released in September showed that 95 percent of residents considered themselves to be either Falkland islanders, British, or from Saint Helena, another British overseas territory in the South Atlantic.
Posted by:Fred

#8  To reiterate #7, FIGHT WID WHAT?

Unless I've missed something, the scenario is real that the UK may be fighting more than just Argentina, i.e. the Mercusor Bloc.

Lest we fergit, come 2014 the current "UK" may poten become England + Wales less Scotland???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-01-07 18:43  

#7  Fight with what? Aren't they downsizing the military?
Posted by: davemac   2013-01-07 17:43  

#6  
I hope he isn't counting on Champ for assistance.


C'mon, you know perfectly well that Bammers would jump right in! OK, on the side of the Argentine junta, but...
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2013-01-07 16:10  

#5  Or leak that the only thing Liz hasn't done that she really wanted to do in this life is push the big red button.
Posted by: Shipman   2013-01-07 15:57  

#4  Accompany that with a scheme (that you can deny as just an idea) that you propose to agree to a soverneignty change with lease option so the current inhabitants can remain there. Even if you never intend to go there, leaking that sort of thing allows you to appear flexible and thinking out of the box.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2013-01-07 15:11  

#3  Best way to avoid the fight is to convince the Argentines that they won't just give in. I'd let slip that they might go after naval ships in port this time to ensure the Argentine public knows there is a war on, a war they started.

Since Galtieri (sp?) spent a good deel of effort ensuring fighters landed at different bases than they took off from to hide the number of splashed I would assume this sort of thing might be important to a leadership hoping to avoid embarrassment.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2013-01-07 15:09  

#2  I hope he isn't counting on Champ for assistance.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-01-07 01:48  

#1  If the Argentine economy gets any worse, you may have to, Dave.
Posted by: SteveS   2013-01-07 01:40  

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