"She caused the war by withdrawing the battleships that had hitherto discouraged the Argies. They took their withdrawal as tacit consent to invade - or at least virtual indifference to the fate of the Falklands." - Big Al Whittle

Arguably one of the most idiotic things I have ever seen in print.

Here by the way was the Battleship that was going to be withdrawn - she was actually still down there when the Argentines attacked and invaded (She took the 23 Royal Marines from Naval Party 8901 to South Georgia - remember them the ones who took part in that non-existant battle on the 3rd April in which 9 Argentine Sailors/marines were killed) - look at her fearsome fire-power (2 x 20mm Oerlikon cannons WWII vintage stuff) - what a deterrent:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Endurance_(1967)