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Thread #143323   Message #3309287
Posted By: GUEST,Teribus
16-Feb-12 - 12:36 AM
Thread Name: BS: Falklands 'militarisation'
Subject: RE: BS: Falklands 'militarisation'
"It is not implausible to suspect that the Thatcher government may have intentionally given the generals the impression that a de facto occupation would be accepted as a way of getting rid of an unwanted colony. Thus providing a war that proved electorally advantageous."

The tail end of that is as hilarious as it is absolutely bloody ridiculous. Obviously not read Nott's view of it or Admiral Sir Henry Leach's obituary