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Re: In Memorian: Margaret Thatcher
Jun 18, 2009, 11:30
"Tragic though the sinking of the Belgarno was..and the subsequent loss of life..I dont think there is any doubt that the Belgrano represented a potential threat and had to be attacked."

Oh that's OK then. It was within the Marquis of Queensbury rules so no blame can be pinned on her.

On the other hand, you could say that she sent hundreds of 18 year old naive conscripts to the bottom of the ocean as a direct consequence of her face-saving decision to go to war to cover her government's "error" of withdrawing our patrol from the vicinity of islands over which Britain's sovereignty couldn't be less sustainable under international law and which couldn't be named by 99% of British people prior to the crisis.

There was a day-long broadcast of a parliamentary debate on whether to go. As I recall, only Tony Benn and Enoch Powell spoke against. Good for them.

The people of the Falklands are still getting their kids educated at schools in Buenos Aries, like they always did, and the 18 year olds are still at the bottom of the ocean.
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