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nigelswift
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Re: Another View...
Jun 20, 2009, 10:23
I was only 14 when it all kicked off, but my Father is of the opinion that - (and correct me if there's actual facts to disprove) - Thatcher, seeking re-election removed the protection vessel 'HMS Endurance' from the Falklands and cancelled a new military base. By doing so, the Argentinians took that as an 'invite to invade', which they did followed by Thatcher feigning outrage and wanting to stand-by the people and sovereignty of the Falklands...

Hence the war and subsequent re-election of the Iron Lady.

257 Britons including 3 Islanders died.

Nicely put. It's not often the causes of a war can be summed up succinctly but you've done.
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