(7 April 2015, 09:26)River Song Wrote: Steve
You are obviously entitled to your opinion but to say that Margaret Thatcher only had the war because she needed to win the election is perverse to say the least. Usual left-wing views.
Somehow we will find a way to blame Tony Blair for the falklands as well!
Yep for those of us old enough to remember that episode I do remember that the Argentines sort of invaded British territory and took British citizens captive.
An absence of response would have been unacceptable and only an option for a dupe of the sort now in presidency here in the USA.
If Thatcher had simply given in to the Argentines the entire empire would have been screaming for her head on a platter.
And Yes, some things are worth the sacrifice of lives to attain. Sometimes it is the price of freedom.