Originally Posted by
SASless
....the little Twerp in Tehran better not make too much noise then.
Depends on whether they think GWB has the same or bigger balls than MT.
If you folks even remotely thought about Nuking the Argies over a bunch of sheep clear at the other end of the world....
I refer once again to the policy of HMG. It is not policy to confirm or deny . . .
I think with the actual clarity that all these years of hind sight provide us, we know Nukes were not a real option for the Falklands.
No we don't. I refer the gentleman to my previous answer.
The Argies never guessed you Brits would be as hardnosed about a bit of trespassing as you were. They certainly did not prepare to defend the place as they should....and discovered there is a wee bit of difference between talking harshly and dealing harshly with the British military.
and that is an arguement that HMG would not have used nuclear weapons?
Then doing it....that kind of mindset scares me more than a little.
I don't reckon I would pass the interview for that kind of job.
The answer is we did not think. We didn't dare.