To be fair, argentina did invade british territory and was then subject to the sort of thing the Vulcan was designed for. As such, they are unlikely to forget it or the sea harrier. He made a fair comment.
And as for the 'symbol of destruction' - it is a symbol of destruction! It's a bomber! You know, the type that drops bombs to blow things up... OK, it does have a slightly negative prang to it but it's not unfair. When they go on to say how public donations and lottery funds got it flying again along with the generally positive tone, it does make it quite balanced.