Phileas
You're spot on with your assertions that a UK force in the South Atlantic was to be removed but I honestly think two of the real culprits were The Foreign Secretary & the Defence Secretary for taking their eye off the ball & leaving us with virtually NO intelligence gathering capabilities in South America. Mrs T could only act on what she was being told.
It makes you wonder what the state of play would be today if there had been no 'Operation Corporate'. The Labour Administration seems hell-bent on practically giving our assets away- our Gold reserves.. talking of sharing sovereignty of Gib' with Spain... our EU veto & rebate...
At least the security of the FI is in a better state than in 1982. The current protection there for the forseeable is a bit more than 2 platoons of SLR equipped RM's & some local reservists.
Rule Britannia!!
