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Old 21st Jun 2011, 22:31
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glojo
 
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As for the Obama circus deliberately terming the Falkland Islands 'Malvinas' how do we know it isn't just the State Dept's attempt to keep the Argies keeping Chavez at arms length?
I sincerely hope your assessment is correct but sadly I fear their State Department would not play games like that. It is just totally wrong for them to use that terminology.

Tomawk missiles are a different era to my time playing silly fools, so please forgive this question if it is out of order.

Would we need permission from the US government to fire these missiles, and are we reliant on the GPS system to use them?

As you can guess, I do not trust the current incumbent to honour our so called 'Special Relationship'.

Originally Posted by Racedo
TBH shoving lots of people onto Civilian vessels as a means of getting them close to a target never happens or did I imagine BA149 Kuwait 1990.....
By Air, Land or sea (On it, or under it)

Be prepared for everything, and surprised by nothing. That would be the ideal philosophy of those that are tasked with protecting those islands.
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