eastcoast 3,729 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 1 hour ago, WILF said: Whippet Cross ! Bull cross more suited. Slip the dogs of war. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chaff 3,414 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 I'd fight the shores of England Wales Scotland on a shoot to kill basis no worries. But I'd be f****d if I'd allow myself or family be put through the meat grinder for this government or monarchy they can f**k off. As for immigration well..... Oh I'm just back from pub lol 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 6,570 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 (edited) When the Falklands war started ,there was paper talk about introducing conscription. I would definitely have refused to serve. To possibly lose your life because some 19 year old Argie conscripts were instructed to erect an Argentinian flag on a God forsaken sheep island God knows where...f**k that. The whole shitshow was text book political spin. The Argies were promised their island back by their leader, a jumped up military dictator. The argies were out in the streets celebrating as though an Argie flag, flying in the wind, on a poxy island, nobody had heard of, really mattered. But Thatcher saw her opportunity ,had her photo taken on a Brit tank and sent a task force to be bombed to f**k in broad daylight by exocet missiles. British lads were horribly burned, maimed and disfigured. What was scary to me was how the British propaganda machine suddenly sprang into life. f****n Daily Mail and The Sun with union jacks on the front page . Suddenly all our troops were heroes and out came the flags,the bunting,Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Brittania. Even Vera Lynn was trotted out. So we sailed thousands of miles, quickly overcame a sorry bunch of shivering , bum fluff argie conscripts and the whole of the UK celebrated. Joyous scenes greeted the troops arrival home complete with wives and sweethearts waving hankies blah blah blah. What a complete farce. Edited January 25 by jukel123 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 14,558 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 10 minutes ago, jukel123 said: When the Falklands war started ,there was paper talk about introducing conscription. I would definitely have refused to serve. To possibly lose your life because some 19 year old Argie conscripts were instructed to erect an Argentinian flag on a God forsaken sheep island God knows where...f**k that. The whole shitshow was text book political spin. The Argies were promised their island back by their leader, a jumped up military dictator. The argies were out in the streets celebrating as though an Argie flag, flying in the wind, on a poxy island, nobody had heard of, really mattered. But Thatcher saw her opportunity ,had her photo taken on a Brit tank and sent a task force to be bombed to f**k in broad daylight by exocet missiles. British lads were horribly burned, maimed and disfigured. What was scary to me was how the British propaganda machine suddenly sprang into life. f****n Daily Mail and The Sun with union jacks on the front page . Suddenly all our troops were heroes and out came the flags,the bunting,Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Brittania. Even Vera Lynn was trotted out. So we sailed thousands of miles, quickly overcame a sorry bunch of shivering , bum fluff argie conscripts and the whole of the UK celebrated. Joyous scenes greeted the troops arrival home complete with wives and sweethearts waving hankies blah blah blah. What a complete farce. What an absolute insult to what the para bg did on that island , no other soldiers in the world were capable of doing that 12 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,824 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 14 minutes ago, jukel123 said: some 19 year old Argie conscripts were instructed to erect an Argentinian flag on a God forsaken sheep island Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paul sr 688 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 War is a rich mans racket . British politicians have pissed and shit on the graves of the british men that fought in ww2, in the same way irish politicans are pissing and shitting on the graves of Irish men how fought for ireland . " when the rich go to war , it's the poor how die " . 4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 6,570 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 38 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said: What an absolute insult to what the para bg did on that island , no other soldiers in the world were capable of doing OK our lads are hard as f**k and there's no better soldiers in the world. Believe that if you want. It was still a calculated and successful attempt to win an election by an evil calculating woman. We should be mourning the senseless deaths of the dead and maimed not fooling ourselves into thinking how fantastic we are as warriors. All troops say that of whatever nation. As far as I'm concerned they can stick their medals . As a matter of interest, how much would a Falklands widow be given? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hambone 948 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 55 minutes ago, jukel123 said: When the Falklands war started ,there was paper talk about introducing conscription. I would definitely have refused to serve. To possibly lose your life because some 19 year old Argie conscripts were instructed to erect an Argentinian flag on a God forsaken sheep island God knows where...f**k that. The whole shitshow was text book political spin. The Argies were promised their island back by their leader, a jumped up military dictator. The argies were out in the streets celebrating as though an Argie flag, flying in the wind, on a poxy island, nobody had heard of, really mattered. But Thatcher saw her opportunity ,had her photo taken on a Brit tank and sent a task force to be bombed to f**k in broad daylight by exocet missiles. British lads were horribly burned, maimed and disfigured. What was scary to me was how the British propaganda machine suddenly sprang into life. f****n Daily Mail and The Sun with union jacks on the front page . Suddenly all our troops were heroes and out came the flags,the bunting,Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Brittania. Even Vera Lynn was trotted out. So we sailed thousands of miles, quickly overcame a sorry bunch of shivering , bum fluff argie conscripts and the whole of the UK celebrated. Joyous scenes greeted the troops arrival home complete with wives and sweethearts waving hankies blah blah blah. What a complete farce. Insulting to the lads that died there that. The politics might have been shit but it was still a big ask of and was delivered b y our armed forces. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 6,570 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 (edited) 30 minutes ago, hambone said: Insulting to the lads that died there that. The politics might have been shit but it was still a big ask of and was delivered b y our armed forces. 255 UK soldiers died. 777 injured. Its an insult to those lads that we ever went to war over absolutely nothing. Not one Falkland islander was harmed by the argies and the majority of the islanders do not identify as British in any case. Although they are happy to be defended by the UK. It wasn't a war it was a cynical tory propaganda exercise. And British troops paid with their lives. It was tragic,a f****n disgrace. Of course the pub talk is about how fearless our troops were and how we quickly overcame the enemy. It always is. Its how we like to feel good about ourselves. Men have been saying how brave they are and contemptuously showing their arses to the enemy since the beginning of time. Its part of the territory in dust ups of any kind. The fact remains it was a meaningless tragedy over a flag. Clap like seal lions now that the union jack is flapping over a nondescript sheep island , nobody had ever heard of if you want. Casualties of war and their families are soon forgotten in mass congratulation and the awarding of medals. Edited January 25 by jukel123 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 20,418 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 In their referendum, 99.8% of the Falkland islanders voted to remain an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. Cheers. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MH1 1,805 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 The Islanders I spoke to said they were British. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 14,558 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 1 hour ago, jukel123 said: OK our lads are hard as f**k and there's no better soldiers in the world. Believe that if you want. It was still a calculated and successful attempt to win an election by an evil calculating woman. We should be mourning the senseless deaths of the dead and maimed not fooling ourselves into thinking how fantastic we are as warriors. All troops say that of whatever nation. As far as I'm concerned they can stick their medals . As a matter of interest, how much would a Falklands widow be given? What was done in them islands showed the world that we can kick f**k out of anyone in a square go .even at the other end of the world You just wouldn’t understand. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paddyluke 530 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 2 hours ago, jukel123 said: When the Falklands war started ,there was paper talk about introducing conscription. I would definitely have refused to serve. To possibly lose your life because some 19 year old Argie conscripts were instructed to erect an Argentinian flag on a God forsaken sheep island God knows where...f**k that. The whole shitshow was text book political spin. The Argies were promised their island back by their leader, a jumped up military dictator. The argies were out in the streets celebrating as though an Argie flag, flying in the wind, on a poxy island, nobody had heard of, really mattered. But Thatcher saw her opportunity ,had her photo taken on a Brit tank and sent a task force to be bombed to f**k in broad daylight by exocet missiles. British lads were horribly burned, maimed and disfigured. What was scary to me was how the British propaganda machine suddenly sprang into life. f****n Daily Mail and The Sun with union jacks on the front page . Suddenly all our troops were heroes and out came the flags,the bunting,Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Brittania. Even Vera Lynn was trotted out. So we sailed thousands of miles, quickly overcame a sorry bunch of shivering , bum fluff argie conscripts and the whole of the UK celebrated. Joyous scenes greeted the troops arrival home complete with wives and sweethearts waving hankies blah blah blah. What a complete farce. what other countries backed our corner/supported us??,we done it alone,if the U.S. Showed a bit more support then no lives would have been lost,U.S.A wanted to stay neutral Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 20,418 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 7 minutes ago, paddyluke said: what other countries backed our corner/supported us??,we done it alone,if the U.S. Showed a bit more support then no lives would have been lost,U.S.A wanted to stay neutral The US suppled us with missiles for our Harriers, ground to air missile systems, use of their Atlantic refuling facilities, two million litres of fuel and had a replacement on standby if one of our carriers got sunk. They weren’t neutral, they stopped all arms sales to Argentina. Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paddyluke 530 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 5 minutes ago, chartpolski said: The US suppled us with missiles for our Harriers, ground to air missile systems, use of their Atlantic refuling facilities, two million litres of fuel and had a replacement on standby if one of our carriers got sunk. They weren’t neutral, they stopped all arms sales to Argentina. Cheers. at the start the U.S. were neutral ,if they had stood behind Britain from the beginning then maybe it would not of kicked off, yet we always seem to back the U.S.A at a click of their fingers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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