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LL>>> example, the Falkland Islands. Nobody really cared about
LL>>> the few sheepherders who were living on the main islands.
LL>>> That war was really about oil.
BK>>No, it really wasn't. They can't find any significant oil in
BK>>that area last I heard.
LL> The area encompassed the entire South Atlantic, not just
LL> the small islands themselves. Oil companies have long been
LL> aware of the oil deposits, but the cost of drilling was too
LL> prohibitive to make it economically viable. But today's
LL> technologies do make it profitable.
Two points. Those Islands really don't have that much range. The
mainland would extend their limits, and the islands will have
limited reach.
From what I read, it's not the new technology that's making it
profitable, but the high price of oil. Just like back in the
'70s old low production wells suddenly became more valuable.
BK>>It was about the Argentine Generals took over the government and
BK>>it was going very badly. So they decided to distract the people
BK>>and become popular by taking the islands away from the mighty
BK>>British.
LL> A war is one way of getting a people for forget about
LL> economic troubles. The generals probably thought they
LL> could get a negotiated settlement with the UK, and probably
LL> would have had Maggie Thatcher not been the PM. Do note
Funny you should mention this. The National Security Archives at
George Washinton U have posted recently released papers showing
the Reagan Administration thought Maggie might have pushed it a
bit close. And that she did not try enough diplomacy.
LL> that the US remained "neutral" throughout the conflict,
LL> although the Argentines tried mightily to get US President
LL> Ronald Reagan to invoke the Monroe Doctrine on their behalf.
Those same papers showed the Reagan administration supported the
British with intel and logistics. The told Maggie they were
supporting her.
The Monroe doctrine in that case would be trumped by the NATO
obligations, since British territory had been attacked.
BK>>Unfortunately for the generals, when you lose the war your
BK>>popularity tends to drop precipitously.
LL> It was the women. Women who had lost their sons. And
LL> daughters. And those women blamed the generals. The women
LL> blamed the generals for having lost their sons and
LL> daughters. And you know as well as I do that women are
LL> always right.
Now that last line is certainly true.
LL>>> The United Nations voted to create *two* Palestinian states
LL>>> - one for the Jews, and one for the Arabs. Both sides
BK>>Which they never had the authority to do in the first place.
LL> What authority did the Turks have to occupy Palestine?
LL> What authority did the British have to occupy Palestine?
LL> What authority does any foreign power have to occupy
LL> Palestine? Palestine is for Palestinians. Regardless of
LL> what religion those Palestinians might be.
None to all the above.
LL>>> rejected the plan, but the Jews gladly took what they could
LL>>> get. Go ahead. Look at the original maps. The first war
LL>>> between the Arabs and the Jews was fought on Arab lands.
LL>>> The second war between the Arabs and the Jews was fought on
LL>>> Arab lands. Every war fought between the Arabs and the
LL>>> Jews has been fought on Arab lands.
BK>>I hadn't thought of that aspect of it. Hmmm...
LL> Start thinking, man! I slap your bloody noggin'
LL> again if I have to! Does that look like the land of milk
LL> and honey to you? Where 72 virgins are waiting for martyrs
LL> to join them? If not, you know there is only one way to
LL> get there...
BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn
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