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About LinkBacksSaw an article here that I wanted to post. I know there are cynical reasons for this claim being made, but I for one am happy to see it.
Saw an article here that I wanted to post. I know there are cynical reasons for this claim being made, but I for one am happy to see it.
But the bravest fell, and the requiem bell rang mournfully and clear
for those that died that Eastertide in the springing of the year.
Couldn't they swap BA for the islands in question?
'It would actually give me the greatest of pleasure watching non-compliant taxpayers going to jail. That's the kind of person I am.' Bertie Ahern, 1993.
But why? What value has the falklands? Are there are spanish speakers on the Falkland Islands even? Anyone espouse an argentinian nationality?
"Only by applying the most rigorous standards do we pay writing in Irish the supreme compliment of taking it seriously." - Breandán Ó Doibhlín.
Oil. Potentially lots of oil and gas in the territorial waters of the islands.
'It would actually give me the greatest of pleasure watching non-compliant taxpayers going to jail. That's the kind of person I am.' Bertie Ahern, 1993.
Ah, well then.Originally Posted by corkman2007
"Only by applying the most rigorous standards do we pay writing in Irish the supreme compliment of taking it seriously." - Breandán Ó Doibhlín.
They wil struggle. The Falkland Islanders see themselves as more British than northern Unionists.
One of the moderators on here really wrecks my head with his/her power mad ego
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OIL!
Drilling for oil to start in Falkland Islands, up to 60 billion barrels of "black gold" were discovered off the islands, oil companies are planning to start drilling within the next 12 months.
Full story:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh ... alk109.xml
Few if any would consider themselves argentinian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_I ... mographics
"Only by applying the most rigorous standards do we pay writing in Irish the supreme compliment of taking it seriously." - Breandán Ó Doibhlín.
Its an honour thing. What Argentine president, when asked the question, could reply that they don't want them.
"Who will bailout the IMF after FF is finished with them?"
This is an imperial hang-up for Argentina as much as for the UK. The Falklands were a Spanish territory which Argentian expected to inherit, but which was ceded to Britain.
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