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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:14 PM Original message |
Chavez vows revenge for Falklands war |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Islanders definately like being taken over by bankers, |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Well over 70% of them are of British descent |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. You're right on that |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 12:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. You mean... |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. I think he is talking about that |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. They had voted to be British. nt |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:42 AM Response to Reply #13 |
36. That vote is not legitimate. |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:13 AM Response to Reply #36 |
44. Falklands were uninhabited, who else could vote??????? |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:20 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. There were Argentine settlers as early as the 1820s. |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. nope, there were British settlers even earlier |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 01:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
86. free St. Miquelon and St. Pierre. |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. The Argentine government that Britain defeated in the Falklands was a brutal fascist dictatorship. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Deal is, that was a generation ago. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 11:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. I supported Britain but felt sorry for the poor Argie troops sent to the Falklands by their dictator |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
64. Stupid. Plenty of Brits died too. I wonder if the Argentines will ever end up with it. Doubt it. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. As someone with kin in the RN and British Army, I don't have to be coaxed to support them. nt |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 01:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. That would be the brutal dictatorship the US supported and encouraged |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's Reagan time all over again |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
30. I think we could point the finger at another president |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 11:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
124. Where's Al Haig when we need him. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. Funny, the Argentinians don't have a problem with the sinking |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
83. I thought I read the Torpedoes were MK 45's |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #83 |
87. Apparantly the British commander didn't trust the new torps |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
102. Argentines don't have a problem? |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 05:33 AM Response to Reply #102 |
139. Sinking the Belgrano saved the Royal Navy's ass. |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. Here we go. Time to demonize and placed words in Chavez's mouth he probably didn't say. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. The guy could babies and some on DU would find away to blame it on somethin. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
29. "the guy could babies"? |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:56 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. forgot "Kill". |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:31 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Not hug? |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:56 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Please.... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:02 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. I'm still wondering why you think Chavez kills babies. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 11:08 AM Response to Reply #41 |
67. Are you fucking serious? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 11:37 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Yes I am fucking serious |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #69 |
103. I think you just proved his point nt |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #103 |
108. Is it me? LOL |
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Stella_Artois (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 06:52 AM Response to Reply #108 |
126. You must be feeling quite smug |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #69 |
107. Jesus Christ... You would happen to be Miss Teen SC would you? |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 08:39 AM Response to Reply #67 |
127. Just give in... |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #41 |
134. Figure of speech. Perhaps you've heard of them. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 07:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
132. It is said the evil one eats babies |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Exactly. |
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Socal31 (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 04:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Well, |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
90. Complete bias? Call me old fashioned. I just have a soft spot for the truth. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #90 |
135. So if it's not Venezuelan Analysis' website it's biased? |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
91. Will you condemn Chavez if/when it turns out that he was accurately quoted. |
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nick303 (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 11:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
123. Original quotes here |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. “Today we could sink the British fleet.” |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. who couldn't :-) nt |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
113. Venezuela, for one. emo |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 01:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Seriously though... |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 03:05 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Speaking of silly |
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Shipwack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
33. Just because the Brits rely on air power... |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:02 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. The Brits have tomahawk cruise missiles |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
76. England probably has the second strongest navy in the world, |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 06:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
141. My analysis... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
42. Right, tomorrow Britian could smash your country. |
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YankmeCrankme (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:17 AM Response to Reply #42 |
56. Right, without US support Britain couldn't have taken the Falklands back |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #56 |
65. They have tomahawks and subs to launch them |
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YankmeCrankme (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #65 |
73. Smashing a country isn't the same as destroying a few targets inland. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #73 |
104. A coalition of Argentina, Venezuela , |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #73 |
111. Britain can inflict |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #73 |
130. Bullshit.... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #65 |
77. You live in confusion about his need to "stir up something at least once a month." |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #77 |
114. Cult of Personality |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #114 |
117. I've never heard ANYONE who idolized Stalin. Interesting. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #117 |
118. AFP |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. So who says Harry Reid is the last word on world events, anyway? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #65 |
84. Why so bitter? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #84 |
109. No, actually have done major jobs |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 06:32 PM Response to Reply #56 |
129. Complete and total bullshit. What "support" was given by the US? |
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Snarkturian Clone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
16. ah... |
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some guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 03:38 AM Response to Original message |
20. Crap journalism |
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Socal31 (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 04:40 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Come on people! |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
92. Actually, I read it the other way 'round. |
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SquireJons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 04:32 AM Response to Original message |
21. Kind of reminds me of another south of the boarder dictator/president |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
24. Chavez bellicose rhetoric makes him look like a leftist version of Bushler |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:39 AM Response to Reply #24 |
35. "Bellicosity" is a sin? |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #35 |
54. You can't pretend to ignore the similarities of which I speak |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #54 |
75. Bush's bellicose rhetoric is not the problem. |
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eagler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
81. He's a phony dictator but not the only phony dictator |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #81 |
96. What is phony is claiming Chavez is a dictator. nt. |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
25. Chavez shouldn't be wanting revenge for a war that a right wing military dictatorship started |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
26. I'm going to withold judgment on this.... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:53 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Here you go - Yahoo Spanish News |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:13 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Ah the context as always sheds some light. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:12 AM Response to Reply #43 |
55. "the continued colonization of the falklands" is not "interference in the affairs of other people" |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:34 AM Response to Reply #43 |
59. That seems to be what happened. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
122. Thank you, muriel! |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:17 AM Response to Reply #26 |
45. latin americans NOT rankled by end of colonialism |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
27. He should address the Panama canal issue. which is owned by Chinese |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
34. The Malvinas must be liberated. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Are the penguins that concerned? |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:17 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. I understand your point, but I think territory is important. |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. how about the people who live there deciding? |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:22 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Bringing in enough colonists to form a majority does not justify colonialism. |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:40 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. and rule over British citizens by Argentina would be called what? |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:03 AM Response to Reply #52 |
143. Immigration? |
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liquiduniverse (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Should we then oppose Argentina's colonialization of the islands too? |
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YankmeCrankme (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:41 AM Response to Reply #53 |
60. You can't colonize your own land. |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Britain claimed it before Argentina |
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YankmeCrankme (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #62 |
74. Maybe Spain claimed it before England, afterall that is what the original dispute was |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. maybe Spain no longer had it when (England did) when Arg became independent |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #74 |
100. Spain bought their claim from the French |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Were the Argentinians who went there in the 1820s without any European ancestry? |
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YankmeCrankme (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. What! |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #61 |
70. No, I'm saying what's the difference between colonisation of uninhabited islands |
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YankmeCrankme (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #70 |
78. Argentina's claim goes back to the Spanish claim, which was the original dispute |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. All of which was likely about whaling. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #82 |
94. It comes down to oil |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #94 |
112. First you get the whale oil, then you get the money, then you get the women |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #78 |
95. The islands were not originally part of Spain or Britain |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 11:18 AM Response to Reply #49 |
68. So the question is, how long do the "colonists" and their descendants need to have been there |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #68 |
80. antiquated territorial claims have primacy over self determination |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #49 |
97. Viva Argentina |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #97 |
105. But don't dare to ask the people of Gibraltar what they believe their status should be |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:45 PM Response to Reply #105 |
121. Funny, they didn't ask the rest of the country |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #121 |
136. Which country should they have asked? |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 01:39 AM Response to Reply #121 |
137. I suppose Spaniards should get a vote on whether they should be the colonial overlords |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
101. There are more sheep |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
89. Colonialism? |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. Argentina started the first successful settlement in 1829 |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #93 |
99. !833? I believe that was AFTER the Monroe Doctrine? |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
131. Says the californian... |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
51. Bwah-ha-ha-HAH!!1 Every day is a laugh day in Venezuela!!1 n/t |
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NYVet (822 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
58. You know, Freepers are going to love this one... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 11:01 AM Response to Reply #58 |
66. He has to set himself up at home first... |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
63. Belize back to Guatemala, Guayana back to Venezuela anyone? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
71. He could worry about the status of St. Pierre & Miquelon as well |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
85. Let's talk about the real reason for the 'spat' over the Falklands |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
88. Chavez vows revenge for the expulsion of indigenous peoples |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
98. I doubt he plans to invade the Falklands, but everything he said about history is true |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
106. The Brits are calling ANYONE else "belligerent"?? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
110. Yeh they want the British imperialists |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #110 |
116. Who is the 'they' you're talking about? (nt) |
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Phrogman (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
115. SA needs more leaders like Hugo, there'd be way less illegals crossing the US border |
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Stella_Artois (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 06:51 AM Response to Reply #115 |
125. Really ? |
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Phrogman (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #125 |
128. Turn your TV off and make a couple of trips down there to Caracas, |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #128 |
133. I've been to caracas, and many other LA cities |
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Stella_Artois (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 07:12 AM Response to Reply #128 |
142. OK, i'll do just that. |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
120. Chavez is losing his marbles. n/t |
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Beerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
138. So? n/t |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
140. Disappointing |
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