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Is it as cold as they say ? It actually appears that it doesn't rain so much in winter- unless it snows, of course.

And a very dull front man. My Dad (ex navy) and myself (aged 13) used to do impressions of him. One of the lighter moments was when we had an invasion of ants in the kitchen that spring. Dad did a running commentary in a Nott style voice as they strode across the surfaces in single file.

Wasn't this withdrawal part of strategy though ?

Has the UK actually got an aircraft carrier at present ?

What her government could have done was not display such an indifference toward to islands. There were talks of joint sovereignty and Argentinian inferences concerning invasion were well documented. Then the UK government withdrew the country's only patrol ship from the region. The islands were...

Yes. I was forced to study depressing accounts many a moon ago. It was a reference to a rhetoric of magnitude rather than an actual comparison. Not a good one though.

That gave me food for thought on my seafront walk home. It was a Sunday night (I think). I asked myself why I remembered it so differently. It was 35 years ago, so I guess my memory is clouded with subjective view points and other influences. I realised why I had such a jaundiced view of...

Indeed. And your friend's recognition of this is in line with the accounts of many in the forces. It's one of the things that upsets me about those who glorify such conflict with chest thumping nationalistic fervour. I've never met a forces person who held such views. I believe the majority...

Often wondered what the difference is. I guess they are not wars unless hostilities are officially announced- and I guess that has some sort of diplomatic ramification at UN levels. Just don't know really.

I don't think so. That operation didn't involve deaths but a quick Argentine surrender. My point was Thatcher making it sound like a huge military victory. That was to come. I'm glad you include the Argentines in the casualties. I blame Thatcher a lot for this conflict happening. And, of...

It's more a slight at Thatcher really. The Argentine forces surrendered within the hour by all accounts. The way she announced it was so triumphant that, as a youngster, I thought we scored a victory of Somme proportions. What really happened was the Argentines didn't want to fight. When I...

My main recollection is the announcement on Friday that the Falklands had been taken over. I wondered how the Argentinian forces had got to Scotland unnoticed.... I'll never forget Thatcher's jubilant announcement of the re-capture of South Georgia against the massed ranks of 15 Argentine land...