In the name of accuracy the ONLY reason Britain or Argentina give a flying **** about the Falklands is because it is sitting on enough oil and gas to keep the world going for decades
Though test drilling is not proving so optimistic "On Thursday, Falkland Oil & Gas called time on its somewhat disappointing drill programme in the South Atlantic, as it completed the plugging and abandoning of the Scotia well. The company said its two wells, Loligo and Scotia, were completed within budget - though neither found the oil investors had hoped for. The Leiv Eiriksson rig will shortly leave the Falklands for Norway." http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk...-provide-highlights-of-a-mixed-week-0000.html So maybe there isn't that much oil after all.
the best thing that came out of Argentina is the knowledge that you can pay Peru and win a world cup match - plus fist the ball into the net as copied by France
Falklands War 1982, oil discovered 2010. Not only are we good at war, we're also psychic. ****, we're good.
Best thing about Argentina is the Pizza. Far and away the best place for pizza I have ever been. That includes chicago, new york, and italy. Anyone who has had it there will know what I am talking about.
They had something in the paper the other day saying the British Gov were trying to stop England, Northern Ireland and Scotland from competing in the 82 WC in Spain because of the conflict. Good job we didn't give in.
Should have kept the rest of your empire. Think how much oil you would have then. In fact if you still want Utah and Texas we could negotiate giving it back to you.
Well technically the Texans had their own revolution, became a seperate country (with US help) then we stole Texas from the Texans. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution
that's correct - British servicemen were losing their lives yet our footballers may have had to play them at football - complicated
No doubt. They only sold us Alaska because they were afraid of Alaska becoming part of the British empire. You had fought them in the Crimean war a decade before the sale and you had a colony in British Columbia close by. It was their way to get something out of what they saw as the inevitable loss of the land anyway.
