Current Affairs EU In or Out

[peteblue]

Thought you vote to leave cos you didnt want an EU army?

Indeed that was one of my many concerns....

 

[peteblue]

That wasn't the EU. That was France (who if I recall, sold weapons to both Britain and Argentina).

The French also helped to slow down their onward transport to Argentina as I remember....

 

[Barnfred 55]

The French also helped to slow down their onward transport to Argentina as I remember....

In fairness to France, they actually put an embargo on the sale of more Exocets to Argentina once the conflict broke out. Thankfully, because they were so expensive they apparently only had 4 missiles in total, which was why they were so sparsely used. Had they been able to get their hands on more I dread to think what would have happened.

 

[summerisle]

He really haddock got a clue.



*wistfully remembers



And who could forget

 

[Khalekan]

lol lol lol lol

 

[Bruce Wayne]

lol lol lol lol

Liz Truss has been working on a trade deal with India as well to ensure that our exports of space shuttles and Uncle Ben's tikka masala are supported.

 

[spectateur]

Sold them Exocet missiles

And told our Navy how to decoy them.

 

[Barnfred 55]

And told our Navy how to decoy them.

It was a joke.

See my later post

 

[dead_soft]

lol lol lol lol

Shocks me that Redwood isn't 70 yet - he's been out of touch since the eighties

 

[Chewbacca]

Shocks me that Redwood isn't 70 yet - he's been out of touch since he beamed down to this planet

 

[edge]

In fairness to France, they actually put an embargo on the sale of more Exocets to Argentina once the conflict broke out. Thankfully, because they were so expensive they apparently only had 4 missiles in total, which was why they were so sparsely used. Had they been able to get their hands on more I dread to think what would have happened.

The French did stop selling them, but the company that manufactured them had a team of technicians working throughout the conflict, in Argentina, they helped repair the missiles the Argentines (think it was 5, from memory)had as they were missing the target, these fixed missiles were later used on the Sheffield ect.
In 2012 the papers became public over this, the BBC Investigated and found one of the French so called technical team was a member of the DGSE, the French version of MI6.
Belgium refused to sell /supply ammunition and small arms to the UK during the conflict.
Israel supplied arms and ammunition to Argentina during the conflict as well .
Despite the UN saying that the Argentine government was to stop the conflict from the beginning, dont forget the Argentine regime at the time was widely considered to be unsavoury workdwide
The USA wouldnt let us use there airbase doing the war but did offer ,other forms of help covertly,but never openly supported the UK
With friends like these who needs enemies.
We should start taking a more UK generic view of the world and not look after are interested first like others do, we are not the policeman of the world anymore why act like we are what do we gain from it but more hostility?
I am Half hoping Bidon is a bit hostile to the UK as we can finally distance are country away from the so called special relationship with the USA.
The French have it about right with the USA cordially friendly but there own interests always first.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Not properly been on these pages for a while.

Good to see the conversation has moved on from 'how could an ally we've treated so well bully us like this?' and discussion about WW1 and WW2.

So much for a forward thinking Britain embracing it's future.

 

[kenada_blue]

Gammos jumping for joy...

Until they're paying taxes and fees to get to Marbs or Sol for a piss up.

 

[peteblue]

The French did stop selling them, but the company that manufactured them had a team of technicians working throughout the conflict, in Argentina, they helped repair the missiles the Argentines (think it was 5, from memory)had as they were missing the target, these fixed missiles were later used on the Sheffield ect.
In 2012 the papers became public over this, the BBC Investigated and found one of the French so called technical team was a member of the DGSE, the French version of MI6.
Belgium refused to sell /supply ammunition and small arms to the UK during the conflict.
Israel supplied arms and ammunition to Argentina during the conflict as well .
Despite the UN saying that the Argentine government was to stop the conflict from the beginning, dont forget the Argentine regime at the time was widely considered to be unsavoury workdwide
The USA wouldnt let us use there airbase doing the war but did offer ,other forms of help covertly,but never openly supported the UK
With friends like these who needs enemies.
We should start taking a more UK generic view of the world and not look after are interested first like others do, we are not the policeman of the world anymore why act like we are what do we gain from it but more hostility?
I am Half hoping Bidon is a bit hostile to the UK as we can finally distance are country away from the so called special relationship with the USA.
The French have it about right with the USA cordially friendly but there own interests always first.

My point exactly.....

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Gammos jumping for joy...

Until they're paying taxes and fees to get to Marbs or Sol for a piss up.

What a thing to celebrate. Bloody fools.