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"Britain fought a war to free Argentina from Fascist dictatorship (and, err, get our islands back)" Your parentheses make me hope your main statement is sarcas
by ezequiel-garzon 13y ago
"Britain fought a war to free Argentina from Fascist dictatorship (and, err, get our islands back)"
Your parentheses make me hope your main statement is sarcastic. For the record, the dictatorship was already declining in popularity when it decided to take a bold gamble against the British Empire. Sadly, human nature shows that victory would have granted the regime additional years, if not decades, in power.
- gaius 13y agoThe rhetoric coming out of Argentina of late suggests that history is repeating.
- danmaz74 13y agoAnd as a matter of fact, it was Argentina that fought a war to keep the Fascist dictatorship in power... not the other way around.
- mistakoala 13y ago'Bold' should never be used synonymously for 'stupid' or 'reckless'.
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- ezequiel-garzon 13y agoThey are all different concepts, but not mutually exclusive. I used "bold" since I feel the regime believed there was some positive probability of winning that war. Although I have no respect for the regime or the war they came up with, I feel "stupid" is the term that applies the least of all three.
- slgeorge 13y agoAnd, in the UK it had the impact of ensuring that the conservative government led by Thatcher won at least another election. Before the war it wasn't looking that good, but due to the patriotic pay-off from the conflict her popularity numbers shot up. So there you go, as long as you 'win' a war it's beneficial to your election chances. We're all tribal underneath!