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Irish policy on the Falklands war

jonniebgood1 · 2012-04-07 09:22:56

The 30th anniversary of the Falklands war has just passed and it could be interesting to look at how the war was viewed in Ireland and also to look at the policies that Ireland adopted in terms of UN resolutions and attempts at trade embargos by the British. The Falklands community on the islands have alot in common with…

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#122 22-04-2012 5:24pm
getzls

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Lemming wrote: »

As someone else has pointed out in either this thread, or the long running one on the politics forum (I can't be @rsed checking which right now ...), invading another country's sovereign territory tends to suffice as a clear and rather unambiguous statement of intent. There aren't many other ways to interpret such an act other than as an open act of war (whether spelt with a 'w' or a 'W')

Agree totally. UK did the only thing they could do IMO.:cool:

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