Re: Could Britian do it again?

On 1/6/07 3:54 PM, in article enp5ri$fl5$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Andre Lieven"
<dg411@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Scott M. Kozel" (kozelsm@xxxxxxxxxxx) writes:
Andre Lieven wrote:

"Scott M. Kozel" (kozelsm@xxxxxxxxx) writes:

Ok, I see that it's about 300 miles. Still, that is very close to
Argentina, and on the opposite side of the world from the U.K.

You really need to check some maps, again, before you further make a
fool of yourself. Given that Buenos Aires is but three hours off of London
time, that hardly qualifies as " the opposite side of the world from the
U.K. ".

There is no reason for you to respond with personal abuse, just because
someone has a different opinion from you.

Go ahead, and keep proving that your grasp on the geographic facts are
still wrong...

London is above 50 degrees
north latitude, and the Falklands are above 50 degrees south latitude.
Over 100 degrees difference in latitude, and 60 degrees difference in
longitude. Opposite hemispheres,

On a political, not geograpihic basis. Your claim of " *opposite* side
of the world " was, as you now show, 200% WRONG.

Thus, its absurd of you to complain that someone else showed up your
*second error*.

and well up into each hemisphere (northern and southern).

Irrelevent to " the opposite *side* of the world ", so you remain WRONG.

More like 1/8th of the world away from, so you were off by only 400%.

More like 1/3 of the world away from.

Not " the *opposite side* of the world, as YOU claimed. So, YOU were...

WRONG.

There is a lot wrong with Argentina's claim of sovereignty over the
Falklands. Nevertheless, to imply that, at 8,000 miles from the UK, the
Falklands' geographic proximity to Blighty is a valid reason for the UK to
claim it seems misguided.

A better reason would seem to be that the Falklands has a stable, prosperous
society, based on English culture and was attacked in the '80s only because
Argentina's unpopular military junta thought they could turn down the
political heat they were facing by starting and winning a quick war. But
they lost, which does more than anything, it seems to me, to call into
question Argentina's renewed claims of sovereignty over the Falklands.

Grey Satterfield

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