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Post by Harold of Whoa on Aug 5, 2019 1:06:15 GMT
Interesting historical back story about the conflict, told by a rambling but engaging story teller. It's a nice hour break from the mayhem.
Fun ukulele break to shill for audiobooks.
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Aug 5, 2019 6:36:26 GMT
Well obviously not, there were Argentinians and Falkland Islanders there as well.
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Post by Harold of Whoa on Aug 6, 2019 0:13:24 GMT
Well obviously not, there were Argentinians and Falkland Islanders there as well. I didn't have room to write "campaign" in the title. The story the guy tells is a pretty interesting behind-the-scenes sort of unheralded actions of the war tale, if you get a chance to check out for an hour or so. |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Aug 6, 2019 7:53:42 GMT
I didn't have room to write "campaign" in the title. The story the guy tells is a pretty interesting behind-the-scenes sort of unheralded actions of the war tale, if you get a chance to check out for an hour or so. I knew what you meant, I was just being hilariously funny (AKA a dick). Might well have seen it - there's plenty of intel coming from the US and another South America state (?), is that what it's about? |
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Post by Harold of Whoa on Aug 9, 2019 2:43:47 GMT
I didn't have room to write "campaign" in the title. The story the guy tells is a pretty interesting behind-the-scenes sort of unheralded actions of the war tale, if you get a chance to check out for an hour or so. I knew what you meant, I was just being hilariously funny (AKA a dick). Might well have seen it - there's plenty of intel coming from the US and another South America state (?), is that what it's about? Not so much the US, but definitely *another South American state* that knew they were likely to be next on the list of military targets to divert the attention of the Argentinian people from domestic problems. Centers on a book by a Brit officer serving as Air Attache (aka unacknowledged secret agent), timing-wise brought to light by the standard 30-year declassification of documents in the UK. |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Aug 9, 2019 7:37:26 GMT
Not so much the US, but definitely *another South American state* that knew they were likely to be next on the list of military targets to divert the attention of the Argentinian people from domestic problems. Centers on a book by a Brit officer serving as Air Attache (aka unacknowledged secret agent), timing-wise brought to light by the standard 30-year declassification of documents in the UK. Presumably Chile? They were usually up to no good in the 70s. |
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Post by yggdrasil on Aug 9, 2019 10:18:17 GMT
Not so much the US, but definitely *another South American state* that knew they were likely to be next on the list of military targets to divert the attention of the Argentinian people from domestic problems. Centers on a book by a Brit officer serving as Air Attache (aka unacknowledged secret agent), timing-wise brought to light by the standard 30-year declassification of documents in the UK. Presumably Chile? They were usually up to no good in the 70s. How dare you, Chile and their glorious leader Pinochet who had a bit of a habit of disappearing his citizens were one of Maggie Thatcher's best friends. She even protected him from extradition and probably a firing squad. |
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Post by Colin Sibthorpe on Sept 25, 2019 23:28:43 GMT
General Pinochet saved his country from ruin. Yes, he was a dictator, but he only replaced another dictator.
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Post by yggdrasil on Sept 26, 2019 9:27:01 GMT
General Pinochet saved his country from ruin. Yes, he was a dictator, but he only replaced another dictator. "Both the National Commission on Political Imprisonment and Torture (Valech Report) and the Commission of Truth and Reconciliation (Rettig Report) approximate that there were around 30,000 victims of human rights abuses in Chile, with 40,018 tortured[2] and 2,279 executed." |
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