Ecco!

I seem to recall that the British Govt. didn't want a "medie circus" like Vietnam had been, with images of action, death and distruction beamed into people's homes over their TV dinners.

>I really like this article:
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>http://www.guardian.co.uk/falklands/story/0,,657871,00.html
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>>Talk about changing the subject! :-)
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>>I dunno. Maybe there was nowt the Arg's could do about it other than wait for hell to descend on them anyway, knowing or not - waiting for the Ghurkas to descend on them and chop their heads off. In a way, the news may have worked to our advantage, demoralising the poor conscript Arg. kids.
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>>Never really thought about that one or heard any media discussion on it.
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>>Strangely, the F War was criticised for being so media blacked out. Wasn't there an action that was so long in reaching the public's ears that it took longer than the news of the victory at Waterloo?
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>>>I still think that officials at the BBC should have gone on trial for treason after they gave away military information and disclosed the British attack on Goose Green was about to occur. That was HUGE talk in the U.S. military at the time. It terrified those in the military everywhere.
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>>>>>>Which would back my theory. What colony, btw - Belize (Ex Honduras)?
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>>>>>No. We discussed this time ago. Argentina, an unofficial Brit colony from about 1815 to 1930 or so) as the economies were intertwined and for most of that period many issues were not resolved without consulting the Brit Ambassador. During this period the political power was influenced by the Crown and British powerful companies (e.g. railways, meat packers, shippers, wool importers, etc.)
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>>>>Ah, yes, I vaguely remember :-) That's why we have so much Fray Bentos corned beef? Yes i believe there is quite a large cosmopolitanesque British influence in Argentina. Just think, if we'd pushed just that little bit further, in 1982, we could have taken Argentina for another colony, to supply The Falklands, while the country was in turmoil :-)