Argies

I seem to recall the Argies got a lot of support from Spain on that occasion.

Memories of the Falklands 2007

The 'Argies' took the Falklands easily as they were so close, (nobody said maybe they had, indeed, a slight claim), however we built a giant task force and Margaret Britannia retook them for the Brit Junta.

Thatcher invades Africa ..with 3 Public School chums. 2006

Withdrawing the guard was, I think, a little too coincidental and encouraging for the soon-to-be-hated "Argies".

Thatcher invades Africa ..with 3 Public School chums. 2006

Argies - you mentioned them but it bares repeating that the argies went rom top ten richest (beating much of europe) to a fraction above high-third world

Matthew Yglesias » Almost All Decline is Relative 2010

Murph is right, The Argies dont want another ass whipping (which is what they would surely get).

Cheeseburger Gothic » Anyone been following the build up to next falklands war? 2010

With only 6 of these platforms for air protection, the Argies could conceivably interdict convoys.

Cheeseburger Gothic » Anyone been following the build up to next falklands war? 2010

The poms would have had a harder time had the Argies decided to base real fighters off the island and done the normal mil things of dispersal etc etc.

Cheeseburger Gothic » Anyone been following the build up to next falklands war? 2010

The Argies have the moral high ground and have time on their side.

Cheeseburger Gothic » Anyone been following the build up to next falklands war? 2010

I would argue, however, that the constituencies she alienated (eg. the Trade Unions, the Argies, the Scots, and Hampstead thinkers like Harold Pinter) were less electorally important than those she attracted: the middle-classes and the C2s.

Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

Just look what happened to the Argies in the Falklands; they were handed their heads by a smaller, but highly trained and motivated British force.

But I’m Not So Sure | ATTACKERMAN 2008