Re: [A-List] Argentine spontaneous insurrection(s)

[Andre Gunder Frank <franka@xxxxxxx>]

Galtieri was not worth supporting, but Argentina was.
on the other side
Thacher and Britein were woth opposing, and US who supplied UK with
sttellite and otehr intellingence as well
agf

On Mon, 31 Dec 2001,
Mark Jones wrote:

> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 11:35:24 +0000
> From: Mark Jones <mark.jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: a-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: a-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [A-List] Argentine spontaneous insurrection(s)
>
> At 31/12/2001 08:40, Chris wrote:
>
> >(Like Mark I also wanted a British defeat in the war for the Malvinas and
> >prayed for the accuracy of the Exocet missiles.
>
> I don't think I said I wanted a British defeat, I said I opposed the war,
> and the difference is not just semantic. As for praying for exocets, I
> wouldn't wish that fate on any mariner (I worked as a seaman on British
> merchant ships in my youth and I cannot imagine anything more ghastly than
> to be hit by a missile.) I don't think Galtieri was worth supporting. In
> any case, revolutionary defeatism as a policy surely never embraces a
> desire for victory by the enemy.
>
> In general, and this remark is not directed at anyone in particular, I hope
> to avoid the personalising of issues on this list. Sometimes that is not
> possible but it is almost always best avoided. I am grateful for the
> contributions of everyone here.
>
> Mark
>
>
>




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