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Telegraph: "Three Books About The Falklands War: Review"
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23-03-12, 10:32 #2Duff link???
Edmund Burke: 'Wars may be deferred .. but they cannot be wholly avoided .. to purchase present quiet, at the price of future security, is .. a cowardice of the most base and degrading nature."
Nelson: "You should hate a Frenchman as you do the devil".
23-03-12, 10:58 #3Seaweed, Thank you for flagging that up.
Originally Posted by Seaweed 
The Telegraph seems to have removed John Nott's Review article this morning.
It did exist, you can see just a snippet of it here:
Top News Today | Three books about the Falklands War: review | telegraph.co.ukLast edited by soleil; 23-03-12 at 11:00.
23-03-12, 11:20 #4It certainly existed. Then someone calling himself Naval Gazer posted a comment demolishing Nott's incredibly short-sighted and ill-informed viewpoint.
janner and Ninja_Stoker like this.N.B. A single RAF Typhoon costs £126 million excluding support. Originally Posted by Hansard 7 Mar 2011
23-03-12, 14:55 #5It works now, Seaweed; the Telegraph has put the article back on its website. Originally Posted by Seaweed
23-03-12, 15:53 #6Your comment is still showing NG
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23-03-12, 18:51 #7Found it - Ex-Defence Secretary John Nott warns over Falklands - Telegraph
Not a word from Nott I see on whether his public decision to get rid of Invincible, the assault ahips and Endurance had helped bring the war upon us. Galtieri was obviously the chief villain but Nott sent him a signal that he could get away with it. And if Galtieri had hung on for a couple more months, we would have been totally unable to do anything about it. The weather was clearly already marginal for our troops during the land campaign, and we would not have had the ships anyway. A pity Nott had not the grace to realise the deep and lasting loathing he has inspired.
My review of 'Down South' here: http://www.navy-net.co.uk/content/12...ris-parry.html
I had been out a fair while when all this kicked off but had served with many of the Captains who were down there one way and another & one of the Commanders.
Nick Barker's book 'Beyond Endurance' has a lot to say about how we sleepwalked into the mess and names a number of other villains including RN ones. I am reading it at the moment and will be posting a review soon(ish).
And BZ Naval Gazer.Edmund Burke: 'Wars may be deferred .. but they cannot be wholly avoided .. to purchase present quiet, at the price of future security, is .. a cowardice of the most base and degrading nature."
Nelson: "You should hate a Frenchman as you do the devil".
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