British Helmand veterans dispatched to defend Falklands

[Matute]

You are known for being pirates, not us

[JayL]

Actually there is plans, the UK (thought constantly arguing with the EU) and France has nuclear weapons and would use them if Russia did try to take over the whole EU, not to mention the fact that the EU is a potential next super power (though China will probibly take that first) and the US would also join the EU in such 'party' which would leave Russia completely f**ked, unless China decided to join in help Russia in which case it'd be WW3 and everyone better have a bomb shelter in their back garden.

While you just wrote a bunch of bullshit and I'll not even discuss that, I'll tell you something you forgot - no money to afford fighting.

[ElMartu]

No, they can offer assistance, they don't HAVE to. :poke:

I can't believe you actually think that, in the VERY unlikely event of Britain getting invaded, other NATO countries wouldn't aid you. Even then I searched around for 2 minutes and found the article 5 of a Washington treaty, apparently the one that founds NATO that explicitly states every member country has to assist fellow members if they get invaded by a foreign threat.

While you just wrote a bunch of bullshit and I'll not even discuss that, I'll tell you something you forgot - no money to afford fighting.

Even if you're right I'm going to ask you to stop derailing the thread further by talking about this hypothetical Russian invasion of Estonia

[JayL]

Interesting but it has nothing to do with the topic.

I might have worded my statement in a wrong way, but in the end the UK is nothing like Estonia or any country in Eastern Europe.

You first. :skull:

[Jubin]

No, they can offer assistance, they don't HAVE to. :poke:

For god sakes the NATO pact basically starts: that any attack on a member state is considered an attack on the whole alliance.

[Mikal]

For god sakes the NATO pact basically starts: that any attack on a member state is considered an attack on the whole alliance.

Then where was NATO during the falklands war? Yes it did exist then and the UK was a member.

[Matute]

Then where was NATO during the falklands war?

You moaning now that you werent aided in the war?

[Mikal]

You moaning now that you werent aided in the war?

The UK didn't need aid during the Falklands war, they were winning as soon as they arrived..
What I'm saying is, you're all saying 'NATO has to help other NATO countries during war' but thats not true, they didn't help the UK during the Falklands as no help was needed.

[Matute]

You were aided..

[Ratko Gavrilovic]

not to mention the fact that the EU is a potential next super power

More like next super disaster. EU is going bad economically-wise now.
Also, Russia will never be fucked. Ever heard of the Eurasian Union? Google it.

[Mikal]

You were aided..

No we werent.. The US offered assistance but Thatcher rejected it it because she knew the British could handle it.

More like next super disaster. EU is going bad economically-wise now.
Also, Russia will never be f**ked. Ever heard of the Eurasian Union? Google it.

Of course Russia will never fall, nobody dares to invade or attack them, same with China, they are 2 massive continents with 2 massive populations and military's, unless Russia attacks someone first, they will never be attacked back.

[Matute]

''In December 1988, former Secretary of the U.S. Navy, John F. Lehman, made the political and military aid provided by the U.S. to Britain during the Falklands War, without which the UK would have been forced to retract the South Atlantic Task Force, according to military experts conclude.''
Also Chile helped you :-)

[ElMartu]

I personally believe we'll get the islands in 20, 30, 50 years. Eventually. With no military action taken.

[Mario_Rinna]

Actually there is plans, the UK (thought constantly arguing with the EU) and France has nuclear weapons and would use them if Russia did try to take over the whole EU, not to mention the fact that the EU is a potential next super power (though China will probibly take that first) and the US would also join the EU in such 'party' which would leave Russia completely f**ked, unless China decided to join in help Russia in which case it'd be WW3 and everyone better have a bomb shelter in their back garden.

Some countries in Europe are afraid of Russian invasion if the right conditions are met and yes, seriously. In here, Estonia, you can hear stories of Russia being able to occupy the whole country in 4 hours and how NATO doesn't actually have any kind of defensive plans to this regions.

Not to be pedantic, but nobody in power in Russia wants to take over the EU, especially Estonia, the most worthless part of it.

[SugarD]

Not to be pedantic, but nobody in power in Russia wants to take over the EU, especially Estonia, the most worthless part of it.

There is no need to flame people's countries.