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Freedom fighters can't do this? True, unless they're Jewish.

Then? They can bomb hotels full of Brits, or whatever they really want to.

Potential buyers better be sure to kick the tires and take it fir a test drive (...er cruise). To this day, the Argentine Air Force claims they dropped some bombs on the HMS Invincible during the Falklands War. The UK government denies the claim, saying instead that it was the HMS Avenger that got hit.

What a tool.

Did you actually read the wikipedia entry ?

The Captain of the ship himself agrees that it was a legitimate attack. So does the Argentinian Government.

Please read up on your Falklands War history - this would be a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_Wargood start. Especially the bits about the carrier 'Vincent De Mayo' and the damage that would have done if it ever got near the Task Force. The sinking of the Belgrano made it very clear to the Argentinian Navy that nuclear submarines where in the area and all enemy warships were targets. It had the effect of keeping the Argentinian Navy out of the war. If Vincent De Mayo had got close enough to launch a strike package against the Task Force then I can guarantee that the UK would have lost the war since I'm sure they would have disabled or destroyed at least one of the British carriers - the Argentinian Naval aircraft were not piloted by morons and had the weapons to do it.
Also, there WERE Argentinian submarines active. I remember reading a report that one in particular managed to fire a salvo at HMS Invincible, but major reliability problems with their torpoedos meant they never got a hit.
The captain of HMS Conqueror was in command of a warship, the Belgrano was a warship of the enemy, and both countries were at war. The Argentinian Navy may have taken casualties, but I can assure you so did the Royal Navy, thanks to the Argentinian Airforce and their attacks.

As a final note, did you know there are numerous reports from Special Forces of them being fired upon from an Argentinian Hospital Ship, in direct contravention of the Geneva Convention ? Read This : http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Falklands/sbs.ht m

as things go that's quite remarkable, afterall it took nearly 5 decades for many pundits to realise that the creation of Israel was a historical mistake

Umm.. what? How is that relevent? Are you just looking for a 'mistake'? I hate to be one to jump on any remark critical of Israel, but why do you bring it up?

To discuss your off topic comparison, IMO the real mistake was when Great Britain created the mandate of Palestine (and all those other previously nonexistant countries) in the first place.

Copper cables are far too easy to detect and physically tap. For really sensitive applications fibre-optic cables are used. A classic text book example being the use of fibre optics to link up scud missiles launchers in Iraq.

Not according to here, where you can find statistics stating that Brussels is on average both colder and wetter than London.

I can't comment on transport, I've never needed to use it in Belgium. ;)

The UK is insular compared to the cultural mix in Belgium.

Having lived on a street where there were no less (and probably more) than five first languages spoken I would doubt that Belgium is any more culturally diverse than the UK.

Belgian girls are way cuter than British girls

Personally, I've found cute girls in just about every country I've been to, in around the same proportions.

There are some good beers in the UK these days but they're largely inspired by Belgian brews

I'm sure if you looked round you could find plenty of British "real ales" that AREN'T inspired by Belgium.

Brussels is 1.5 hours by train [snip] from London

Journeys work in both directions.

Belgium has a relaxed attitude to soft drugs

A policy that is being rapidly adopted by the UK at the moment.

We do not believe it's our moral obligation to topple foreign dictators just because they pull faces at us.

Not according to the hardware you sent to Iraq in the last gulf war.

British?

While not defending the record of the US military, maybe you should take your own advice.

British?

While not defending the record of the US military, maybe you should take your own advice.

British?

While not defending the record of the US military, maybe you should take your own advice.

British?

While not defending the record of the US military, maybe you should take your own advice.