tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post1894428145738498907..comments2024-03-28T02:55:09.211-07:00Comments on The Games We Play: Don't cry for me Argentina, A Falklands War gameMartin Rapierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788664847205341619noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-35004776404718675202020-07-18T12:10:08.429-07:002020-07-18T12:10:08.429-07:00LOL. Well I did enjoy hitting Sandy Woodward with ...LOL. Well I did enjoy hitting Sandy Woodward with my handbag. 'Rejoice. I remember it like it was yesterday, especially all the skinheads singing 'Dont Cry for me Argentina' in Trafalger Square and doing nazi salutes.Martin Rapierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788664847205341619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-74708594046459984702020-07-18T02:41:07.656-07:002020-07-18T02:41:07.656-07:00I'm upset that you regarded our beautiful 2000...I'm upset that you regarded our beautiful 2000 relationship as "dubious". Sob.Wg Cdr Ludditehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01019798605352210839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-51013815735286819582020-07-16T03:02:45.647-07:002020-07-16T03:02:45.647-07:00I think the British/US version of the war might be...I think the British/US version of the war might be presented a bit differently... sadly with the loss of Stanley time would run out pretty quickly for the rest of the Argentine garrison.<br /><br />As I said in the write up, I've played this particular game a few times before, and I was interested to try a more 'pacifist' strategy. The long term effects of the war are still with us, and it is a real shame the UK fell out with one of its longest standing South American allies and instead acquired the loathsome Pinochet regime as best friends.Martin Rapierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788664847205341619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-10266956222635814082020-07-12T19:44:29.839-07:002020-07-12T19:44:29.839-07:00Well done! That sounds like a superb game, and a ...Well done! That sounds like a superb game, and a very able juggling act by the Junta. I wonder how Maggie would have done in the coming general election. Possibly the capture of Port Stanley would have been enough for the Press - like Marshal Beresford resubmitting his report of Albuera - to 'write up a victory.'<br />Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-52409920783918082642020-07-12T03:30:21.846-07:002020-07-12T03:30:21.846-07:00Ah, OK. Well, the last thing Argentina wanted was ...Ah, OK. Well, the last thing Argentina wanted was a shooting war but we ended up being painted into a corner. UN peace keepers would have allowed us to pull out with grace, but no-one else seemed to be very keen on that.Martin Rapierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788664847205341619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-7986220471045837892020-07-11T10:51:29.063-07:002020-07-11T10:51:29.063-07:00That game was great fun- as Reagan I was hoping th...That game was great fun- as Reagan I was hoping that by supporting big military friend (Britain) little military friend (Argentina) would see which way the wind was blowing so to speak and back down... although with hindsight that was an all stick and no carrot approach....<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Pete.Pete.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06668389518826053090noreply@blogger.com