God bless Margaret Thatcher. She was the one who made me feel proud to be British. God bless the brave souls who travelled thousands of miles against all the odds who implemented the actions and God bless those who made the ultimate sacrifice for God, Queen and country against a military dictatorship trying to impose their will upon free citizens, who counted themselves as subjects of the British empire.
Whenever I think of this I fill with pride simultaniously as my eyes well with tears. At the same time...
The British blood lost means that they could never become Argentinian territory, unless the good people of the Falklands decided that was their choice.
If a previous government had'nt decomissioned the Ark Royal years previouly, the losses would have been far less with air superiority fighters on hand....
I am sure that with the resolve we could still undertake such a mission, but I would threaten Buenos Aires with nuclear armageddon first....