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'-we train on Argentine soil'.
Shown on BBC news tonight. It's hard to believe that the President of Argentina would buy and broadcast propaganda as offensive as this- an Olympic athlete training by jogging up and down the steps of a British war memorial, filmed in secret in the Falklands.
I think this athlete should be banned from entering the UK, in fact banning the whole Argentinian team should be considered.

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Ya they sneaked in and out again just around dawn Gordon :mad:

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We should rise above it. After all they want us to be outraged.
I was astounded when I saw it this morning, but during the day, I realised it is nothing more than baiting. They have a very small armed forces so they use this to bring the fight to us. Pathetic really

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If it wasn't for the jogging on the memorial it's quite a clever and funny bit of propaganda. That just spoils it and wasn't necessary. Makes you wonder if they realised it was a memorial.

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I am sure they will have,, which makes everything they say even more unpalatable.

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Admittedly it's sly & underhand, pretty much like the invasion back in 1982, but at the end of the day he's running (away presumably) & all the iconic images are reminders of the Islands Britishness.

A cheap shot from a bunch of chancers, who know what'll happen if they push it to far.

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Nah let them enter then declare war on them while they are here. Lock em up as POW's :D

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I would just ignore it n then Nuke Buenos Aries.

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Was of a bomb cashy:(

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I am sure that I heard it was a British company that produced the video

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Wouldn't of thought so Barrie, you can imagine the backlash they'd get if proved true. I believe it was stated that it came from the "Argentine presidency" whomever or whatever that might be.

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I din't think I was imagining things - have a look at:
BBC News - UK criticises 'tasteless' Falklands Olympic ad

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Just shows what some people will do for a few bob and just how low they will stoop:mad:

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Maybe we could arrange for this team to be let in via an unmanned Border control point....make them wait to enter until their event is over.
What am I saying here?

There will probably be so much disorganisation that they won't need to make them wait....it will all be part of fiasco anyway.


I can't wait for the whole thing to be over with!

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Think WPP will be losing shares value then.

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Simpler that that Margaret, withdraw their Visas, undesirables sorted:rolleyes:

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It certainly raises an interesting point when this person arrives at the UK Border Control for the Olympic Games. Surely his actions in desecrating a war memorial render him an undesirable alien. And apparently the war memorial in question commemorated the dead of two World Wars as well as the Falklands conflict.

Reminds me of that woman who urinated on the Blackpool War Memorial and got caught on CCTV doing it. She had to run a gauntlet of old British Legion Veterans at the Magistrates Court.

Perhaps the British Legion could arrange for a reception committee at Heathrow?

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W.P.P. i hope are kicked into touch by all who use there services imho:(

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Its not as though they are one of the worlds most mighty militaries is it .We send in a few misiles and they could just about retaliate by putting 10p on the price of a tin of cornbeef :D

I think the argies are anti tory they only seem to kick up a comotion when tories are in power lol

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Happen as well then:D

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sink a couple of their ships it seems to keep them quiet for a decade or so :)

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I was on the Yacht Club beach in Lagos soon after we had kicked them out of the Falkland Islands, when this crowd of Argies turned up in a flash speedboat named Los Malvinas - big mistake as majority of members and guests were Brits - rocks, beer bottles and anything else to hand was thrown at them. They soon left.

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Have they got a couple accyman:confused::D

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More important have we?

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Ya think we still have a few knocking about somewhere Gordon

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yeah probably made from britains finest chineese steel lol

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Na probably built in Germany:rolleyes: