Re:Fritz Haber: A Monster Who Fed the World
by Tech-Noir on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @09:36AM
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Or if you believe the superior power will not respond militarily, as in the Falklands in 1982.
Unfortunately for the junta, they weren't the only unpopular right-wing government who saw warfare and jingoism as a handy distraction from internal economic and social problems.
Re:Fritz Haber: A Monster Who Fed the World
by nsnick on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @11:38AM
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Britain was hardly a super power in 1982. It took every refueling plane Britain had to send one bomber to the Falklands. Refueling planes had to fuel refueling planes.
Re:Fritz Haber: A Monster Who Fed the World
by arethuza on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @11:35AM
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To be fair to Thatcher, I don't think her goal in fighting was to reap electoral success based on "warfare and jingoism" but I agree that it certainly was the result.
Unfortunately for the junta, they weren't the only unpopular right-wing government who saw warfare and jingoism as a handy distraction from internal economic and social problems.