| | Aux armes… | | | | Modifier la taille du texte: | A | | | A | | |
|
| | Par:- Iqbal Kalla
On 24/12/2010 |
Il y a 28 ans, l’Argentine envahissait des îles pratiquement inoccupées situées au Sud de l’océan Atlantique qu’elle revendiquait. Ce qui provoqua une réaction de Margaret Thatcher, alors Premier ministre britannique. Qui y envoya son armée.
To cut short that story, l’Angleterre reprit finalement le contrôle des îles Malouines (Falklands, en anglais) et chassèrent les Argentins après trois mois de guerre. Résultats des courses : 893 soldats y ont perdu la vie, 635 Argentins et 255 Britanniques ; le nombre de survivants des deux camps qui finirent par se suicider dépassa celui des soldats tués au combat, alors que le déminage de ces îles ne prendra fin qu’en 2015.
Cette guerre imbécile était le fait de politiciens rusés.
Il s’agissait pour les généraux argentins, qui exerçaient une dictature dans leur pays, de détourner l’attention de la population de dérives et des problèmes économiques.
Pour Thatcher également, c’était du pain bénit, également à cause des difficultés économiques qui appauvrissait la classe ouvrière britannique. Celle qu’on appelait la «Dame de fer» se montrait en outre impitoyable à l’égard de ceux qui remettaient en cause son pouvoir et ses décisions. Avec grèves à répétition et manifestations de rue.
La tactique de Thatcher consistant à faire vibrer la fibre nationaliste des Anglais s’est révélée payante par la suite. En effet, les Conservateurs qu’elle mena aux élections de 1983 purent vaincre sans problèmes le Labour Party.
Quant aux dictateurs militaires argentins, ayant totalement raté leur coup aux Malouines, ils finirent par renoncer au pouvoir et en 1983 eurent lieu des élections démocratiques.
Iles pratiquement inoccupées, visées britanniques sur des territoires éloignés, difficultés économiques, paupérisation de la population, dirigeants politiques en mal de popularité, fibre nationaliste à faire vibrer, dérives pouvoiristes…
Les conseillers de Ramgoolam ont manifestement bien mérité de leurs salaires…
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Patriot | | | @starbright You see the world strictly as the Europeans must have taught you! It suits the europeans to teach history lessons with the first page starting with when they set foot on the land! As if the world was inexistent before their arrivals! I can devote some time reading history 'of european version' when having nothing else to do. You are unaware or totally incapable of realizing that there were Argentinian people (not european invaders of whatsoever descent) living in argentina since always. Referring to your 'do you know why' interpretation, I consider the justification to be of french version as in this give & take, they will have more to gain than to give! | | | Alan | | | -Les premiers à être envoyes au front pendant l'invasion des Malouines étaient des soldats GURKAS, des Népalais basés à Hong-Kong. Food for thought for Mr Ramgoolam. | | | Starbright | | | The Falklands have belonged to Britain since 1833 while the Argentinians are a bunch of fascist descendants from Spain and Italy who just came to Argentina after the last world war.97% of them are of Spanish and Italian descents.Referring to Patriot; Reunion island and Mayote are closer to Madagascar but they are still French.Jersey and Guensey are closer to France but belong to Knigdom of Britain and do you know why ? | | | World national | | | -Pratima is right in concluding but the debate is vast and many may not get the point right away. Just consider who are mostly exploiting the world resources (eg Middle East petrol), which countries are attacking which (mostly white nation/s attacking a non white nation), which have enslaved which (slavery considered taboo & still not considered as crime against humanity), which countries are remote controlling others, which are occupying territory of others (not forget our diego), etc. All these are impoverishing many people in victim countries following which there are economic migrants. Difficult to accept that for long, these Europeans travel to their ex colonies without any visa yet the ex-colonised people need paying just to apply for visa (which can be rejected & money gone) not to say paying higher sums for services like in education. | | | World national | | | -@MBCTV I preferred genetic to other terms as the latter have many interpretations (at least in Mauritius) while genetic is scientific and hardly distortable. Ethnic may have biological basis as well as linguistic, cultural & even religious. Genetic shows the biological relationship between anglo saxons living in different corners of the world. By ethics, I meant that the anglo saxons support each other irrespective of whether one is right or wrong from the ethical point of view. | | | Trency | | | -Pratima, are you not confusing countries? I studied in France and worked in the UK and currently living in Canada. I can tell you that being brown in France is much more of an issue than in the UK or Canada. | | | abhish | | | I would like to ask Pratima how many refugees from Third World are welcomed and settled in Mauritius ? | | | MBCTV | | | -@World national.Point taken,except that term used is ETHNIC GROUND' not 'ethic'.Argentina was thought to be the 'inferior' Latin people as opposed to the Anglo Saxons at the time in 1982,crowding the Whitehouse.
The same applies to the invasion of Iraq.The missing link in the 'white' global network is the 'Apartheid South Africa'..Even the USA will soon turned Hispanic dominated.The Hispanics have already objected to make the English language the official language of the USA.Australia is not too far behind! | | | Pratima | | | -So Xandra is shocked by what I said. I think that World National remarks about "genetic basis" is just another way of reiteratng what I bluntly said. People from the Third World are being mistreated in Europe. And their undesired presence in Europe is only one of the consequences of colonialism. | | | World national | | | -@MBCTV 1. 'Special uk/us relationship = unity of anglo saxons' or rather unconditional support for each other based on genetic links (nothing to do with ethics). To this list, the New Zealand, Canada & Australia can obviously be added. 2. Nato = union of people of european origin. Again support on genetic basis. | | | MBCTV | | | -Pratima makes a sweeping generalisation when she says that people from the Third World are ill treated in UK and USA, just for the sake of having emigrated from that part of the world. Xandra is right to point this out. However Xandra truly exaggerates when she claims that droves of refugees from Pakistan and India step on UK soil everyday. The refugees who are coming to the UK, are mainly from Iraq and Afghanistan. Although the rate of such arrivals has dwindled considerably No prize for guessing why this is the case.One has to differentiate between refugees and economic migrants. Refugees are given refugee status and are expected to leave their host country when the situation improves in their country of origin.Over eighty million people of British extraction leave in the USA alone!
One could legitimately asked why is it that students from Reunion island are extended red carpet treatment by the Uk authorities? Free education and practically all expenses paid!A treatment accorded to people from all the so called French departments ,that are spread all around the globe! Not to mention those economic migrants from the EU currently invading Britain. Britain has used its legitimate right to stop immigration from the Third World for over ten years now and this because they are deemed to be ‘economic migrants’ pure and simple !
As far as the Falklands / Malvinas is concerned it must be noted that the USA failed to act as a superpower and stay neutral in the Uk versus Argentine conflict! Instead they sided with the UK on purely ethnic grounds! The meaningless term ‘special relationship’ between the US and Uk was cited as the reason that justified the decision for the Americans to support Britain in that conflict. The British press simply overplayed that ‘special relationship’ that supposedly exists between the US and the UK! The US simply had no backbone and cracked under pressure from Margaret Thatcher! Only a few days ago ,former Labour Foreign Secretary described that ‘special relationship as pure fiction,. Jack Straw added that it was a fantasy aided and abetted ,mainly by feature writers of the British press. When pressed why is it that he Jack Straw never exposed that ‘pure fiction, he replied that officially the Uk government has never subscribed to that special relationship concept but it could stop the British press from singing that particular tune.To put simply members of the Uk governments have simply decided to tag along the propaganda effect of UK-US special relationship. It is important to note that Jack Straw’s comments were broadcast after midnight and did not make the headlines in the normal news bulletin designed for the masses
So the question is whether the fictional UK-US relationship can be made into a reality when it come to the Chagos sovereignty issue?
To note as well that he tone was set by Arvind Boollel’s intervention at the UN earlier, about Mauritian government’s intention to deal with the Chagos issue, further than mere speeches and empty talks! Even Ramgoolam had to take notice!
| | | Xandra | | | -Je suis surpris de l'affirmation de Pratima: «We all know how people from the Third World are treated in England». Si vous voulez insinuer que les ressortissants du Tiers-Monde sont maltraités en Grande-Bretagne, je trouve que ce n'est pas le cas et que vous exagérez. Pensez à tous nos compatriotes mauriciens qui sont partis s'installer en Grande-Bretagne et y vivent définitivement sans problèmes comme citoyens britanniques. Songez aussi à ce grand nombre de réfugiés pakistanais ou même indiens qui débarquent quotidiennement en Grande-Bretagne. La plupart seront accueillis et pris en charge selon les lois en vigueur. D'autres, malheureusement, seront refoulés, toujours selon les mêmes lois. Aucune de ces personnes ne sera battue, violée ou tuée. Par contre, à Maurice, on n'accueille pas de réfugiés dans la détresse, comme on aurait pu le faire avec nos frères tamouls victimes de la guerre au Sri Lanka ou encore avec nos amis palestiniens. | | | Pratima | | | -Yes Mr Jeeroburkhan, you're right, and Mr Kalla too. But isn't there a little soupçon of racism from the British? We all know how people from the Third World are treated in England or USA. In these countries there is a latent or open mépris for all those who are not Europeans. But this comment of mine might not be politically correct? | | | Jooneed Jeeroburkhan | | | -Pour les Mauriciensi et cela inclut bien sûr nos soeurs et frères Chagossiens, l'intérêt des Malvinas/Falklands réside dans le fait qu'il y avait à l'époque 2000 à 3000 colons britanniques sur ces îles, et des millions de moutons. Harold Wilson, qui présida dans les années 1960 à l'excision coercitive des Chagos et à l'expulsion sauvage de ses 3000 habitants, parcourut les États-Unis en 1982 pour mobiliser les soutiens à la guerre de Mme Thatcher aux Malouines. Un argument revenait dans ses discours: "The Falkland Islanders have the right to self-determination. They need to be consulted, and whatever they want, they must have". Les Chagossiens, alors eux-aussi citoyens britanniques, n'avaient pas, eux, "the right to self-determination". En fait, ils n'existaient même pas! Fallait-il que Navin Ramgoolam attende Wikileaks et 2010 pour atteindre la croissance psychologique d'accuser enfin les Britanniques de "deceit" ?
| | | jim | | | -Yes, what about the real issues, I DON'T HAVE WATER! Hello mister Ramgoolam!!!1 | | | Patriotic | | | -@Wisdom. I'm afraid your double negative might lead people to believe that you too have fallen in Ramgoolam's trap.
By the way, does anybody remember Blair's cavalier attitude towards Bérenger when the latter was PM? Does Navin think that the Brits would consider him smarter than Paul? It's not because his father (not the Nation's, by the way) was l'homme des Anglais that they were going to be nicer with him... | | | wisdom | | | -I believe sincerely that our Prince has not been disingenuous in his intentions or the timing of his interventions. | | | Jack | | | -Erezman ki Ramgoolam pena enn l'armée! | | | Percy | | | -Bien sûr, il s'agit de détourner l'attention de la population de ses problèmes. Mais pour combien de temps? Dès le début de janvier, le mois le plus long de l'année, la population oubliera les fêtes et se rendra compte qu'il a été eu encore une fois | | | Patriot | | | -Let's not mix national & international issues. The Falklands are much closer to Argentina than to England and should have rightly belonged to Argentina. Military might, imperial ambition & remote controlling of people's thinking through media & western education (that history starts as from when europeans set foot) brought the islands under british control. It was not justice that was done so episodes to follow irrespective of how much time it will take. | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|