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bemildred

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10. You can blockade with your economy?

Thu Feb 2, 2012, 09:27 AM

Feb 2012

How does that work?

"A blockade is an effort to cut off food, supplies, war material or communications from a particular area by force, either in part or totally."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade

I don't see the "by force" part.

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Exactly. Stella_Artois Feb 2012 #3

This again? Lawlbringer Feb 2012 #2

Seriously. racaulk Feb 2012 #6

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So if the Cubans carla Feb 2012 #7

Unless you can point to... brooklynite Feb 2012 #33

Cubans, FYI carla Feb 2012 #37

Right... EX500rider Feb 2012 #42

Sounds like an embargo, not a blockade. bemildred Feb 2012 #8

Economic dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #9

You can blockade with your economy? bemildred Feb 2012 #10

Cutting off their main line of supply dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #11

I'm pretty sure you can sail there from anywhere. bemildred Feb 2012 #13

Threat of military carla Feb 2012 #38

"The Malvinas are Argentinian." EX500rider Feb 2012 #41

since 1833? mitchtv Feb 2012 #46

What's the Monroe Doctrine got to do with it? muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #52

reagan should never have aided UK mitchtv Feb 2012 #55

Even when that was a dictatorship invading a community that was happy? muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #57

Not really.. EX500rider Feb 2012 #60

Denying the flight from Chile access to Argentinian airspace muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #12

"Arguable" indeed. nt bemildred Feb 2012 #14

Look, I think they might as well pound sand, as far as the Falklands go, but bemildred Feb 2012 #15

It's not 'facilities' - it's airspace muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #18

Right, you don't have a right to use their airspace. nt bemildred Feb 2012 #25

Chile behaved treacherously to Argentina mitchtv Feb 2012 #47

Chile and Argentina were both military dictatorships then muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #51

remember the Sheffield Demonaut Feb 2012 #17

and also the General Belgrano mitchtv Feb 2012 #21

wow , wiki'd it, never knew...major loss of life, RIP General Belgrano and her crew Demonaut Feb 2012 #22

american blackout on Latin American news mitchtv Feb 2012 #48

The sinking of the General Belgrano was blacked out by US news media? Zorro Feb 2012 #49

I'm sure it was mentioned mitchtv Feb 2012 #56

Actually it was all over the news Zorro Feb 2012 #59

I was out on West Pac at the time so we had only heard of the Sheffield, I met some of her crew in Demonaut Feb 2012 #63

Indeed. CNN was all over it. Adsos Letter Feb 2012 #65

The English sent ships, last time they had a problem. No border fence in the Atlantic Ocean... freshwest Feb 2012 #19

The Falklands want NOTHING to do with its NEAREST neighbor? Sooner or later something has to give happyslug Feb 2012 #23

It'll probably be like the oil sharing deal between Sudan and South Sudan, eventually. joshcryer Feb 2012 #24

+1 bemildred Feb 2012 #26

There was a deal ikri Feb 2012 #27

Mark Twain made fun of your argument in regards to a relative of his happyslug Feb 2012 #28

But it's not what the inhabitants want ikri Feb 2012 #29

Did the British care about the Natives of North America, Africa, Asia, Australia etc??? happyslug Feb 2012 #32

Yes they did care. Boudica the Lyoness Feb 2012 #58

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The British almost wiped out a whole race of people, that of Tasmania. MichaelMcGuire Feb 2012 #62

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I can speak to the blankets myth... Agent William Feb 2012 #67

They can't give up sovereignty and expect to get cooperation for developing the resources. joshcryer Feb 2012 #34

And Guam is where dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #30

Guam's # 1 source of tourists is Japan, 75% of all tourist are Japanese. happyslug Feb 2012 #31

I did some research on this oil exploitation, and frankly, I think you are wrong. The Falklanders... joshcryer Feb 2012 #35

YES and sooner or later Cuba will become one of the United States. It only makes sense (nt) Nye Bevan Feb 2012 #36

Jamaica too? dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #39

Annxation of Cuba has been kicked around since the 1850s happyslug Feb 2012 #40

US dollar is used in Cuba ? dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #45

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Good discusion Honest Turtle Feb 2012 #44

Welcome to DU. bemildred Feb 2012 #50