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Latin America

forest444

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11. They haven't yet, and not for any lack of trying.

Reply to hack89 (Reply #7)

Fri Apr 3, 2015, 12:16 PM

Apr 2015

Which is quite a problem for the U.K., since it now produces less oil than Argentina.

Why? Because BP, once privatized for peanuts in 1985, underexplored, overextracted, and exported all the North Sea oil they could when it was cheap - leaving the country dependent on imports once energy prices became astronomical. Production has already collapsed by 75% from its 1985 peak, with no sign of let-up.

Another Thatcher legacy - and to think she couldn't have done it without that boozer Galtieri. Birds of a feather, those two.

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Britain Used Spy Team to Shape Latin American Public Opinion on Falklands [View all] Judi Lynn Apr 2015 OP

No surprise there forest444 Apr 2015 #1

Nice work! Helped him to realize he needed to become far more informed on the subject first! Judi Lynn Apr 2015 #3

I certainly hope so. forest444 Apr 2015 #5

If it prevents another war then it is a good thing. Nt hack89 Apr 2015 #2

What prevented the possibility of another such war forest444 Apr 2015 #4

Really appreciate your reference to Richard Allen's description of Galtieri. Amazing. Judi Lynn Apr 2015 #6

If the reported oil and gas fields off the Falklands pan out hack89 Apr 2015 #7

Yep, and since forest says the Arg government would never take them by force Bacchus4.0 Apr 2015 #8

They haven't yet, and not for any lack of trying. forest444 Apr 2015 #11

Falklands oil explorers report first discovery of 2015 campaign hack89 Apr 2015 #12

They'll frequently tout these news in the hope of duping investors into buying in, forest444 Apr 2015 #13

Time will tell. Patience, patience. nt hack89 Apr 2015 #14

Argentina producing more oil than the UK? ChangoLoa Apr 2015 #21

Sounds like a good plan. Cyberoperations to prevent Arg from taking the Falklands. Bacchus4.0 Apr 2015 #9

Don't post about things you have no knowledge of. Worry about your native Colombia instead. forest444 Apr 2015 #10

Run forest run!!! There's no oil in the Falklands or resources that Argentina wants Bacchus4.0 Apr 2015 #15

How sweet. Go home, 4.0. You're drunk. forest444 Apr 2015 #16

Well forest, lets look at your points thus far Bacchus4.0 Apr 2015 #17

That's better. forest444 Apr 2015 #18

They should grant the islands indepedence then Bacchus4.0 Apr 2015 #19

a source? Ironing Man Apr 2015 #20