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by JumpCrisscross 2229 days ago
My analogy to the Falklands War was in it being a failing junta‘s Hail Mary, an attempt to detract from problems at home.

Galtieri gambled Britain would ignore the provocation. He was wrong. He lost. And then he was deposed.

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> it being a failing junta‘s Hail Mary

Oh, for a minute there, I thought you meant Thatcher. lol.