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Pope Francis branded Britain
´usurpers´ over Falklands conflict
Telegraph [UK], by Donna Bowater
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Posted By:HKMK55, 3/14/2013 4:52:31 PM
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| Rio de Janeiro - During a Mass on April 2 last year to mark the 30th anniversary of the start of the war, Bergoglio called for the vindication of "all" of those who fought against the British over the Falklands Islands. "We come to pray for those who have fallen, sons of the homeland who set out to defend his mother, the homeland, to claim the country that is theirs and they were usurped," he said. "Many young people were there and could not return. Others returned but none could forget. "Many scars, many families destroyed by permanent absence or a return cut short. The country needs to remember them all."
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Comments:
I wondered whether Pope Francis being from Argentina might have bearing on the Falkland situation.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Halfvast Conspirator, 3/14/2013 5:08:09 PM (No. 9225372)
Yo, Frank, we´re talking about the Maldives here!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
RockingStrata, 3/14/2013 5:29:48 PM (No. 9225398)
No, the Pope has not yet said it. The man who is now Pope said it.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
The Advocate, 3/14/2013 5:48:27 PM (No. 9225417)
Would it be better if he told the survivors their loved ones died for a lie?
Argentina was once one if the richest nations on earth until Peron.
Perhaps if they can get rid of Kirchner - they will be again.
Kitchener- didn´t many Nazis flee to Argentina-some with US assistance?
Is there a connection with CJ John Roberts adoption of two white children allegedly from Argentina by way of Ireland?
Is that why he caved on Obamatax?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
thelmalou, 3/14/2013 6:15:16 PM (No. 9225453)
I didn´t see anything in this article that proves he is on the side of Argentina in this. He remembered those who had fallen in the conflict, which I think is fine. And it may be that he is on Argentina´s side. But I didn´t get that from this.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Attercliffe, 3/14/2013 7:09:28 PM (No. 9225519)
#4, the notion that Francis backs Kirchner came about because of his use of the word "usurped." Generally speaking, it means something taken illegally, i.e., the Argentinians reclaimed "their" country but the British took it back from them illegally.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
BuckeyeRon, 3/14/2013 7:32:09 PM (No. 9225543)
Understand this is a big issue in the British press, but cannot we leave Pope Francis out of this current mess...he has bigger fish to fry. President Reagan and his partner Margaret Thatcher had bigger fish to fry, the Soviet Union and China, when the Falklands became an issue and Reagan helped Maggie 30 years. The topic caused many of our eyes to glaze over then, as it does now. If the UK wants to hold onto the Falklands, it´s their business and not even ours. They doubtfully could hold on to Diego Garcia if we weren´t leasing a base there. A couple of reality-check news links:
No British submarines to patrol Falkland Islands
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/383125/No-British-submarines-to-patrol-Falkland-Islands
Navy forced to drop warship patrols in Caribbean through lack of funds
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/feb/07/nacy-abandons-caribbean-warship-patrols
Cuts force Royal Navy to drop Somalia piracy patrol
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/08/royal-navy-cuts-somalia-piracy-patrol
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bob913, 3/14/2013 8:04:29 PM (No. 9225574)
Burn the heretic!! : )
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
bighambone, 3/14/2013 8:27:09 PM (No. 9225601)
He said what he said about the Falklands War when he was a citizen of Argentina. So what did you expect him to say and exist in Argentina?
Chances are that from now on he will not be commenting on the Falkland Islands.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
zoidberg, 3/14/2013 9:56:14 PM (No. 9225701)
Don´t cry for me, Papa Franco!
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