of margaret s position. it is easy to forget now how unpopular mrs thatcher had become before the falklands. the risks of going to war were huge, but british sovereignty had been violated by an act of aggression and, for her, the imperative was clear. the government has now decided that l a large task force will sail as soon . as all preparations are complete. the first ships set sail on the 5th of april. the war began at sea, a british submarine sank the argentine battleship general belgrano, on may the 2nd. two days later, the argentines struck the royal navy destroyer hms sheffield. when they landed on the islands, british troops had to walk 90 miles across rough ground, carrying 50 pound packs. a new verb entered the language, tojomp. 255 british servicemen were killed, more than 600 argentines.
and south. none of the major areas, none of the major points of the capitals of each of these provinces, but they were all over the country. and the idea that if i had said on may the 2nd or third, we are not leaving, we are staying, does anybody truly believe that i would not have had to put insignificant more american forces? send your sons, your daughters, like mao my sun was sent to iraq to maybe die? and for what? for what? the only rational thing to do in my view was to set up an pre position american forces for the purpose of evacuation in the aircraft to preposition those ahead of time so that we could be able to begin the process of evacuation of american citizens, and
countryside, north and south. none of the major areas, none of the major points of the capitals of each of the provinces, but they were all over the country, and the idea that if i had said on may the 2nd or 3rd we are not leaving, but we are staying, does anybody truly believe that i would not have had to put in significantly more american forces, send your sons and your daughters and like my son was sent to iraq to maybe die and for what? for what? so the only rational thing to do in my view was to set up and preposition american forces for the purpose of evacuation and the aircraft to preposition those ahead of time so that we would be able to begin the process of evacuation of
this. there are only three of them in the world. on that s side. that s johnny. and that s june right there. steve: while you have the guitar right there. could you play happy birthday? because we got right over here billy dean your pal bringing in happy birthday to you happy birthday to you has been to you has been birthday dear gary happy birthday to you happy birthday to you you old man you you didn t know i wrote happy birthday. how are you billy boy? happy birthday. you are a couple weeks early hey 69 do it now. i may not make it. that s what i was thinking. ainsley: we know you are about to turn 70. when is the actual day. may the 2nd.
search identified an appropriate, protectable venue that is available on the afternoon of may 2nd. brian: ann coulter has a problem with the date. she is like wait a second, that s not good with me. i want the original date. you pay for my change of hotel. you pay for my change of ticket. how do you know i m free that day? steve: if they can figure out a safe place on may the 2nd. they can figure out one the day she is actually going to show up. ainsley: gives less time for protesters to israelite troops. steve: besides, it s a college campus. she should be protected if she is going to talk. berkeley famous for the free speech effort. ainsley: i will say good for them for reversing the decision for free speech. brian: good for ann for turning up the pressure. ainsley: i know. steve: trying to turn it to dead week when everybody is actually studying and probably wouldn t be available. what s interesting is there was a new york times reporter, former reporter who insinuated free speech