Pointing the finger at the wrong suspect

I was taken aback by Horst Bullinger’s contention that Margaret Thatcher “created the Falklands War” in order to satisfy her ego.

History tells us that the trouble was started by Argentina’s invasion of the Falklands on April 2, 1982, and not by Margaret Thatcher’s deed. Similarly, the Second World War was not started by Winston Churchill but by Adolph Hitler.

Mr Bullinger is correct if his contention was that Thatcher should have conceded and repatriated the British-linked population of 1,800 back to Britain and let the Argentinean dictator, General Leopoldo Galtieri, have his way. Losses could have been avoided. But he is out of his depth to state that Thatcher started this trouble.

With memories of Dunkirk and arrogance in having beaten the Germans, most Brits would never have conceded when physically challenged. The exception was the reversion of Hong Kong to Chinese rule, when Deng Xiaoping did not give an inch to Thatcher and she uncharacteristically had to retreat meekly.

Songdej Praditsmanont

Bangkok