In my lifetime, the war/conflict that most surprised me was The Falklands War.
Evidently, the link below is about a movie, i know nothing about it. Not a Netflix customer.
Our son was born in 1983. News was frightening. This reports says it lasted 74 days.
The human and material costs of protracted wars falls heaviest on the general masses. Very unwanted.
1982 / A Brief History of the Falklands War
The latest season of Netflix’s “The Crown” dramatizes the 1982 clash between Argentina and the United Kingdom
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ ... 180976349/
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i appreciate Trump’s consistent acknowledgement of pain+losses “ON BOTH SIDES”. i find that unusual in politics.
i was impressed with my mother’s sincere empathy for “ordinary people” in Russia during the AWFUL Cold War.
it’s REALLY popular to identify THE EVIL ONE, then let that serve as justification (for evil).
Trump isn’t always wrong.
Meanwhile, in The Falklands
Meanwhile, in The Falklands
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^^apologies for the Smithsonian Mag link.temporal1 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 4:56 pm In my lifetime, the war/conflict that most surprised me was The Falklands War.
Evidently, the link below is about a movie, i know nothing about it. Not a Netflix customer.
Our son was born in 1983. News was frightening. This reports says it lasted 74 days.
The human and material costs of protracted wars falls heaviest on the general masses. Very unwanted.
1982 / A Brief History of the Falklands War
The latest season of Netflix’s “The Crown” dramatizes the 1982 clash between Argentina and the United Kingdom
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ ... 180976349/
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i appreciate Trump’s consistent acknowledgement of pain+losses “ON BOTH SIDES”. i find that unusual in politics.
i was impressed with my mother’s sincere empathy for “ordinary people” in Russia during the AWFUL Cold War.
it’s REALLY popular to identify THE EVIL ONE, then let that serve as justification (for evil).
Trump isn’t always wrong.
i didn’t read carefully or view the video before referring to it. i counted on the Smithsonian to be .. more responsible than not.
it turned out to be more of a Netflix commercial ad, DEI, feminism-driven - - i won’t take it further to find a better source.
sorry.
i try to read/view BEFORE posting. this is a great example of why that’s important.
i went back to study it. not totally surprising, however, disappointing!
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i’m perfectly comfortable with an older, wiser, more docile Trump.
”Try hard not to offend. Try harder not to be offended.” Robert Martz
”Try hard not to offend. Try harder not to be offended.” Robert Martz
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It’s an article that provides the historical background for an episode or a popular Netflix TV show, “The Crown,” which is a fictionalized biography about Queen Elizabeth. It’s not DEI. It’s a TV show.temporal1 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 7:27 pm^^apologies for the Smithsonian Mag link.temporal1 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 4:56 pm In my lifetime, the war/conflict that most surprised me was The Falklands War.
Evidently, the link below is about a movie, i know nothing about it. Not a Netflix customer.
Our son was born in 1983. News was frightening. This reports says it lasted 74 days.
The human and material costs of protracted wars falls heaviest on the general masses. Very unwanted.
1982 / A Brief History of the Falklands War
The latest season of Netflix’s “The Crown” dramatizes the 1982 clash between Argentina and the United Kingdom
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ ... 180976349/
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i appreciate Trump’s consistent acknowledgement of pain+losses “ON BOTH SIDES”. i find that unusual in politics.
i was impressed with my mother’s sincere empathy for “ordinary people” in Russia during the AWFUL Cold War.
it’s REALLY popular to identify THE EVIL ONE, then let that serve as justification (for evil).
Trump isn’t always wrong.
i didn’t read carefully or view the video before referring to it. i counted on the Smithsonian to be .. more responsible than not.
it turned out to be more of a Netflix commercial ad, DEI, feminism-driven - - i won’t take it further to find a better source.
sorry.
i try to read/view BEFORE posting. this is a great example of why that’s important.
i went back to study it. not totally surprising, however, disappointing!
The video in the article is the trailer for the episode, The article itself is a pretty good historical background of the Falklands War which the episode refers to.
The article even has a section about how accurately the TV episode portrays the Falklands War and where it departs from it. This tension between accuracy and storytelling is characteristic of any dramatization of history.
Did you read the article?
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-- Isaiah 10:1-2
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i disagree. i believe i read in “ways that differ” because i was an adult when it happened, i have RT memories, AND i’m not drenched in blinding lib ideology.Szdfan wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 7:37 pmIt’s an article that provides the historical background for an episode or a popular Netflix TV show, “The Crown,” which is a fictionalized biography about Queen Elizabeth. It’s not DEI. It’s a TV show.temporal1 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 7:27 pm ^^apologies for the Smithsonian Mag link.
i didn’t read carefully or view the video before referring to it. i counted on the Smithsonian to be .. more responsible than not.
it turned out to be more of a Netflix commercial ad, DEI, feminism-driven - - i won’t take it further to find a better source.
sorry.
i try to read/view BEFORE posting. this is a great example of why that’s important.
i went back to study it. not totally surprising, however, disappointing!
The video in the article is the trailer for the episode, The article itself is a pretty good historical background of the Falklands War which the episode refers to.
The article even has a section about how accurately the TV episode portrays the Falklands War and where it departs from it. This tension between accuracy and storytelling is characteristic of any dramatization of history.
Did you read the article?
The Falklands are off topic, i’m trying not to pursue.
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i’m perfectly comfortable with an older, wiser, more docile Trump.
”Try hard not to offend. Try harder not to be offended.” Robert Martz
”Try hard not to offend. Try harder not to be offended.” Robert Martz
Re: Israel strikes Iran
So a show about Queen Elizabeth that features a sympathetic portrait of conservative icon Margaret Thatcher is DEI drenched in blinding lib ideology. Got it.temporal1 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 8:01 pmi disagree. i believe i read in “ways that differ” because i was an adult when it happened, i have RT memories, AND i’m not drenched in blinding lib ideology.Szdfan wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 7:37 pmIt’s an article that provides the historical background for an episode or a popular Netflix TV show, “The Crown,” which is a fictionalized biography about Queen Elizabeth. It’s not DEI. It’s a TV show.temporal1 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 7:27 pm ^^apologies for the Smithsonian Mag link.
i didn’t read carefully or view the video before referring to it. i counted on the Smithsonian to be .. more responsible than not.
it turned out to be more of a Netflix commercial ad, DEI, feminism-driven - - i won’t take it further to find a better source.
sorry.
i try to read/view BEFORE posting. this is a great example of why that’s important.
i went back to study it. not totally surprising, however, disappointing!
The video in the article is the trailer for the episode, The article itself is a pretty good historical background of the Falklands War which the episode refers to.
The article even has a section about how accurately the TV episode portrays the Falklands War and where it departs from it. This tension between accuracy and storytelling is characteristic of any dramatization of history.
Did you read the article?
The Falklands are off topic, i’m trying not to pursue.
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"Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless."
-- Isaiah 10:1-2
-- Isaiah 10:1-2
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Re: Meanwhile, in The Falklands
How could anything about Maggie and Liz not be "feminism-driven" though? 
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Re: Meanwhile, in The Falklands
It involves women, so yeah, I guess?ohio jones wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 10:08 pm How could anything about Maggie and Liz not be "feminism-driven" though?![]()
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"Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless."
-- Isaiah 10:1-2
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Re: Meanwhile, in The Falklands
The Falkland's war was the result of overreach on the part of the Argentine military dictatorship which was looking for a foreign military victory to distract from its failures at home.
And the British response was the result of wounded British pride and the notion that the British need to stand tall again in the world. Which the Argentines failed to gauge or understand. Plus, when have the British EVER shied away from a fight? They probably get into more wars than the Americans. And when they don't have their own wars, they join in on ours.
And the British response was the result of wounded British pride and the notion that the British need to stand tall again in the world. Which the Argentines failed to gauge or understand. Plus, when have the British EVER shied away from a fight? They probably get into more wars than the Americans. And when they don't have their own wars, they join in on ours.
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Re: Meanwhile, in The Falklands
Of course, feminism has been made a loaded word, unfortunately, now heavily politicized and deliberately divisive.ohio jones wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 10:08 pm How could anything about Maggie and Liz not be "feminism-driven" though?![]()
The two women are female, i’ll stop there. (Not everyone would!) Even those words are hotly disputed.
This topic might be be better labeled, “Meanwhile, in The Smithsonian Magazine” ..
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