Thread 17926440

What were the argies thinking?

>>17926440 (OP)
>be argie government
>be very unpopular
>know that the chances of getting overthrown is likely unless you find find a way to get people to like you again
>to incompetent/corrupt to them to like you via economic success or political reform
>decide best option is some military campaign
>decide on faklands since they are poorly defended and with Britain being far away you assume they would just roll over
>make up some bs about how it was always yours but you will reclaim it to rally the nation
>initially works
>major problem comes when Britain doesn't back down
>rest is history

>>17926440 (OP)
They weren't

>>17926441

You forgot

>think your military is hot shit because they're adept at terrorizing civilians who can't fight back (granted, most of them were Communists who deserved worse, but my point stands) and have quite literally zero experience going up against an opponent who cannot (and more importantly WILL NOT) be pushed around

any good books on the falklands war?