Falklands Quote by Jonathan Raban
“The Falklands held a mirror up to our own islands, and it reflected, in brilliantly sharp focus, all our injured belittlement, our sense of being beleaguered, neglected and misunderstood.”
“The Falklands held a mirror up to our own islands, and it reflected, in brilliantly sharp focus, all our injured belittlement, our sense of being beleaguered, neglected and misunderstood.”
![“I was standing next to a famed geo-politician when the first news of the Argentine attack [on the Faulkland Islands] was received, and heard him muse incredulously: "An old-fashioned naval battle. A war between two civilized nations, perhaps with even a declaration of war, and later a peace…” quote by William Safire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/da4/william-safire-5116_age_i-was-standing-next-to-a-famed-geo-polit_2646806.jpg)
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