Rockhopper Share Chat (RKH)

She has failed to get real support from SA countries, lip service aside, even Ban Ki Moon has made the point of self determination, anything the old cnut tries will be seen for what it is, diversion from her disastrous administration.

I am not speaking about the oilies, they will not go home. I'm speaking about grabbing headlines

Well I'm afraid that international newspapers are not going to keep repeating the same statements from Kristina, that is not news anymore. She has acted irrationally and undiplomatically in disclosing her whole case publicly. She now has nowhere to go, and will lose credibility at home. If she wishes to persist, then the only way forward for her is some kind of direct action. That is the only card she has left herself which will grab the international headlines again. Reading between the lines I am sure that government anlyaists have reached the same conclusion, hence the talk of beefing up, or giving a show of strength out that way

Not a single day has been lost from argentine interference since drilling began back in early 2010, nor was any days lost in the 98 campaign when shell and other majors were drilling

if the arggies try anything at all ,not to sat they won't tho . but i can see this disturbing the work that needs doing if it does esculate , and might alter the timescale to production in the long term . i'm still more worried about other things tho than the arggies .

Apart from looking very childish, what can planting an argentine flag, taking a photo and having it on your toes achieve really?
This will cause a problem how exactly?
Do you think noble, edison, rkh, des, arg, bor, fogl & pmo will all pack up and go home?

IMO there is a real problem with the Argentine . Kristina has painted herself into a corner. i.e. she has raved and ranted about the FIs, but that has produced no result. She cannot do that again because it will illustrate to her home crowd that she has lost the argument. If she wishes to continue then the only course open to her is direct action. To my mind it will be a party landed in a remote cove to plant the Argentine flag and then skidaddle. Other alternatives include arresting a ship at sea, or sailing a warship through FIs waters. Whatever, it has got to be the next stage up in a confrontation

The point i was making was regarding the indices ie we are at the same levels we were five years ago,so no growth at all.Even if euro/usa have had a bad time of it there have been many countrys that have had very good growth china/india/brazil so on and guess what they all need oil more than ever before.And my last point is we had the massive sell of in the markets in the last few years because investors pulled there money out knowing we were heading towards a bad time,but what investors are thinking now where will we be in five years time if you think that euro/usa will be back on solid growth by then you put your money to work now as a investor.Remember the markets are forward looking not backwards.

http://en.mercopress.com/2013/01/14/uk-contingency-plans-to-ensure-no-outside-disruptions-of-falklands-march-referendum
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Interesting article -
http://www.eurasiareview.com/14012013-britain-preparing-for-new-falklands-war/
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