SEGURIDAD Y DEFENSA

"NOT ME"

How the risen duty to defend the sovereignty of Argentina, actually not concerned London

By Dany Smith

No doubt that in Argentina, there are many things that have changed radically and some have done so in a way that has left stunned more than one government on the world stage. One of those who received the blow has been the same Foreign Office that after hearing about the incident with the fishing Chinese flag that was within 200 nautical miles corresponding to Argentine waters, immediately called a consultation reserved with Defense Minister British Michael Fallon to report what the situation of its vessels and the area under exclusive control of the Royal Navy.

A ship of the Argentina Naval Prefecture detected and found the Chinese fishing vessel "Lu Yan Yuan" hands in the dough and after being intimated to stop their engines and prepare for the approach, the crew of the Asian ship ignoring the order, try to escape into international waters which resulted in the exercise of the prerogatives of the Argentine captain of opening fire first warning to stop their engines or be sunk. Without ignoring the captain of the ship ordered Argentina fire on the hull of the fishing resulting in the disablement of its waterline and the obligation of the Chinese crew to leave the ship immediately. There is no doubt that the Chinese were surprised by the attitude of the Argentine since it was a well-known custom among fishing fleets entering these waters, that his prefecture did not take direct action against their units and that it lot, would only warning shots.

Beyond the issues that has raised this fact and the consequences that will bring to Argentina with his business partner China, to London he did not like anything to see how the Argentina Navy seems to have regained its actual operation on its waters, especially on the southern especially of interest to the occupants "Kelpers" and his political friends in Britain. And, the "Kelpers" have been serving usurped waters around the Falklands islands among other products, to obtain products and seafood by granting fishing several foreign fleets operating under the flags of other countries and who pay a fee to the government of the islands. On these last, over the years the area of ​​British influence over the waters and over Argentine airspace has grown in such a way that military ships British and scanning planes touching the shores of the continent without - and was wait- had complaints and even less action by the Argentine government. But although the inhabitants of Patagonia places like Caleta Olivia or Rawson been seen as airplanes British Nimrod simply fly over their heads without in appearances, could be intercepted by fighters, none of it was aired by the stupid capital's media avocados to distract people with silly trifles. Now What fighters could be released if the country was virtually no air force?

Precisely and after this incident with the Chinese ship, the representatives of Foreign Office saw useful and urgent that the charge of the defense who had been just a few months earlier by that archipelago in the South Atlantic, gave a detailed report on the status of their forces in the area, the potential threat of Argentina naval force for fishing and oil exploration business being developed around the islands and beyond. And although the advent of neoliberal government of Mauricio Macri has been met with uproar by the cabinet Cameron and gives another quality in bilateral relations between London and Buenos Aires, responsible for external affairs and defense do not yield a millimeter when It is talking about Argentina and its ambitions over the Falkland annoying and surrounding islands.

Nimrod Plane of RAF

According to some sources reserved in London, the episode caused a hectic morning at the General Staff of His Majesty in "Whitehall" in London, especially between the Department of naval information and the office of Commander in Chief of the Fleet that had already been warned from Buenos Aires minutes after the fact via cable attache at the embassy. At the meeting would have taken place unofficially character and reserved between the minister of defense agencies the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with Secretary Philip Hammond and two senior officers of the Royal Naval British would have discussed the possible consequences of allowing the Argentina episodes like these. According to some disloyalty, one of the guidelines concern in the highest degree those responsible for the government and especially the interests of his Majesty is that the Argentina Navy to operate in a similar forcefulness against fishing vessels authorized by the Kelper government and supported directly by London to operate in the southern waters.

For over thirty years, and especially the British Kelpers- have felt more secure with Argentine governments that became after 1982, which in addition to not do anything for the sake of the islands, looked the other way when warships of the royal fleet of his majesty and even battle groups such as the 4th fleet of the Navy of the United States, they are entering and transiting through the Argentine territorial waters beyond the 300-mile exclusion around of the Falklands islands. Even when he began charging fee fishing and step as tax collection policy for the Crown in Argentine waters, from Buenos Aires shift pasatistas including the K- Revolutionaries turned a blind eye to the real aberration against the sovereignty of his country. Undoubtedly, for local politicians, real scoundrels avenidos on officials with high claims and much higher salaries, have seen better way to spend their turn at the Casa Rosada, shut up and reach out to receive benefits as good policies, behind the knowledge of his people, only benefit foreign interests which those scoundrels receive only crumbs of what is gained with these spoliation.

Beyond the runs, the British know that there is nothing to worry about, not only by ideological closeness they see in the government of Macri but also and more importantly, because they control the millimeter retooling that is receiving the Argentine Armed Forces which many received equipment and implements, which made NATO allies deliver him only out of time lags for modern warfare.

And also strictly political, in the "10 Downing Street" no concerns about what has emerged from this sudden attack value of the Argentine government to respect and protect the interests of its maritime sovereignty. According to some cliques in Parliament, they say the same Cameron discussed among his few hours after the incident aware that "we must not be alarmed by this; Argentina has no capacity to attack our fleet in the Falklands and that has been clear the new government. " But even it is not necessary that the British elite is expressed on thinking or waiting for this unprecedented event. It is well known in London that one of the things that the new Argentine government will not do, it will claim for sovereignty over the islands and even has Mr. President Mauricio Macri, as a friend of the family and with friends, not there may be disputes.