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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, JUNE 25, 1982
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Hueys, two Augustas, a Puma and a big twin-rotor Chinook. The
Argentines left more than 100 vehicles in Port Stanley alone, at
least three million rounds of rifle ammunition, 12 French-built
Panhard armored cars and a large number of radio sets.
All the supplies and equipment are being carefully listed by the
British, but an officer said it would take six months to account
for all the ammunition alone.:-:-.
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"I was very impressed with the standard of the communications and
radar equipment they had," Engineer Major David McPherson said.
"There was so much of it I couldn't believe it was true. I was
like a
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in �yshop.
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British troops were impressed by the quantity of Argentine laser
range finders and night sights, some costing $34,400 each and
better than the ones the British had. "They had good kit, good
food and good weaponry," an officer said. "There� .!l2 shortage
of � or anything else. You name it, they had it." But British
officers believe there were grave shortcomings in organization
and distribution.
As a result of the victory in the Falklands War, Britain is on "cloud nine"
so to speak. Ephraim's pride (Hosea 5: 5) is riding high. In an article
written in the SUNDAY EXPRESS, June 13, 1982 (before war's end), titled
"Beyond the Blood and Sweat of Battle an Even Greater Victory is Being Won,"
author George Gardiner wrote:
It is as if over recent weeks we have rediscovered certain things
about ourselves, things that have lain dormant and forgotten for
a long time but which now we have recognised them, give our
future totally different meaning.
First,� have rediscovered our NATIONAL UNITY.•..This unity has
cut across all the usual boundaries of colour and of class. I can
think of no time since 1945 when the British people have been so
conscious of standing shoulder to shoulder in common cause.
Second, we have rediscovered NATIONAL LEADERSHIP. Ever since the
invaders�et foot on the Falklands, Margaret Thatcher has known
exactly what her objectives were. When some of her cabinet have
wavered she has stood firm. She has spoken for our people, and
been an inspiration to them. We have not known such leadership
for more than 40 years, and we have responded to it.
Third,� have rediscovered NATIONAL PRIDE--the pride that comes
from fighting alone for an indisputably just cause. This embar
rasses some of the softies of the "liberal" press who brand it as
crude jingoism. It is no such thing. If these men cannot feel
pride in the bravery of their armed forces, that points to a
defect in their character not ours.
Finally, we have rediscovered NATIONAL CONFIDENCE.
This will
have a profound effect on our performance in all sorts of fields
long after the smoke of battle has cleared from the Falklands.
For a quarter of a century the British people have lived under