“We knew what we had to do and we went about it and did it. Great Britain is great again.”

Margaret Thatcher said that. Yes. Great Britain. Great agan. Because they won a war against Argentina for the Falkland Islands.

Hm.

My only reference point to the Falkland Islands War, to be honest, is from The Simpsons. Krusty the Clown puts in a tape of an old show because he has to be leaving for one reason or other, and says “I hope nobody notices.” The broadcast goes, Krusty juggling — and someone hands him a cuecard. “Breaking news. The Falkland Islands have been invaded! I repeat: The Falkland Islands have been invaded.” (whips out a map of the action and goes on). Krusty, watching the tape, says “Oy oy oy”, or whatever.

I wonder: did Reagan say “The United States is Great Again” after successfully bombing Grenada? We know that George H W Bush said that the “Vietnam syndrome has been wiped away and buried forever in the desert sands of the Arabian Peninsula” after Operation Desert Storm.

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