has anyone read this book? is there any truth in this?:

According to the book Rendez-Vous: The Psychoanalysis of Fran?ois Mitterrand, at the height of the Falklands war, Thatcher threatened to nuke Argentina unless President Mitterrand handed over disabling codes for the French-built Exocet missiles which were pounding British ships

Posted By: Worzel Scrimmage on May 17th 2010 at 16:55:43

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Jolly good.... (General Chat) - DrDublin, May 17, 16:51:40
- haha (General Chat) - Huge Small, May 17, 17:41:55
  - that was my favourite line, too. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 17, 17:46:26
    - Seconded. Good that. True too. Far too many reasonable things mentioned. (General Chat) - megson, May 17, 19:19:03
- has anyone read this book? is there any truth in this?: (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 17, 16:55:43
  - "disabling codes for the French-built Exocet missiles" (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, May 17, 17:11:34
  - Article on it here. But if you think about it for more than a few minutes, (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 17, 17:03:22
    - I'm sure she never would've done it (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 17, 17:16:04
      - A completely empty and un-credible threat isn't much of a threat though. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 17, 17:34:49
        
        I'm sure Mitterrand was aware that she was already quite mad (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 17, 19:55:20
    - "You can?t win a struggle against the insular syndrome of an unbridled Englishwoman." (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 17, 17:08:33
      - Not sure quite what it means to be an 'unbridled Englishwoman'... (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 17, 17:10:40
        
        Camilla? (n/m) (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, May 17, 17:10:57
        
        ha ha. SamCam. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 17, 17:11:35
        
        She's given up her 'top job' you know (General Chat) - camcan, May 17, 17:15:23
        
        she didn't even design them, did she? She was a 'consultant' I think (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 17, 17:23:16
        
        She's now a part-time Creative Consultant (General Chat) - camcan, May 17, 17:42:27
        
        ha ha (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 17, 17:53:12
        
        "part-time Creative Consultant". That really does merit a (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 17, 17:47:29
        
        Ha. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 17, 17:11:27

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