wargaming in 80's- Belize

[Rick]

Well, Marigold, I've had my wrist slapped a few times over posts where someone didn't get my, albeit sometimes acerbic, sense of humour. I guess all of us have to be careful about what we say and try to bear in mind that humour sometimes doesn't travel awfully well - what you might consider a joke, another might view as a personal attack. Take responsibility, Carlos, and maybe dial it back a little?

[Westfalia Chris]

Well, Marigold, I've had my wrist slapped a few times over posts where someone didn't get my, albeit sometimes acerbic, sense of humour. I guess all of us have to be careful about what we say and try to bear in mind that humour sometimes doesn't travel awfully well - what you might consider a joke, another might view as a personal attack. Take responsibility, Carlos, and maybe dial it back a little?

Sensible words, those, although I would like for all involved to abide by them.

[HerbertTarkel]

Cool! Conflict with Norway might be a bit of a stretch mind you. NATO partner an all.

If you want another distraction, one that was actually quite a real prospect around this time then have a look the situation in Belize. The absence of a  quick reaction force from the RN, with most of its ships tied up in the Taskforce, would have been an enormous complication for the defence of Belize. Guatemala uses the cover of the Argentine invasion of the Falklands to muster OAS suport for its own invasion of Belize. The Guatemalan army is an interesting force in this period, with some exotic kit.

This is a valid argument for the era: the British forces are distracted by the Argies in Falklands, and have dwindling resources(thanks to Mags) - they literally had to pull a carrier out of decommission to send it - and as a result, the influence on British Honduras (Belize) was … thin.

Can’t argue that too many hotspots are able to be extinguished at once.