Dr. Peter Beter Audio Letter 74: South Georgia; Naval War; Rockfeller- April 30, 1982
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Date: 2014-10-17

Dr. Peter David Beter - Audio Letter 74 - April 30, 1982
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MP3: http://archive.org/download/DrPeterBeter_AudioVideoLetters/drpeterbetter_audioletter_74.mp3
(1) The military secret of South Georgia Island
(2) The secret naval war of the Southern Hemisphere
(3) The Rockefeller fear campaign against nuclear war

" Hello, my friends, this is Dr. Beter. Today is April 30,
1982, and this is my AUDIO LETTER(R) No. 74.

It's now been almost one month since war broke out in the South
Atlantic. On the surface it seems that it's only a dispute
between Argentina and Great Britain over the barren, wind-swept
Falkland Islands and South Georgia Island. In reality, it's far
more than that.

The so-called Falklands crisis is just the visible tip of a
giant military operation. During this month of April 1982,
fierce naval battles have taken place--not only in the South
Atlantic but also in the South Pacific. Up to now most of the
hostilities have been kept under wraps by wartime censorship on
all sides. But as I say these words, the naval war in the
Southern Hemisphere is about to come to the surface.

Beginning today, April 30, a total naval and air blockade of
the Falklands by the Royal Navy has begun. At the same time a
counterblockade has been declared by Argentina in the same area.

To be effective, a blockade must be imposed over a period of
time, but the Royal Navy does not have that much time. Winter is
coming on in the South Atlantic, and the British supply lines are
overextended. Having come this far, Her Majesty's navy cannot
simply drop the blockade and sail away in a few weeks time
without drawing blood from Argentina. As a result the British
will be forced to undertake military operations very soon no
matter how risky they may be.

There is also another reason why the Royal Navy now has no
choice but to engage the Argentine forces in combat. That
reason, my friends, is that the Royal Navy has already suffered
losses in secret combat this month. Up to this moment there will
be no way to explain away the damage which has been sustained by
the British fleet. Only when publicly admitted fighting erupts
will the British dare to admit that they have suffered battle
losses. To obtain that cover story, the British have no choice
but to sail into combat; but in doing so, they will be risking
even heavier losses on top of those already sustained. In short,
my friends, Her Majesty's navy has sailed into a trap.

The events now unfolding in the South Atlantic carry strange,
ironic echoes of the past. For weeks now we've been hearing
countless commentators referring to the British task force as an
"armada" (quote). The British of all people ought to be very
uneasy with that description. The original Spanish Armada 400
years ago was renowned as a seemingly invincible fighting force,
but it came to grief in a naval disaster so complete that it
changed the course of history--and it was none other than the
English navy that destroyed the Spanish Armada.

The original Spanish Armada put to sea in 1588 during the
reign of England's Queen Elizabeth I. The Armada was an invasion
fleet carrying thousands of crack fighting men to invade England.
They were met by the daring sea dogs of Sir Francis Drake. Drake
and his small, fast ships turned the tables on the Spanish Armada
by changing the rules of battle. The English fleet was equipped
with new longer-range guns, and it stayed upwind and out of
reach. From there the English pounded, smashed, and shattered
the big ships of the mighty Armada. When it was all over, barely
half the Spanish fleet was left to limp back to port. Drake's
defeat of the Spanish Armada was a shock to the world. It opened
the door for England under Queen Elizabeth I to start its
expansion into a truly global empire.

Today, 400 years later, history seems to have come full
circle. Queen Elizabeth II is witnessing the dismantling of the
world empire whose heyday began under Queen Elizabeth I, and now
the cultures of England and of Spain are once again in
confrontation. Once again a so-called armada is preparing for
invasion, but this time the armada is British, not Spanish. Four
hundred years ago Sir Francis Drake was the hero of the day;
today, the ghost of Francis Drake is once again on the scene.

The South Atlantic war zone is at the eastern end of the Drake
Passage around the southern tip of South America. The defeat of
the Spanish Armada four centuries ago broke the back of Spain's
naval supremacy, and now the defeat of the new British armada may
well break the back of what remains of the once glorious Royal
Navy. [...]"