http://www.thepunch.com.au/tags/falklands-war/ Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-on-open-thread-02-04-2010/ Welcome to Friday @ The Punch Today in 1982 Argentina invaded the Falklands. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-on-open-thread-02-04-2010/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-on-open-thread-02-04-2010/#item2740 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 History looks inevitable because we’ve lived it;  we think it happened that way because it had to happen that way. But history is really a series of hinge points, choices taken and not taken, each of which could have changed the future a little. Even the most insignificant can make a massive difference. Everyone knows, for instance, that the First World War was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Fedinand at Sarajevo.  What most people forget is that the killing only happened after the assassination attempt proper had failed; and that the gunman Gavrilo Princip only got his chance on his way home, because the Archduke’s driver took a wrong turn and stalled the car. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-chance-conversation-that-helped-thatcher-win-her-war/ History looks inevitable because we’ve lived it;  we think it happened that way because it had to happen that way. But history is really a series of hinge points, choices taken and not taken, each of which could have changed the future a little. Even the most insignificant can make a massive difference. Everyone knows, for instance, that the First World War was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Fedinand at Sarajevo.  What most people forget is that the killing only happened after the assassination attempt proper had failed; and that the gunman Gavrilo Princip only got his chance on his way home, because the Archduke’s driver took a wrong turn and stalled the car. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-chance-conversation-that-helped-thatcher-win-her-war/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-chance-conversation-that-helped-thatcher-win-her-war/#item2523 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 History looks inevitable because we’ve lived it;  we think it happened that way because it had to happen that way. But history is really a series of hinge points, choices taken and not taken, each of which could have changed the future a little. Even the most insignificant can make a massive difference. Everyone knows, for instance, that the First World War was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Fedinand at Sarajevo.  What most people forget is that the killing only happened after the assassination attempt proper had failed; and that the gunman Gavrilo Princip only got his chance on his way home, because the Archduke’s driver took a wrong turn and stalled the car.