Leopoldo Galtieri citations

Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri Castelli [leoˈpoldo foɾtuˈnato ɣalˈtjeɾi kasˈteʎi], né à Castelar, province de Buenos Aires, le 15 juillet 1926 et mort à Buenos Aires, le 12 janvier 2003, est un militaire et homme d'État argentin qui occupe la présidence de la Nation du 22 décembre 1981 au 18 juin 1982, pendant la période dite de Proceso de Reorganización Nacional.

Pour contenir le mécontentement populaire croissant face à la situation politique et économique du pays, il essaie de dévier les tensions en déclenchant la guerre des Malouines. Il abandonne sa charge à la suite de l'échec de cette opération. Ses actions comme commandant des forces armées amènent à sa condamnation par le Conseil suprême des Forces Armées pendant le mandat de Raúl Alfonsín. Il est gracié par Carlos Menem, mais meurt en accomplissant de la prison préventive sous arrêt domiciliaire et ce, pour d'autres faits. Wikipedia  

✵ 15. juillet 1926 – 12. janvier 2003
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Leopoldo Galtieri: Citations en anglais

“The blood that is spilling is not my responsibility. It is the responsibility of Mrs. 'No.”

"Quotation of the day" http://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/23/nyregion/quotation-of-the-day-157473.html, The New York Times (May 23, 1982)

“… for 149 years, the Argentines have denounced the assault by the British in 1833 when they stole the Falklands, and have tried to recover them through diplomatic channels or through the United Nations for 17 years… British colonization could not continue.”

Reportaje de Oriana Fallaci a Leopoldo F. Galtieri http://archivohistorico.educ.ar/content/reportaje-de-oriana-fallaci-leopoldo-f-galtieri#sthash.ZQrMQt2O.dpuf, Revista El porteño, August 1982

“I am going because the Army did not give me the political support to continue as commander and President of the nation. I am not one of those who abandon the ship in the middle of tempests or difficult hours such as those the nation is living in today. The people of the nation know this.”

"AROUND THE WORLD; Former Argentina Chief Testifies on War" http://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/25/world/around-the-world-former-argentina-chief-testifies-on-war.html, The New York Times (March 25, 1983)

“The dispatch of a naval force and the peremptory outcome that Great Britain tried to impose are clear demonstrations that that country persists in addressing the question with arguments based on force, and that the solution is sought through the simple refusal to recognize Argentinian rights. In view of that unacceptable intention, the Argentine Government could have no other response than the one it has just made by taking action. The Argentinian position can in no way be considered a form of aggression against the present inhabitants of the islands. Their rights and ways of life will be respected with the same generosity with which we respected those peoples we liberated during our independence movement. Yet we will not yield to the intimidatory deployment of the British forces; far from using peaceful diplomatic channels, they have threatened the indiscriminate use of those forces. Our forces will act only to the extent strictly necessary. They will in no way disrupt the life of the islanders. On the contrary, they will protect those institutions and persons who agree to coexist with us, but they will not tolerate any excesses either in the islands or on the mainland. We have a clear appreciation of the stance adopted and it is in defence of this stance that the Argentine nation has risen, the whole nation, spiritually and materially.”

President Galtieri’s address to the nation https://teachwar.wordpress.com/resources/war-justifications-archive/falklandsmalvinas-war-1982/#arg1, 2 April 1982

“My own opinion on Mrs Thatcher is very simple: I think she's unsuited to our historical period, and I say this referring to her as a prime minister, and not as a woman.”

Reportaje de Oriana Fallaci a Leopoldo F. Galtieri http://archivohistorico.educ.ar/content/reportaje-de-oriana-fallaci-leopoldo-f-galtieri#sthash.ZQrMQt2O.dpuf, Revista El porteño, August 1982

“I thought we could have put up more of a fight. Not that we were going to win, but that we would offer more resistance.”

General Who Led Argentina In Falkland War Is Detained http://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/12/world/general-who-led-argentina-in-falkland-war-is-detained.html, The New York Times (April 12, 1983)

“Observe where the islands are located, how the continental shelf extends over that area and connects the coast with the islands. It's easy to see the natural correlation between them and the mainland. Indeed, the Falklands belonged, and will belong, to us both historically and geographically.”

Reportaje de Oriana Fallaci a Leopoldo F. Galtieri http://archivohistorico.educ.ar/content/reportaje-de-oriana-fallaci-leopoldo-f-galtieri#sthash.ZQrMQt2O.dpuf, Revista El porteño, August 1982

“The flag of Argentina is raised here. For all the respect I have for the English people, Great Britain should understand that history has gone by, that centuries have passed, the world has evolved and certain things from the past cannot return.”

"Galtieri, in the Falklands, strikes a conciliatory note" http://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/23/world/galtieri-in-the-falklands-strikes-a-conciliatory-note.html, The New York Times (April 23, 1982)

“We are prepared to continue the dialogue, to search for ways to compose it together, to satisfy the interests of Great Britain, of the people of the Malvinas.”

"Galtieri, in the Falklands, strikes a conciliatory note" http://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/23/world/galtieri-in-the-falklands-strikes-a-conciliatory-note.html, The New York Times (April 23, 1982)