The sovereignty of the Falkland Islands was brought up by an Argentinian football player, holding a sign which read, “Las Malvinas Son Argentinas” (“The Falklands are Argentine”).
The accompanying story included, “they fought a short conflict over the islands in 1982, in which 649 Argentine soldiers and 255 British combatants died.”
Can someone explain to me the difference?
I suppose a combatant could be someone fighting for a cause but not in the military.
Sad to bring all that up again.
Its needs noting, none of the players last night were born in 1982, what does that suggest?
It suggests that there is a degree on animosity against the English.
Not born when all that went down? Maybe they learnt about at school.
It wouldn’t happen at a Polo game.
Learnt behaviour perhaps?
If we’re in Glasgow and there’s an “Auld Firm” game on my family strongly recommend staying in!
What is the difference between a soldier and a combatant?
Combatant is the literal translation of combatient. Soldier is more idiomatic.
Think Ireland also, where next generations grow up to hate the English. Some of those footballers might have had family killed in the conflict and are looking for revenge.
There was a lot of German hate in the UK after the war, and perhaps there still is.
My foreman when I was an engineer was a sailor during the war with Japan and claimed to have seen some horrible things done to the British by the Japanese. He would never buy a Japanese car and would persecute anyone that did.
Old wounds are still tender with some people.
