Dalyell's war

This continues the series in which I recount the arguments advanced by Tam Dalyell, veteran Labour MP and anti-war campaigner, in his book One Man's Falklands (1982), a fierce critique of Mrs Thatcher and the whole Falklands campaign. This is from the chapter with the ominous title "What of the Future?", and is on p. 123:

From my knowledge of informed opinion about Argentine industry through my links with New Scientist, I see no reason to doubt [the Argentine junta's] claim to be able to produce a nuclear device "within a year". Given that the single most emotional event during the war for ordinary people in Buenos Aires was the torpedoing of the Belgrano by a nuclear-powered submarine, would it be easy to deny popular demand in Argentina for the possession of nuclear weapons? And once possessed, what response would we make to protect a British garrison in the Falklands? The implications are disturbing, to say the least, and should not be forgotten in any consideration of Britain's action in the Falklands.

It is undeniable that Dalyell's warning about Argentine nuclear weapons has indeed been forgotten in marking the 25th anniversary of the Falklands War.