The Falklands War, a lesson to remember

Malvinas is the most brutal example of what the populism, the demagogy and the dregs to perpetuate oneself in power. And that's also the proof of how the blinded ambition and take the leaders to the edge of the madness The Falklands War who is now 37 years oldwas an invention conceived by the military junta, and a general who drank whiskey and went crazy but who was not crazy but sick of power.

Malvinas was a bold operation and suicidal intended to recover the popular membership from a diet that came collapse at a giant step. Some historians of the time, not some political badysts, also present it as the fact that accelerated the fall of the so-called national process of reorganizationand the return to democratic system.

I remember pictures and unforgettable scenes of the time. A square in front of the Falklands demanding the end of the bloody dictatorship. Another even more complete place in defense of the decision to occupy the Falklandswhat was hitched and capitalized by the upper brbad to satisfy their personal interests. And another popular demonstration, the most sad most felt, most heartbreaking it's gone after the defeatwhen already the lie we were winning he could not be supported, nor with the powerful censorship system of the advice The military

I also remember the most heartbreaking and unbearable image: that of the return of the soldiers who risked their lives on the islandsand that they had to go back almost hidden because part of the fury and the quarrel had been directed against them although they had not done more than fulfill the duty that the country asked them.

On this day and in this context, I would like to stress the importance of truth, above rumors, filthy operations and the great maneuvers of some political organizations that want and need to return to power. I would also like to call back Raúl Alfonsín, one of the few who he opposed the waralthough I knew that his position did not give him a voice, and that his thought was going contramano of the majority of the country's public opinion.

The lies, in politics, not only have short legs. They also leave serious injury and deep in the whole society. On the other hand, the truth, as painful as it is, is always better than a sweet lie, because sooner or later it will make us better.

* Editorial of the journalist Luis Majul in the program The evening in CNN Radio