Falklands - Malvinas

[Alvin Walton]

The USA is siding with Argentina?
Do you have any links stating that?
I find it quite odd since we helped the Brits quite a bit during the last conflict.

[RedskinRat]

Originally Posted by Alvin Walton

The USA is siding with Argentina?
Do you have any links stating that?
I find it quite odd since we helped the Brits quite a bit during the last conflict.

Depends on what you think 'quite a bit' is.


The U.S. government disappointed the British by initially attempting to remain neutral. Though aware of Argentina's poor human rights record, there were some in the Reagan administration, most prominently UN Ambassador Jeanne Kirkpatrick, who viewed the anticommunist Argentine government as a potential ally in the struggle to resist the spread of Marxism in Latin America. London did not fail to note that Kirkpatrick was guest of honor at a dinner held by Argentine's ambassador to Washington on the very day that 2,500 Argentine troops stormed Port Stanley on East Falkland Island. While the European Common Market's ten nations banned Argentine imports in a show of support for Britain, the tepid U.S. response threatened the stability of the NATO alliance.

No link, sorry, just what I've heard from unnamed reliable sources. Once it becomes common knowledge and I get a press release I'll bung it up here.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by RedskinRat

Depends on what you think 'quite a bit' is.


The U.S. government disappointed the British by initially attempting to remain neutral. Though aware of Argentina's poor human rights record, there were some in the Reagan administration, most prominently UN Ambassador Jeanne Kirkpatrick, who viewed the anticommunist Argentine government as a potential ally in the struggle to resist the spread of Marxism in Latin America. London did not fail to note that Kirkpatrick was guest of honor at a dinner held by Argentine's ambassador to Washington on the very day that 2,500 Argentine troops stormed Port Stanley on East Falkland Island. While the European Common Market's ten nations banned Argentine imports in a show of support for Britain, the tepid U.S. response threatened the stability of the NATO alliance.

No link, sorry, just what I've heard from unnamed reliable sources. Once it becomes common knowledge and I get a press release I'll bung it up here.

That clip goes back to Reagan. Is this that falking old?

[RedskinRat]

Originally Posted by firstdown

That clip goes back to Reagan. Is this that falking old?

Yes, sir, it is.

[HailGreen28]

Originally Posted by Alvin Walton

The USA is siding with Argentina?
Do you have any links stating that?
I find it quite odd since we helped the Brits quite a bit during the last conflict.

Obama's said we're neutral on that issue. (darnit not allowed to post link yet)

The Brits aren't happy about that. But I'd be surprised if we didn't help the British at least as much now as we did last time. If Argentina invades or blockades the Falklands, say tomorrow.