1- Thatcher is sui generis.
2- Argentina ain't al Qaeda.
I don't think Thatcher was sui gereris, I believe she was a leader and the dearth of leadership in the post ww2 world simply makes her seem 'sui generis'.
When the Falklands was attacked the world began their usual chatter about "crisis" and "process". Thatcher on the other hand ACTED by sending over some guys with guns and the thing was settled.
As far as Argentina not being Al Qaeda: Thatcher only had Argentina to respond to; HOW she responded is the factor, NOT that there are perhaps other values in the present equation. For all we know she may have responded to the present war with a much BROADER front than Predsident Bush has but THAT would have required a level of leadership not EVER seen post WWII
<< When the Falklands was attacked the world began [Its] usual chatter about "crisis" and "process". Thatcher on the other hand acted by sending over some guys with guns and the thing was settled. >>
And then cravenly surrendered Sovereign Once-FRee British Hong Hong and its seven and a half million once-FRee citizens into slavery. The only such surrender, ever!
Thatcher only seemed comparatively ballsy when viewed among the shower of indistinguishable from one another gormless gutless elitist emasculated, feminized, homosexualized socialist nincompoops that have, from Chamberlain through Atlee, Eden, Macmillan, Douglas-Home, Wilson, Heath, Callaghan, Major to Blair, occupied the increasingly-irrelevant office of british prime minister.