Don’t cry for me, Argentina...
/johnny
The Brits might not have a big force any more, but let nobody doubt their professionalism and courage. Not for a second! They are world class in their categories, ship for ship and battalion for battalion.
Have we gotten to a wussification point in history where being called “the conqueror” is a negative?
Argentina’s greed for the Falklands is exactly that, unmitigated colonialist greed. Never mind that Argentina nor Argentinians have done SQUAT there for centuries, that it was almost entirely colonized by the British, is entirely occupied BY British AND routinely votes overwhelmingly to REMAIN British.
This is rather like Gibraltar and Spain. Not happening. Get over it. It’d be like the USA deciding, in 2012, that “We’re closer to Martinique than France is, so it’s not French anymore. Nonny-nonny.”
Might the Falklands be Argentinian if we somehow newly discovered the islands, pristine and uninhabited by humans, today? Sure. But that’s not the situation.
Interesting that the US overlooks its own Monroe Doctrine concerning the Falkland incursions.
The scar on Kirchner’s throat from her recent thyroid surgery is quite visible and she does not look all that well. Few do after such surgery. Benign. But still traumatic. Best if she sits this one out. Better to verbalize against Britain than attack the Falklands. Nothing to gain. Much to lose.
All the Brits have to do is send a squad of Gurkhas down there and the enemy will run screaming for home.
Talk about sending a message, Sending the newest ship in the fleet and a Prince down there to show the flag. A pretty smart move by the Royal Navy.