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REVEALED: Secret plot to give Falklands to ARGENTINA & send islanders to live in SCOTLAND
Express ^ | 1/20/17 | Will Kirby

Posted on 01/20/2017 5:49:42 AM PST by markomalley

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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Pinochet gave valuable information to the Brits that helped during the war.

Another reason the Left hated him.


21 posted on 01/22/2017 12:37:47 AM PST by dfwgator
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The United States certainly did provide assistance to the UK during the Falklands War - and made it clear through back channels that it would provide more if necessary. But the US wanted to maintain a good relationship with Argentina if possible, so it was understood that while, of course, the US would choose to back Britain over Argentina if it became necessary, it would be preferable if that choice could be avoided. So most of the support was kept quiet - intelligence information, access to latest US weaponry etc. But significantly, given that the UK was relying very heavily on its two aircraft carriers HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible, to the extent that if either of them were lost, the mission to retake the islands would be likely to fail, the US offered, in secret, to loan the British the USS Iwo Jima (an amphibious assault ship designed to operate as a Harrier Carrier) if either of the British carriers were lost or damaged. While it proved unnecessary as neither Hermes nor Invincible were damaged, this was an extremely important factor in British planning - it allowed them to take a much bolder approach going forward which made the mission both easier and safer.

This wasn't all the assistance provided but it was by far the most significant offer and the one that made it very clear whose side America was on if push came to shove.

Not so neutral after all: Ronald Reagan made secret plans to loan U.S. warship to Britain if aircraft carrier was lost during Falklands War

As for the reports in this article - there was nothing wrong with the United States trying its best to negotiate a peaceful settlement even while being willing to support the British if the conflict continued.

22 posted on 01/22/2017 12:42:02 AM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: dfwgator
Information?

There were blond haired, blue eyed guys who could not speak a word of Spanish walking around on Chilean Bases. Now the British were the third largest group of emigrants to Chile but most of them spoke Spanish by that time.

It was a major goof by Argentina to reveal their plans but they were doing a "wag the dog" to divert attention from the fact their leaders were incompetents.

23 posted on 01/22/2017 12:46:25 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Yep, they bought some time with hosting and winning the World Cup in 1978, but eventually that wore off.


24 posted on 01/22/2017 12:47:28 AM PST by dfwgator
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That’s odd...I had always understood that Reagan had offered to assist the British in taking the islands back.

That can't be - it would mean the "Intelligence" Agencies had their own plans and thought they were running things...........oh.....wait....

25 posted on 01/22/2017 3:18:18 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: markomalley

It was an effort to resolve international conflict over some scrub islands with a population of a small town. Not a big deal.


26 posted on 01/22/2017 3:36:54 AM PST by Mashood
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That could conceivably be a rationale statement if Britain didn't have a navy or their navy NEVER needed refueling.

But only if.

The plan was not only nauseating from a moral and ethical standpoint, it was deleterious to the Royal Navy.

27 posted on 01/22/2017 4:19:54 AM PST by MrEdd (MrEdd)
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Oh yes, the Royal Navy...the scourge of the seven seas...


28 posted on 01/22/2017 5:46:13 AM PST by Mashood
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