Oil. Control the Falklands, you control the local oil fields.
It’s pretty simple. And, the Brits will project their forces to protect it.
There is also the defense of the strategic lanes of transportation. A lot of cargo still rounds the horn and having a force in place to defend shipping is in the interest of the western world.
The US wants the rest of the western powers to pull their share and not rely on us to be the cops of the world. Or, we did under Trump, not so much under the communists now in control.
Vietnam was fought to keep the commies from having too much control of the shipping lanes in the South China Sea.
Panama and the Suez are easily choked (and will be in the next world war).
I remember that insane little war in 82 or whenever. The British steaming down there, doing push-ups on the deck and all that. Then when they got there, the Argentines were down in a little valley waiting for them. Like shooting fish in a barrel. Pretty sad.
That is the dumbest, weakest, essay on international relations that I have ever read.
First, the UK is a nuclear power and Argentina is not. Furthermore, all that the UK has to do is declare that an attack on the Falkland Islands will result in attacks on Argentina itself and that should calm the waters.
Yep.
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