The US will back the UK fully,and I suspect if the Argies keep pressing this issue they will get another round of arse kickings.
LAS MALVINAS SON ARGENTINAS! Jeanne Kirkpatrick was right on this one.
Another left wing government looking for a beatdown.
My money's on the UK in this battle.
And besides, it's British territory anyway.
Aren't there hydrocarbon deposits in the continental shelf around the Falklands?
sad thing is, for domestic political purposes of distracting a population from gross mis-governance and general incompetence and corruption, wag the dog WORKS as often as not. get these people worried about 2 lumps of land in the south atlantic, not about unemployement, devaluation and forced conversion of dollars a few years ago, kleptocratic governing institutions, etc.
It takes a special kind of silliness to want to turn the clock back to 1830.
The irony is that prior to the war, Britain was trying to get rid of the islands, they were trying to knit relations between the islanders and South America in general, to slowly and smoothly create a situation in which they could back out of the picture. Remember, Britain has steadily gotten rid of her overseas possessions.
But the Argentine generals found themselves at the edge of being overthrown, and seized upon a war with Britain as a way of rallying the people behind them. It didn't work, and they were overthrown when they were defeated.
Which is why Argentina owes a debt of gratitude to Margaret Thatcher; it is thanks to her that Argentina is a democracy. It is thanks to her that Kirchner could even run for president and be elected. And it is thanks to the generals that Britain's attempt to slowly divest itself of the Falklands was stopped in its tracks. Fat chance Argentina will ever get its hands on the islands now. They can thank their generals for that.
Oil!