[tanknetter]

Interesting that the US overlooks its own Monroe Doctrine concerning the Falkland incursions.

Absolutely incorrect. The Monroe Doctrine only applied to 1.) establishment of new colonies and 2.) involvement in the internal affairs of Western Hemisphere nations.

Whether the British return to the Falklands in the early 1800s was the establishment of a new colony (as opposed to the reassertion of authority over existing territory) is debatable. What isn't debatable is that the US has for a very very long time supported the UK's claim to the Islands.

[Mashood]

It might be that the US preceived its support due to post WWII ties with its allies... I don’t know, but the fact remains that our incursions into the Americas (Nicaragua (several times), Cuba, Panama, Columbia, Venezuela, Mexico, etc...) are due mainly to the Monroe Doctrine and support for the establishment of democratic states within the Americas.