Et tu, Barack? America betrays Britain when it comes to the Falklands
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except the brits aren't asking for military support hence they don't need Uncle Sam's help. The Brits can militarily bitch slap Argentina without anyones assistance.
Daily Telegraph is an extreme right wing newspaper; it represents Britain’s Rush Limbaugh or FOX news.
When the Falklands war took place in the 80s, I was living in UK. I distinctly remember at that time USA had a neutral position in the war, they did not support Britain.
But there was not a pip out of Telegraph. The reason? At that time, the Republican idol, Reagan was in office. Of course Reagan could do no wrong. But when Obama follows exactly the same policy, Obama is wrong. But then Telegraph would have condemned Obama soundly even if he had thrown full support behind Britain. What Telegraph says has about as much value as what Rush Limbaugh says.
USA has had a policy of neutrality towards the Falkland issue for years (indeed, for decades) now. Thus it is just Telegraph displaying its extreme right wing character.
I remember when I lived in Britain, Telegraph used to advocate abolition of railway. Their point was that if we pour concrete on the rail tracks, that will give us a ready made road system, which could be used for driving, rather than for railways.
It also used to advocate abolishing the tax deduction at the source. It wanted a system whereby all the citizens will file tax return at the end of the year and at that time pay any due taxes.
Telegraph is a nutty, extremist newspaper.
When the Falklands war took place in the 80s, I was living in UK. I distinctly remember at that time USA had a neutral position in the war, they did not support Britain.
But there was not a pip out of Telegraph. The reason? At that time, the Republican idol, Reagan was in office. Of course Reagan could do no wrong. But when Obama follows exactly the same policy, Obama is wrong. But then Telegraph would have condemned Obama soundly even if he had thrown full support behind Britain. What Telegraph says has about as much value as what Rush Limbaugh says.
USA has had a policy of neutrality towards the Falkland issue for years (indeed, for decades) now. Thus it is just Telegraph displaying its extreme right wing character.
I remember when I lived in Britain, Telegraph used to advocate abolition of railway. Their point was that if we pour concrete on the rail tracks, that will give us a ready made road system, which could be used for driving, rather than for railways.
It also used to advocate abolishing the tax deduction at the source. It wanted a system whereby all the citizens will file tax return at the end of the year and at that time pay any due taxes.
Telegraph is a nutty, extremist newspaper.
Indeed, it later turned out that Argentina made a serious miscalculation. When they invaded Falklands, they were hoping that USA will support Argentina.
At that time, Reagan’s first priority was to fight Communists; he supported all kinds of most vile dictatorships in order to do so. Since Argentine dictatorship was strongly anti-Communist, they were hoping that Reagan will support them in their war against Britain, in the hope that Argentina would then help USA in its war against Communism.
But to their disappointment, USA did not support Argentina, they adopted a neutral stance. Telegraph was of course OK with neutral stance at that time.
At that time, Reagan’s first priority was to fight Communists; he supported all kinds of most vile dictatorships in order to do so. Since Argentine dictatorship was strongly anti-Communist, they were hoping that Reagan will support them in their war against Britain, in the hope that Argentina would then help USA in its war against Communism.
But to their disappointment, USA did not support Argentina, they adopted a neutral stance. Telegraph was of course OK with neutral stance at that time.