Britain lost 255 soldiers in the Falklands war. Argentina lost 649. But it is in Argentina that the human cost of conflict remains a potent political weapon.‘White House Team Is Betraying Britain By Staying Neutral Over Falklands’ -- Times Online
Twenty-eight years after the outbreak of the Falklands conflict the man who secured US backing for Britain’s recapture of the islands has called the Obama Administration’s foreign policy team “a bunch of amateurs” for failing to support Britain over Argentina once again.
By asserting its neutrality in the latest dispute over oil in the Falklands basin the US has handed Argentina a diplomatic victory, according to Lawrence Eagleburger, who helped to persuade President Reagan to throw American intelligence and logistical support into the war on Britain’s side. He said that Britain’s role alongside the US in Afghanistan since 2001 had only made the situation worse.
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My Comment: In the past .... “An ally is an ally.” In today's world .... that is up to interpretation.
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