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2010-04-02 Britain

'White House team is betraying Britain by staying neutral over Falklands'

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Posted by Bulldog 2010-04-02 06:52|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Show of hands: who's shocked? Anyone? Anyone?

Posted by eLarson 2010-04-02 07:45|| 2010-04-02 07:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Bueller? Bueller?

So much for 'sophisticated European' opinion. Hated the "cowboy" didn't they. Well, you got what you wanted. Enjoy. In the last desperate years of WWI, the German General Staff orchestrated Lenin's return to Russia to fuel a revolution to buy peace on the Eastern Front. They got Lenin, and then socialism, Hitler and Stalin and the misery of WWII. In 2008, hundreds of thousands of untraceable small donations flooded in from Europe to the Obama campaign. As Ye Sow, So Shall Ye Reap.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-04-02 08:54|| 2010-04-02 08:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Mrs. Kirchner needs a good, stiff bitch slap. Anything less will encourage her to do something reckless and dangerous. If she does, the blood will be on Obama's hands.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-04-02 12:01|| 2010-04-02 12:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Agreed. The headline is a bit misleading, it was my opinion that the public quick-quotes from the administration after the initial Agentine claim tilted, even if just slightly, towards Argentina.

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-04-02 12:14|| 2010-04-02 12:14|| Front Page Top

#5 One HUGE drawback to the Argentinian claim is that British citizens have lived on the islands since 1833. It's one HARSH place to live - cold, damp, windy, with frequent storms. Trees won't grow there. The Argentinians have lost two wars over the Falklands - one in 1832 and one in 1982. The Falklands are usually brought up by the Argentine government to take the mind of the local folks off the incompetence of the current administration.

The base on Ascension Island is a British base used by the United States. Ascension Island is another British colony in the Atlantic, along with Tristan da Cunha and St. Helena. The US uses the base on Ascension Island to track satellite and space shuttle launches. The runway was beefed up and extended at US expense to handle C-141 aircraft, but the US has NEVER taken possession of the base, the runway, or any part of the island.

Practically the only industry on the Falklands is sheep raising. The islands provide a significant amount of lamb and wool to Britain, in exchange for just about everything else. The current occupants are descendants of British settlers from the late 1830's.

Argentina's claim is at best extremely weak. Unfortunately, the British Labour government has allowed the British military to deteriorate to the point where it may not be possible for them to protect their investments in the Falklands or elsewhere. A weak, self-centered US president only encourages the Argentinians.

Posted by Old Patriot 2010-04-02 13:14|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/ 2010-04-02 13:14|| Front Page Top

#6 This isn't a change in policy, relax, this has been US policy since 18-longtime ago. You may recall President Reagan mediating. Granted, after mediation failed out came the AIM-9z and the largest US airlift between NickelGrass and Desert Storm... but still...

Posted by Shipman 2010-04-02 15:14|| 2010-04-02 15:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Maybe so, but sometimes when the kids are squabbling, it helps for Dad to offer a stern look and a "Don't make me come over there!" to help events resolve themselves peacefully. Even if Dad has no intention whatsoever of getting off the couch.

Posted by SteveS 2010-04-02 16:04|| 2010-04-02 16:04|| Front Page Top

#8 'White House team is betraying Britain ~~by staying neutral over Falklands~~'

FTFY.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-04-02 19:16|| 2010-04-02 19:16|| Front Page Top

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