Yessiree, let's leave to it Miz Hillary and The One to get it 180 degrees backward.
The US backed a UN resolution this week calling on the UK and Argentina to 'negotiate' over the issue of the 'Malvinas' islands, which is what the Argentinians call the Falklands.
Riiiight...
There's nothing to negotiate. The Falklands are sovereign British territory, and the residents wish to remain British subjects.
End of story. No debate or negotiations needed. Nothing to negotiate.
Unless...you are one of the current crowd in power in Washington, where up is down, darkness is light, and despotism is freedom.
This sort of amoral chicanery ends up getting wars started.
Reagan and Thatcher knew up from down, right from wrong. What is not generally remembered is that the ass-kicking administered by HM Armed Forces against the Argentinians was the precipitating event that upended the military dictatorship in Argentina.
You know, the one with the death squads, torture chambers, and thousands of people simply 'disappeared' without a trace.
Argentina enjoys a bit more freedom, because Thatcher stood tall, and Reagan stood behind her.
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