With Friends Like These
As the 30th anniversary of the Falklands Islands war approaches, tension in the South Atlantic is rising once again: Britain is deploying the destroyer Dauntless to the area, along with Prince William, the second in line to the throne, which has Argentina crying foul about British “militarization” and a royal “conquistador.”
The American response has been decidedly neutral, encouraging “both parties to resolve their differences through dialogue” — a sentiment reminiscent of the crisis in 1982, when the United States did everything possible to avoid war and having to choose between key allies.
These days we remember things a bit differently: The conflict is often hailed as a high point of the “special” bond between President Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, the British prime minister.… Seguir leyendo »