Falklands Oil......

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Machina said:

FootballFan said:

gurglesletch said:

FootballFan said:

gurglesletch said:

FootballFan said:

MrBubbles said:
argentina is a bitch country of spanish colonials that doesnt have any navy that can actually enforce their threats and has no logical claim on the islands.
i hope they start shit again and you guys give them hell.

If that did happen USA would be dragged into it.

US wasn't during the first incident.

Ye but since then US/UK bonds have developed somewhat. And considering we have sacraficed nearly 300 troops in Afganistan/Iraq over 8 years in your war we would expect US forces to be in support of the British.

Uh huh. So your saying that there were no bonds after WW2 and during the cold war? And somehow now they are stronger currently than they were during that time period?  

Obviously there were bonds. However i think that the relationship has turned into more of an alliance now than ever. I mean Britain is virtually an allie of Israel now lol

I disagree. Undoubtedly strong when Blair was in power, but we currently have Brown, whose relationship with Obama is non-existent. Reagan and Thatcher were infinitely closer.

Add to that our defeat-in-all-but-name in Southern Iraq and our reticence towards Afghanistan, neither of which have endeared us towards the American forces, and I would wager that the alliance was much stronger then than it is now, the Northern Ireland terrorism issue aside. If there were to be another Falklands War it would probably be a repeat of the first with regards American involvement.

It hardly matters, as British forces are undoubtedly capable of defending the Falklands without U.S. assistance.