sleepy jack

w0rd, because it should matter what the rest of the world thinks about a nations leader, not the nation.

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Agreed. I hated Thatcher, but her foriegn policies were rock solid.
The way she stood firm over the Falklands crisis was superb.

She took no shit from foriegn politicians, including the Americans.

TheBig3

Including the Americans? She was all but ****ing Reagan. I want to know what you base your statement on.

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right-track

Too fucking true. ^
Easy answer.
In real terms the Falkland Islands meant nothing to either side, certainly not strategically nor economically, certainly not enough to go to war over.
What the U.S failed to understand, was that this was to be a war fought in the name of honour. Probably for the last time in modern history.

Following the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentine forces, the U.S. tried everything within their power to solve the situation through diplomatic means, mostly based on some form of compromise.

Thatcher was having none of it and refused to be budged.

Blair, faced with the same situation now, would allow himself to be swayed by American opinion.