re: "Why Doesn’t The United Kingdom Own Argentina?"

Paul Hair at Big Peace takes a non-post-Modern look at an international flashpoint.


Money quote(s):


"I understand why Argentina does it: the U.K. seems militarily weak as demonstrated by its performance in Libya and by other reports of its deterioration. And when a state that is unencumbered by political correctness and principles, such as Argentina, sees an opportunity to take advantage of another nation, it is going to do so. Furthermore, even if the U.K. has the capabilities to fight back, history tells us that it will only minimally do so. In fact, the only reason Argentina exists today is that the U.K. didn’t do what it should have done in 1982 when Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands." (Bold typeface added for emphasis. - CAA.)

By this analysis, if the U.K., by Argentine analysis, can't or won't make it either too expensive for the Argies to take and/or hold the Falklands, they'll make another attempt to do just that.

"(A) combination of self-hatred and cowling to internationalism has brought the U.K. to its knees. Even worse, the same self-hatred and submission to internationalism infects the U.S. as well. Hence, ten years after Islamic thugs attacked the U.S. we still haven’t beaten them. Actually, we aren’t even comfortable with the term “victory” any longer."

When was it, exactly, that the term "exit strategy" replaced "victory"?

I don't recall precisely, at least in terms of a time and date, but philosophically it marked the time when those who made (and those who accepted) that change determined that victory was no longer an option.

"(T)here is a heavy price to pay for self-hatred. And the civilians of the U.K. and U.S.—the people ultimately responsible for the policy of voluntary defeat—have yet to see the full consequences of their actions. The West paid a price in the 20th century for allowing the enemy Axis powers to flourish. So too is the U.K. paying a price for not conquering Argentina . . . and so too will the U.S. pay a price for not conquering its enemies."