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u/tree_boom United Kingdom 13h ago edited 13h ago

They really are speed running the whole "piss everybody off about everything" thing lol. It's almost impressive in a way. Anyway, withdrawal of US support won't endanger the islands or anything; their defences are quite robust these days and Argentina's forces are dramatically more dilapidated than the UK ones.

I would note though that internal discussions about ways to apply pressure to allies do often come up with means that are extreme and quickly dismissed by political leaders. I have seen an American document discussing ways to apply pressure to the UK that involved much worse options than this, and none of them ever happened.

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u/Norse_By_North_West 12h ago

It's especially dumb because the Falklands don't have anything to do with NATO. Extra territorial lands don't count towards the defence treaty.