It’s been months since the last time we screwed the British, so I guess we were due. The London Times reports:
Washington refused to endorse British claims to sovereignty over the Falkland Islands yesterday as the diplomatic row over oil drilling in the South Atlantic intensified in London, Buenos Aires and at the UN. . .
Senior US officials insisted that Washington’s position on the Falklands was one of longstanding neutrality. This is in stark contrast to the public backing and vital intelligence offered by President Reagan to Margaret Thatcher once she had made the decision to recover the islands by force in 1982.
I guess we’re serious about ending the special relationship.
(Via the Corner.)
UPDATE: A reader (yes, apparently I have some) writes to say that the US was officially neutral in the Falklands War. That was only true at first. On April 29, 1982, Argentina rejected the US peace proposal. On April 30, President Reagan declared American support for Britain and announced economic sanctions on Argentina. British landings in the Falklands began the following day.
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