• Blue and Orange@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Lol I was wondering just yesterday how long it would take this guy to bring up the Falklands after getting elected.

    Normally right-wingers in the UK would be pleased to see someone like him elected, but because of the Argentina-Falklands connection, they’re going to hate him lmao

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      1 year ago

      I think they’re going to love him.

      If I remember it correctly the whole Falklands affair worked wonders for Thatcher’s popularity.

      Mind you, these types have been gutting everything in Britain including the military, so who knows what the outcome would be in a Falklands War v2.

      • Apollo@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        Argentina has esentially no navy to speak of, and what it can field would be conpletely smashed by the typhoons stationed on the islands.

    • 15Redstones@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Milei is a lot less focused on the Falklands than the presidents before him. Every Argentinian politician says “we have to get the Falklands back”. It’s literally in their constitution. Milei says that Thatcher legit kicked their asses and they should try diplomatic means, and maybe try not having 140% inflation so that the islanders would be less opposed to becoming Argentinian.