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Argentina is a signatory of the Rio Treaty, as such any attack against Argentina would we considered an attack against the United States and most of the rest of
by hatchnyc 5y ago
Argentina is a signatory of the Rio Treaty, as such any attack against Argentina would we considered an attack against the United States and most of the rest of South America.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-American_Treaty_of_Reciprocal_Assistance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-American_Treaty_of_Recip...
- galangalalgol 5y agoSo mostly safe from violent retaliation. How important is their trade with China? If they impound Chinese fishing vessels (assuming they have a coast guard capaple of keeping up with this many intruders?) a loss of trade mught occur.
- toyg 5y agoThat treaty is not worth much of anything these days, too much history has happened since then. It's true that the US consider South America "their own backyard", but there is a web of complex relationships which makes it unlikely they would blindly help this or that country retaliate against actions from superpowers - short of somebody establishing permanent strategic bases that are direct threats to the US mainland.
- Tams80 5y agoI doubt the US would turn down an opportunity to legally and likely popularly trim down the PLAN.
- hatchnyc 5y agoI'm pretty sure if China went to war with Argentina it would find new teeth.
- nahuel0x 5y agoExactly. This very same treaty was invoked by Argentina when the Falklands/Malvinas war broke out to ask US for assistance against England, and it revealed as wet paper against real geopolitical alliances / calculations.
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