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way off course on my comment here, oops!

missedthecue 4y ago
Hmmm. Argentina and the US have no beef. Not even historically. The US didn't even officially take the UK's side during the Falklands War. And that's despite the fact that the US/UK alliance is probably the strongest one.
- the_af 4y ago
  The US did provide military assistance to the UK and none to us, so I'd say they definitely took the UK's side [1]. Complicating things, of course, is the fact the US saw our military junta as a bulwark against communism, and so provided some support to them [2] (and, it is argued, our military dictators thought they saw indications the US would support us in our war against the UK, which is just as deranged as it sounds. Then again, our dictatorship was as incompetent as it was bloodthirsty). --- [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reorganization_Process#U.S._support https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reorganization_Proces... > "However, relations soured after the U.S. supported the United Kingdom in the Falkland Wars." [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reorganization_Process#U.S._support https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reorganization_Proces... > "The United States provided military assistance to the junta and, at the start of the Dirty War, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger gave them a "green light" to engage in political repression of real or perceived opponents." > "The US Congress approved a request by the Ford Administration, to grant $50,000,000 in security assistance to the junta. In 1977 and 1978 the United States sold more than $120,000,000 in spare military parts to Argentina, and in 1977 the US Department of Defense granted $700,000 to train 217 Argentine military officers."
- gftttgggfffddd 4y ago
  By not aligning with Argentina in that dispute, the U.S. betrayed their own Monroe Doctrine
- masijo 4y ago
  Well they did finance and train several members of the dictatorship's Junta[1]. Same as in other countries in the region. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Condor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Condor
TulliusCicero 4y ago
...how exactly do you think Argentina's volatile currency is a result of US foreign policy?

Hmmm. Argentina and the US have no beef. Not even historically. The US didn't even officially take the UK's side during the Falklands War. And that's despite the fact that the US/UK alliance is probably the strongest one.

the_af 4y ago
The US did provide military assistance to the UK and none to us, so I'd say they definitely took the UK's side [1]. Complicating things, of course, is the fact the US saw our military junta as a bulwark against communism, and so provided some support to them [2] (and, it is argued, our military dictators thought they saw indications the US would support us in our war against the UK, which is just as deranged as it sounds. Then again, our dictatorship was as incompetent as it was bloodthirsty). --- [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reorganization_Process#U.S._support https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reorganization_Proces... > "However, relations soured after the U.S. supported the United Kingdom in the Falkland Wars." [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reorganization_Process#U.S._support https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reorganization_Proces... > "The United States provided military assistance to the junta and, at the start of the Dirty War, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger gave them a "green light" to engage in political repression of real or perceived opponents." > "The US Congress approved a request by the Ford Administration, to grant $50,000,000 in security assistance to the junta. In 1977 and 1978 the United States sold more than $120,000,000 in spare military parts to Argentina, and in 1977 the US Department of Defense granted $700,000 to train 217 Argentine military officers."
gftttgggfffddd 4y ago
By not aligning with Argentina in that dispute, the U.S. betrayed their own Monroe Doctrine
masijo 4y ago
Well they did finance and train several members of the dictatorship's Junta[1]. Same as in other countries in the region. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Condor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Condor

TulliusCicero 4y ago

...how exactly do you think Argentina's volatile currency is a result of US foreign policy?