See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46539021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46539021 for the pragmatics. As far as the logistics go: in 1982 the UK

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46539021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46539021 for the pragmatics. As far as the logistics go: in 1982 the UK managed to land several regiments on the Mal^W Falkland Islands (13'000 km); surely it'd be easier to do similar, over much shorter distances? Note: if AR (a client state* of the US at the time) had been hoping the Monroe Doctrine would be put into practice for them, that hope was in vain. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_War