re: Good News: We’re Supporting Argentina’s Claim To The Falklands & Arming Them

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The British navy being so weak is kinda hilarious after centuries of ruling the waves.

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It’s sad though and a lesson we should pay attention to when a nation loses its pride and culture to the voice of globalism and diversity.

They used to build ships like this




Now they can’t even keep a single destroyer in ship shape to make it to the Persian gulf

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You dudes are really committed to geopolitically retarded takes.

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Like subsidizing Europe?

Like allowing Europe to duck over the U.S. via shite trade deals?

Or you must mean Europe bailing on the USA?

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It boggles the mind.

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America first?

That’s a weird take, but you do you.

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Why do you cling to outdated ideas such as Atlanticism?

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Hardly outdated and you are free to articulate your takes on what shape the world will take, but in a realpolitik sense, trading the UK for Argentina hardly seems like it has any advantages at all. Again, Argentina is not some sleeping giant or powerhouse. It is a historically mismanaged country with no martial tradition and absolutely no ability to even participate in anything the US wants to do.

In the broader scope, for the US, such a concession might shape things in the future and prevent Argentinian overtures with China (who were working hard to sell them JF-17s as late as 2023), but it is hard to imagine a world where Argentina of all places is geopolitically relevant to where they would displace the UK in importance. And regardless of how you feel about Europe, it is still an extremely important geopolitical region. If you feel that it would be better if the Europeans were left to their own devices, fine, but there is a reason why several states on the periphery wanted to prevent a Central European power from rising.

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America first?

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Yes, suggesting that Argentina is not all that relevant to US interests geopolitically while the North Atlantic, in a strictly geographic sense, is absolutely vital, is putting America first.

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Like subsidizing Europe?

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Which was the state of affairs that the US wanted.

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Like allowing Europe to duck over the U.S. via shite trade deals?

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Lol.

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Or you must mean Europe bailing on the USA?

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Yeah, American misadventures in the ME have worsened several demographic crises in Europe. Who would have thought they wouldn't want another potential clusterfrick to deal with, given the US's track record the last 20 years. It's like you think politics exists in a perfect vacuum where there is no cause and effect. It is an alarming way of thinking about the world.

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The ones that are right off their shore, with all of the infrastructure already in place?

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As far as I am aware, the North Sea oil is a mature basin where large reserves have already been extracted, and for which most of the remaining reserves are exported. But again, given that you seem to have taken the hypothetical quite seriously, why not regale me about the intricacies of North Sea oil and the politics around it?

U.S. = bad
Europe = great.

Thanks for spelling out your true feelings. Again, you do you.

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Thanks for spelling out your true feelings. Again, you do you.

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Well, if that is what you've taken from what I wrote, then I'm writing above your paygrade, as is usual. Run along and give me another gif dude. I'm sure that will work this time.

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then I'm writing above your paygrade,

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Of course…autism blended with arrogance.

Have a good night Greta.

Yup, run along.

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What makes you think that another Democratic administration won't revert course?

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I expect them too. They hate America as much as the leftist’s in charge overseas.

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And in reality, this is not what is happening.

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They bailed. It is what it is. I find your version of reality to be fascinating.