Argentinian demonstrators denounce Britain and miltary junta ruling class may not be very good at much these days, but it is good at war.
General Galtieri's 1982 invasion of the Malvinas islands provided Thatcher with a golden opportunity to win cheap re election in 1983, on the back of victory against a third-rate military power.
It was a close-run thing. Only a few unexploded Argentinian bombs stood between the sinking of British aircraft carriers and defeat, and the ultimate squalid victory. The calculating cynicism of the British ruling class was vividly shown in Thatcher's decision to sink the No. 19 Argentine warship Belgrano, atory the British fleet, with the loss of 1,200 lives.
The international scene in the was dominated Ronald Reagan's 'evil empire' crusade against the Eastern bloc. As the US unveiled Star Wars and waged counterwar against the people a Nicaragua El Saland Afghanistan, Thatcher played the role of star Britain's subordination to the US was highlighted during the 1983 invasion of Grenada, country formally under the
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