What if the falklands were American territory during the argentine invasion?

A really left-wing government in Argentina is very unlikely, not only because the military wouldn't tolerate it, but because the kind of people who might support far-left parties elsewhere in Latin America were Peronists in Argentina.
 
A really left-wing government in Argentina is very unlikely, not only because the military wouldn't tolerate it, but because the kind of people who might support far-left parties elsewhere in Latin America were Peronists in Argentina.

Failing that, we could have America being less cozy to right-wing dictatorships, though that would require preventing the Cold War.
 
President Reagan to Argentinian Junta: "Last time a country took land that belonged to us we droped two nukes. Be nice and withdraw. Otherwise the USN will have a live fire exercise outside your capital. Oh, and we are friends with Chile"
Argentina would surley withdraw before USN is anywere near the islands
 
One thing that I'm curious about is how the US would conduct similar scale operation as the UK did. Of course it's not realistic, but if the US did for some reason decide to do it on a shoe-string what would they send? And how would it do?
 
One thing that I'm curious about is how the US would conduct similar scale operation as the UK did. Of course it's not realistic, but if the US did for some reason decide to do it on a shoe-string what would they send? And how would it do?

A single MEU with a light carrier. End result is still the same.
 
I had always thought that the students held hostage combined with the instability was the real reason.
there was concern over them, but the temptation to take down a shiny new Soviet client was pretty overwhelming... the US troops didn't get to the students for a looong time after the invasion started...
 
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